Popeye's age of 40 revealed. Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, was 43 at the time this short was released.
The electronic beam and Atom Apple disintegrators may have been an inspiration for the laser used by the title character in the Bond film Goldfinger (1964).
The propeller like device that captures Popeye appears to have been made of an old fashioned plumbing plunger topped with helicopter rotor blades.