# Popeye (The Hitchhiker). WTF????? \[duplicate\]

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**Created:** [December 15, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-the-hitchhiker-wtf-duplicate/564212 "2010-12-15T05:55:22Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 15, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/popeye-the-hitchhiker-wtf-duplicate/564212/1 "2010-12-15T05:55:22Z")

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Growing up in the 60’s we had [THIS](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDn5hqCLwHk) 45 in the house. But I never “got it”. WTF? Why was [Popeye hitchhiking?](http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/c/chubby_checker/popeye_the_hitchhiker.html) And why is there a “Popeye” dance done about him hitching a ride?

Aout 90% of you are younger than me (and I’m only 50, gawd damn it!:mad: ) and may not even know what the hell a “45” is (it’s not the one my old man came back from Korea with 😉 ) but even when I was a kid I thought this song was kind of weird.