This is the classic story, originally written by Johnathan Swift, about Gulliver, who washes up on the shores of Lilliput and attempts to prevent a war between Lilliput and Blefiscu over a wedding song. This musical version of the story was done by none other than Fleischer Studios, original rival to Disney and creators of Popeye and Betty […]
A cruise to Nome, Alaska, starts with some cruise-ship jokes: the ship pulls out of the harbor like a car, raising anchor also raises the front of the boat, the ship follows the coast by curving around it. On arrival, we see some local scenes: A penguin eats two fish, then is eaten by the […]
Ali Baba is mysteriously absent in this video, but his 40 thieves are out causing a ruckus. Popeye and Oliv Oyl hear about an attack the thieves make on Arabia, so they gear up in their plane and fly over. They crash land in the desert, where they roam until they come across a town […]
Betty Boop campaigns for Grampy to be the new mayor, and he wins by one vote. Betty gets everything in his office ready. But the moment Grampy sits down, the citizens come out from everywhere -- the chandelier, his desk drawer, behind a painting of a jackass -- to complain and to demand he fix things. Grampy is in his element. He finds novel ways to build a new bridge, fight fires, and stop drivers from ignoring the stoplight. He even improves ramshackle houses by pasting over them with posters of better looking houses. The subway train now goes directly into buildings, saving commuters the trouble of going outside. And the public fountain now serves beer. Hooray for Grampy! - From IMDB
Two legendary sailors battle for superiority over each other. This is longer than most of the Popeye cartoons made at the same time and features the early set or cast and characters.
A spider runs a hotel for flies where he keeps his guests captive. A pair of fly newlyweds arrive and check in. Fortunately, the husband is “flyweight champion”. After a pitched battle featuring arrows (fountain pen nibs) and a machine gun (aspirins shot from a perfume atomizer), the spider winds up in a bottle of […]