King Blozo sends a message to Popeye for his help.King Blozo sends a message to Popeye for his help.King Blozo sends a message to Popeye for his help.
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Jackson Beck
- King Blozo
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Jack Mercer
- Popeye
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Mae Questel
- Olive Oyl
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The Spinachia Missile Crisis
Popeye and Olive receive a a telegram that reads, "Trouble. Come quick. King Blozo," so the two of them head off in Popeye's jalopy to see King Blozo. On the ways, missiles fly back and forth over their car. They see a sign that says, "Spinachia: two miles." When they arrive, the king says, "You didn't notice?" Popeye and Olive must be pretty blind because missiles are flying everywhere. "We're being invaded," says the king. In no time, Olive is doing her customary, "help, Popeye, help" yelling, as a missile is right behind her, poking her in the butt!
She escapes that and they call for a taxi. A "taxi missile" comes by and they hop on it, soon spotting a sign that reads, "Enterting Missile City - Reduce Speed To 2,000 Miles Per Hour." The king is perplexed. "I've never heard of Missile City. It must be one of these new developments."
They see a whole city made of missiles, all different colors and made to look something like houses. It's actually kind of cool. After yelling, "Where is everyone?" we meet "The Mad Leader Of Missile City." He seems like a nice guy.
It gets pretty juvenile at that point. Many of these early 1960s King Features Popeye cartoons, sadly, seem to be geared for very small kids and they don't quite have the humor and edge the older ones did, ones that adults could get a lot of laughs out of as well as the kids.
Anyway, our three main characters get a tour of Missile City which includes a beauty contest (won by Miss ICBM), and their launching pads. It's there that the host discovers that King Blozo is one of his guests and he is waging war against his country to get his Spinach. Missile City is low on iron, so they need the spinach. The rest of the story is Popeye his girl and the king out of jail and saving Spinachia from attack. As I said, this is very juvenile, but it isn't boring. It may be the biggest plug I've ever seen for spinach. I wonder if kids actually asked their moms for it, after watching one of these cartoons. I know I never did.
She escapes that and they call for a taxi. A "taxi missile" comes by and they hop on it, soon spotting a sign that reads, "Enterting Missile City - Reduce Speed To 2,000 Miles Per Hour." The king is perplexed. "I've never heard of Missile City. It must be one of these new developments."
They see a whole city made of missiles, all different colors and made to look something like houses. It's actually kind of cool. After yelling, "Where is everyone?" we meet "The Mad Leader Of Missile City." He seems like a nice guy.
It gets pretty juvenile at that point. Many of these early 1960s King Features Popeye cartoons, sadly, seem to be geared for very small kids and they don't quite have the humor and edge the older ones did, ones that adults could get a lot of laughs out of as well as the kids.
Anyway, our three main characters get a tour of Missile City which includes a beauty contest (won by Miss ICBM), and their launching pads. It's there that the host discovers that King Blozo is one of his guests and he is waging war against his country to get his Spinach. Missile City is low on iron, so they need the spinach. The rest of the story is Popeye his girl and the king out of jail and saving Spinachia from attack. As I said, this is very juvenile, but it isn't boring. It may be the biggest plug I've ever seen for spinach. I wonder if kids actually asked their moms for it, after watching one of these cartoons. I know I never did.
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- May 4, 2007
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