As a kid, on the edge of the first real teevee generation I watched all the usual stuff.Hannah-Barbera, Warner Brothers, Dizknee, Loony, all the greats..
But there was always a small quiet, special place in my heart for that old OLD underdog
POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN
Older I became, if not more grown up, crotchety some would say.
Still, I usually pick my fights as ones I can win and have a time or two used Popeye's Line,...
"it's all I'se can take, 'cause I can'ts take na more!".
Popeye remains heart-winning as the underdog.
He proudly remains "what he is," takes no guff from anyone,
and is ready to fight Bluto, that bully, to protect the girl he loves small children and the helpless.
Several generations of cartoons, movies, lunchboxes (I had one!), and a half dozen different incarnations of looks, voices, and manners all have had the same soft hearted person under the tough and gruff exterior…
For those of us that aspired to Olive Oyl, but usually ended up with the Sea Hag, he is a friend, an inspiration and almost part of the 'fambilly'.
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I mean, really!
I am no Olive Oyl. Nor am I Hag.
Phew!
Keep that spinnach handy!
:)
I LIKED that movie... though Williams did not.
oh man, now I want a Wimpy Burger.....
Are we about the same age, Lloyd? Did you watch Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy? What about Sky King, Quick Draw McGraw? I loved Saturday morning cartoons when I was a kid. Television was so good in the old days.
1. HH yes... AD.. no DD, no... BUT I did like Deputy Dawg, and SUPERCHICKEN...
and NEVER forget...... [wait for it....]
THE BANANA SPLITS!
!!!!!!!!! But by then I had discovered mood altering substances and was working nights...
By: The Banana Splits
(Ritchie Adams - Mark Barkan)
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
One banana, two banana, three banana, four
Four bananas make a bunch and so do many more.
Over hill and highway the banana buggies go
Comin' on to bring you the Banana Splits show
Makin' up a mess of fun
Makin' up a mess of fun
Lots of fun for everyone
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
Four banana, three banana, two banana, one
All bananas playing in the bright warm sun,
Flippin' like a pancake, poppin' like a cork,
Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork
Tra la la, la la la la
Tra la la, la la la la
you had to love it...
ALSO it was the advent of replacing cartoon characters with PEOPLE in costumes and making PEOPLE (Space Ghost for example), cartoons.. very trippy.
oh I loved Cecil the sea sick serpant.....and let us not forget Beany boy!
"squareBob Spongepants" what's that?
Lloyd, I can see the Popeye in you.... Keep eating that spinach!!
I tried to like spinach, because of PopEye...but..no go...But still watched faithfully.
I'm PopEye the Sailor Man! TOot toot