# Popeye fans **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196 "2003-03-21T20:06:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![JOAN\_HORNE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@JOAN\_HORNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JOAN_HORNE)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/1 "2003-03-21T20:06:47Z")
Can someone please help me solve this mystery, please? Olive Oyl used to say “Oh Popeye,” to the main man, and he must have said something in reply to that famous line. Does anyone know what he might have replied? It’s driving me nuts!:smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/2 "2003-03-21T20:18:17Z")
Welcome to the SDMB. The ATMB forum is for technical questions about the message board. I’ll move this thread to our arts-and-entertainment forum, Cafe Society. bibliophage moderator GQ ---
**Author:** ![dr\_hermes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dfb087/32.png) [@dr\_hermes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dr_hermes)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/3 "2003-03-21T21:06:34Z")
Sometimes he would launch into his theme song, but mostly he would just give that dirty little chuckle, knowing he would be rewarded later that night. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/4 "2003-03-21T22:25:09Z")
“_Hag-ag-ag-ag-ag-ag-ag-ag!_” (that’s about as close a transliteration as I can manage) ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/5 "2003-03-22T01:14:08Z")
I don’t understand what you’re talking about. He didn’t have any stock response as far as I can remember. He would give his famous laugh or say something related to the situation. I’m disregarding the cartoons produced in 1960 or later because they’re so inferior IMHO they don’t merit acknowlegdement. Do you have a specific cartoon in mind? ---
**Author:** ![JOAN\_HORNE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@JOAN\_HORNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JOAN_HORNE)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/6 "2003-03-22T01:52:08Z")
That’s a pretty darn good transliteration of his laugh, and you may have found the answer. There is no specific cartoon that I can remember; I only remember Olive would become enthralled with the man, and she expressed her admiration by saying, “Oh Popeye” with a very specific inflection. I think the laugh may be the way he responded when she did her thing. Thanks. Wasn’t it a great series of adventures that Popeye shared with us, though? What a guy! Oh Popeye!😉 ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/7 "2003-03-22T01:56:19Z")
“Well, blow me down!” ---
**Author:** ![JOAN\_HORNE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@JOAN\_HORNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JOAN_HORNE)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/8 "2003-03-22T12:05:03Z")
Yep. Another possibility. Maybe he replied with many things. I wish we could access those old Popeye cartoons today on the tube. ---
**Author:** ![Papermache\_Prince](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@Papermache\_Prince](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Papermache_Prince)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/9 "2003-03-22T12:30:17Z")
[The Popeye Show](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/watch/tv_shows/popeye/) on Cartoon Network. Episodes feature three restored cartoons, as well as Popeye history and information on the creators. Sunday nights at 7:30 pm. Downloadable Fleischer cartoons [here](http://come.to/popeye.com). [Pastor Steve’s Popeye page](http://www.mtcnet.net/~bierly/popeye.htm) and [Absolute Popeye](http://www.everwonder.com/david/popeye/) ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/10 "2003-03-22T16:45:39Z")
“Oh professer I just LOVES your beard” Olive was a tramp ---
**Author:** ![JOAN\_HORNE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@JOAN\_HORNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JOAN_HORNE)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/11 "2003-03-22T23:32:10Z")
Ha Ha to Mark. You’re too funny, but I remember her singing “I love a clean-shaven man” when Bluto would make advances towards her. She was just a little flirty. Papiermache Prince: Thank you for that information. I have to go there and take a look. Thanks a lot. ---
**Author:** ![djf750](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ea666f/32.png) [@djf750](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/djf750)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/12 "2003-03-22T23:48:21Z")
wouln’t he always sing his song? “im strong to the finich… cos i eats me spinach…” ---
**Author:** ![JOAN\_HORNE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@JOAN\_HORNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JOAN_HORNE)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/13 "2003-03-23T13:26:53Z")
That could very well be. I think he probably answered her in many ways, and I’m probably just thinking there is one stock answer to Olive’s swooning over Popeye. I suspect he probably just laughed at her most of the time, often because he was so pleased that he was able to impress her so much. Don’t you? In the same vein as your answer, I read on the above-mentioned Popeye page that consumption of spinach rose some 33% after the original Popeye cartoons made their appearance! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 23, 2003, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/14 "2003-03-23T14:09:15Z")
“Oh, Aahliv Oyl! Where’s my sweet p’tooonyuh ?” “I yam what I yam and that’s all what I yam!” ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/15 "2003-03-24T01:10:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Papermache Prince \* > **[The Popeye Show](http://www.cartoonnetwork.com/watch/tv_shows/popeye/) on Cartoon Network. Episodes feature three restored cartoons, as well as Popeye history and information on the creators. Sunday nights at 7:30 pm.** Unfortunately, some of the _Popeye_ cartoons on Cartoon Network aren’t merely “restored”, they’re **colorized.** Believe me, nothing is weirder than seeing early 1930s animation in color. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/16 "2003-03-24T03:27:19Z")
“At’s all I can stands, I can’t stands no more!” Popeye was my hero as a kid. I have a “Strength Through Spinach” belt buckle, somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![JOAN\_HORNE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6a8cbe/32.png) [@JOAN\_HORNE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JOAN_HORNE)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/17 "2003-03-24T17:00:07Z")
Find that belt buckle. It’s probably worth a fortune unless you only 16 or something now! Yeah, Popeye. You tell 'um. (That’s what I say to my puppy when he starts biting at my feet or hands, just before I close the door to shut him away for a little while.) ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/18 "2003-03-24T17:48:24Z")
> [@](#): > > Unfortunately, some of the Popeye cartoons on Cartoon Network aren’t merely “restored”, they’re colorized. Are you sure? Some Fleischer cartoons were not really colorized, but were actually re-animated, apparenntly by someone in Asia. The results are bizarre. I know that one Betty Boop cartoon was done by sonmeone unfamiliar with American culture, because a Jack -o -Lantern showed up _green_ in the color version. (Some of these were solfd on videotape in the past twenty years. The label says “Electronically colored”, but they ain’t.) ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/19 "2003-03-24T22:10:00Z")
By “re-animated”, do you mean each cell was drawn again from scratch? Or what? ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196/20 "2003-03-25T04:40:33Z")
IIRC, there were several theatrical releases from the 1930’s such as “Popeye meets Ali baba and the Forty Thieves” that were originally in color. Color technology being a bit rough at the time, the results were a bit surreal. (Also, IIRC, “Popeye meets Ali baba and the Forty Thieves” takes us at some point to the desert berg of “Badgag”. Ya gotta wonder how Popeye would’ve dealt with Saddam.) **Cal** , I’d also like to know what ‘re-animated’ means… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-fans/163196.md?page=2)