Poopdeck Pappy is said to be 99 years old in this short.
Some of the background patrons are drawn like speakeasy clientele from the Prohibition years, but the dancing dame is pure 1940, down to her drawn on beauty mark and emotions. A lady was never seen barefoot in public, unless at the beach.
When Popeye intercepts Pappy on the street, he pretends to sleepwalk and the song, "Did You Ever See a Dream Walking?" is briefly heard. An earlier Popeye short, "A Dream Walking," was created around Olive Oyl sleepwalking as this song played.
One of a number of Popeye shorts which were sent off to Asia in the '80s to undergo the infamous redraw and colorization process.