posted on January 16, 2004 08:31:32 PM newOpen Another Can of Spinach ... Popeye Turns 75
Perhaps Popeye owes his longevity to all that vitamin-rich spinach because he’s still looking good after three-quarters of a century.
The cartoon sailorman who gets his superior punching power by guzzling greens from a tin can is celebrating his 75th anniversary on Saturday.
King Features Syndicate in the USA, which owns the rights to Popeye, is planning a year-long series of events to relaunch interest in the pipe-tooting mariner with the outsized forearms, including a new 3-D animated TV special written by “Mad About You” comedian Paul Reiser.
This weekend in New York City, the Empire State Building plans to shine its tower lights green from sundown to midnight “in honour of Popeye’s enormous love of spinach,” according to King Features.
Popeye began life in 1929 in the popular “Thimble Theatre” comic strip as a limited story line guest.
He graduated to movie shorts, many by the renowned animator Max Fleischer.
Popeye battled everything from sassy goats to the bloated bad-guy Bluto while pursuing the affections of girlfriend Olive Oyl.
He even appeared in a video game in the 1980s, collecting falling hearts from his thin-as-a-rail love.
Robin Williams played the bulging-armed character in Robert Altman’s 1980 musical movie “Popeye”.
posted on January 16, 2004 08:33:34 PM new
Alice the Goon was my favorite character....
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Mi abuelita me dijo "en boca cerrada no entran moscas".
