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Show: Popeye the Sailor
Episode: N/A
Year: 1943

Writer(s): Jack Mercer, Jack Ward

This cartoon marks the end of an era for Popeye as his final stint in Black and White on the Silver Screen. And considering the format was slowly growing outdated (for animation at least) it only makes sense for the sailor to try his weird, misshapen hands at trying to make a cartoon himself! Popeye is the a guy rooted in the 1910s, an era considered by many to be on-par with the Gay Nineties; and why not? This was the time when Animation was beginning to better appeal to the public eye and really get its start. Gertie the Dinosaur, Felix the Cat and Koko the Clown all come from this era! And since Koko was made by Max Fleischer why not homage that choppy but weirdly entertaining era?

I can't get enough of the times when the cartoons try their hands at making cartoons, whether it's this, Porky's Preview, Stimpy's Cartoon Show, Animaniacs (The Tiny Toon Adventures episode) or The Cartoon (Wander Over Yonder) each one gives me something unique, funny or even captivating in its own right. This was one of the examples to use the approach a child would use, simple stick figure characters and very limited animation (given this was made by one guy it's impressive for 1943, at least it isn't Paddy the Pelican!). Popeyes's skills an an animator would make him PERFECT for riffing material; if he didn't also provide ALL the music and sound effects himself!

Yes, back in the early days of film, people tried to give silent movies a bit more spice by having a selection of musicians play music synced to it, or even reading the cue cards for more dramatic effect. This was a way to engross the audience and make it feel like they were right there in the picture, it was a VERY big deal for the time to have ANY kind of sound for a picture! If you wanted a story with sound for the time you either listened to the radio or dealt with this. Hey it could be worse, Popeye could've been doing Porn before sound:

youtu.be/jaqFiV58eSY

For what it's worth this is one of the last times Popeye had a truly surreal feel to it. Once Fleischer Studios made the change to Famous Studio they drove their reputation into the ground. I won't pretend they didn't produce some quality shorts but comparing them to Fleischer Studios, even in their weakest endeavors isn't even close! Famous Studios started out relatively fine, but by the late-40s the higher-ups made it very clear they didn't really care about much more than appealing to kids and doing the bare minimum; which was frequently recycling older shorts to a lower quality.

No there aren't really any I can think of that might qualify as animated Atrocities (especially considering how old these are) but if you have any ideas I'll look them over. This resurgence of Cuphead is largely what inspired me to talk about this cartoon and wake me up as it were. Considering how much inspiration it takes from Fleischer cartoons it only made sense to review a Popeye short after the Delicious Last Course announcement.

Popeye is owed by Kings Features Syndicate, Warner Brothers and Turner Broadcasting.

1001 Animations is from

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Description
Show: Popeye the Sailor
Episode: N/A
Year: 1943

Writer(s): Jack Mercer, Jack Ward

This cartoon marks the end of an era for Popeye as his final stint in Black and White on the Silver Screen. And considering the format was slowly growing outdated (for animation at least) it only makes sense for the sailor to try his weird, misshapen hands at trying to make a cartoon himself! Popeye is the a guy rooted in the 1910s, an era considered by many to be on-par with the Gay Nineties; and why not? This was the time when Animation was beginning to better appeal to the public eye and really get its start. Gertie the Dinosaur, Felix the Cat and Koko the Clown all come from this era! And since Koko was made by Max Fleischer why not homage that choppy but weirdly entertaining era?

I can't get enough of the times when the cartoons try their hands at making cartoons, whether it's this, Porky's Preview, Stimpy's Cartoon Show, Animaniacs (The Tiny Toon Adventures episode) or The Cartoon (Wander Over Yonder) each one gives me something unique, funny or even captivating in its own right. This was one of the examples to use the approach a child would use, simple stick figure characters and very limited animation (given this was made by one guy it's impressive for 1943, at least it isn't Paddy the Pelican!). Popeyes's skills an an animator would make him PERFECT for riffing material; if he didn't also provide ALL the music and sound effects himself!

Yes, back in the early days of film, people tried to give silent movies a bit more spice by having a selection of musicians play music synced to it, or even reading the cue cards for more dramatic effect. This was a way to engross the audience and make it feel like they were right there in the picture, it was a VERY big deal for the time to have ANY kind of sound for a picture! If you wanted a story with sound for the time you either listened to the radio or dealt with this. Hey it could be worse, Popeye could've been doing Porn before sound:

youtu.be/jaqFiV58eSY

For what it's worth this is one of the last times Popeye had a truly surreal feel to it. Once Fleischer Studios made the change to Famous Studio they drove their reputation into the ground. I won't pretend they didn't produce some quality shorts but comparing them to Fleischer Studios, even in their weakest endeavors isn't even close! Famous Studios started out relatively fine, but by the late-40s the higher-ups made it very clear they didn't really care about much more than appealing to kids and doing the bare minimum; which was frequently recycling older shorts to a lower quality.

No there aren't really any I can think of that might qualify as animated Atrocities (especially considering how old these are) but if you have any ideas I'll look them over. This resurgence of Cuphead is largely what inspired me to talk about this cartoon and wake me up as it were. Considering how much inspiration it takes from Fleischer cartoons it only made sense to review a Popeye short after the Delicious Last Course announcement.

Popeye is owed by Kings Features Syndicate, Warner Brothers and Turner Broadcasting.

1001 Animations is from

Regulas314