# Is this Popeye cartoon a parody of a classic work?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [January 15, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-popeye-cartoon-a-parody-of-a-classic-work/647321 "2013-01-15T19:39:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\
**Post date:** [January 15, 2013, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-popeye-cartoon-a-parody-of-a-classic-work/647321/1 "2013-01-15T19:39:57Z")

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[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63YEZRiN69I)

Basically, I don’t think the writers of these shorts had enough imagination to come up with a “period piece”. It just seems to me to have the look and feel of a parody of some work I’m unfamiliar with.