This is a short in the Popeye series produced by Fleischer studios. There will be spoilers ahead:
Olive Oyl is a figure of sympathy here. There exists in the Popeye universe an eternal triangle-Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto, with Popeye and Bluto typically fighting over Olive. There's a triangle here, but this time, Popeye is the fickle one, the object of another woman's interest and Olive is the one becoming increasingly infuriated by the escalation in the infatuation of Popeye with a blonde fitness instructress, similar to Mae West in type.
Popeye cajoles and prods Olive into taking boxing lessons, in order to learn self defense. He none too gently gets her gloved and hitting a bag, which she does rather poorly at first. The Mae West-type finds her amusing and finds Popeye appealing, which Popeye clearly appreciates far too much for Olive's liking.
Olive does a slow burn as her rival starts making time with Popeye, to his obvious glee. The verbal asides made by both Jack Mercer and Mae Questal are a large part of the fun here. Olive finally loses her temper, to the detriment of the bag, finally deciding to re-exert her prerogatives to Popeye. Olive gets in a few good shots by luck, but starts getting pummeled, with one sequence of punches changing her hairstyles.
Olive goes down and then crawls over to Popeye, grabs his can of spinach and eats it, with predictable results. She arches her back and spits like a cat before launching herself at her rival and dispatching her before turning to Popeye and "explaining" things to him rather pointedly.
This short is available on the first Popeye the Sailor DVD set and is well worth watching. Most recommended.
Olive Oyl is a figure of sympathy here. There exists in the Popeye universe an eternal triangle-Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto, with Popeye and Bluto typically fighting over Olive. There's a triangle here, but this time, Popeye is the fickle one, the object of another woman's interest and Olive is the one becoming increasingly infuriated by the escalation in the infatuation of Popeye with a blonde fitness instructress, similar to Mae West in type.
Popeye cajoles and prods Olive into taking boxing lessons, in order to learn self defense. He none too gently gets her gloved and hitting a bag, which she does rather poorly at first. The Mae West-type finds her amusing and finds Popeye appealing, which Popeye clearly appreciates far too much for Olive's liking.
Olive does a slow burn as her rival starts making time with Popeye, to his obvious glee. The verbal asides made by both Jack Mercer and Mae Questal are a large part of the fun here. Olive finally loses her temper, to the detriment of the bag, finally deciding to re-exert her prerogatives to Popeye. Olive gets in a few good shots by luck, but starts getting pummeled, with one sequence of punches changing her hairstyles.
Olive goes down and then crawls over to Popeye, grabs his can of spinach and eats it, with predictable results. She arches her back and spits like a cat before launching herself at her rival and dispatching her before turning to Popeye and "explaining" things to him rather pointedly.
This short is available on the first Popeye the Sailor DVD set and is well worth watching. Most recommended.