As Popeye makes an order at Bluto's diner, Wimpy causes a fight between them with his shameless mooching.As Popeye makes an order at Bluto's diner, Wimpy causes a fight between them with his shameless mooching.As Popeye makes an order at Bluto's diner, Wimpy causes a fight between them with his shameless mooching.
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Lou Fleischer
- Wimpy
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jack Mercer
- Popeye
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Seymour Kneitel(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe Fleisher brothers (Dave Fleischer and Lou Fleischer) used Bluto in this short as the operator of a diner who is annoyed by Wimpy's hamburger mooching. This is loosely taken from E.C. Segar's Thimble Theatre comic where a recurring character named Rough House, a hard working chef who owns and operates the Rough House Cafe, is often seen serving meals to Popeye and his friends and trying to avoid the mooching ways of the hamburger loving Wimpy. Bluto is used in this cartoon to give Popeye someone to fight since Rough House is an ally to Popeye.
- Quotes
[first lines]
Wimpy: [singing] There's nothing in the world that can compare / With a hamburger, juicy and rare. / A hamburger lives for the pleasure it gives; / It's a thrill on the bill of fare. / Such heavenly food deserves the best: / A home and contentment beneath my vest. / There's nothing in the world that's so divine / As a hamburger, tender and fine - / I adore you, hamburger mine!
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- SoundtracksI'm Popeye the Sailor Man
(uncredited)
Written by Samuel Lerner
Played during the opening credits
Sung by Jack Mercer (as Popeye)
Featured review
One of the best of the Fleischer era
The man reason that the early Popeye cartoons were popular was that the characters were depicted as ordinary working-class types in everyday urban surroundings, which many in the Depression era could identify with. This more or less ended when Paramount bought out the series in the early 1940's and put their own take on it.
Very popular among viewers were the asides mumbled by the voice of Popeye Jack Mercer. The quick-witted Mercer would often ad-lib these asides randomly. Some needed to be edited out, because they wouldn't get past the censor, but most were left in as-is. Mercer continued to voice Popeye, except when overseas during World War 2, until his death in 1984.
Gus Wickie was the voice of Bluto in about 20 of the early cartoons. When the Fleischer brothers moved from New York City to Florida, Wickie decided to stay in The Big Apple, where could more-easily find work as an entertainer.
In this cartoon, and others in the series, Wickie was also allowed to ad-lib asides, which were also popular with the public. Neither Wickie's predecessor, William Pennell, nor his successor, the talented Jackson Beck, opted much for the same ad-libbing,
Also, the character of Wimpy had a more prominent role in this cartoon than in others during the era.
The interaction and dialog between the three is among the best in the series.
Very popular among viewers were the asides mumbled by the voice of Popeye Jack Mercer. The quick-witted Mercer would often ad-lib these asides randomly. Some needed to be edited out, because they wouldn't get past the censor, but most were left in as-is. Mercer continued to voice Popeye, except when overseas during World War 2, until his death in 1984.
Gus Wickie was the voice of Bluto in about 20 of the early cartoons. When the Fleischer brothers moved from New York City to Florida, Wickie decided to stay in The Big Apple, where could more-easily find work as an entertainer.
In this cartoon, and others in the series, Wickie was also allowed to ad-lib asides, which were also popular with the public. Neither Wickie's predecessor, William Pennell, nor his successor, the talented Jackson Beck, opted much for the same ad-libbing,
Also, the character of Wimpy had a more prominent role in this cartoon than in others during the era.
The interaction and dialog between the three is among the best in the series.
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- Tom_Barrister
- May 13, 2022
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- Runtime6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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