Hooray for Popeye the Sailor Man! In 1954, Parmount decided to celebrate 20 years of Popeye cartoons with a nonsensical "20th Anniversary" special cartoon (though they were a year late: the first Popeye cartoon came out in 1933). The toon features a testimonial banquet dinner in Popeye's honor; in attendance for this black-tie formal affair is Olive Oyl, Popeye's perennial love interest, and Bluto, Popeye's arch nemesis (bad idea to invite him-who's idea was this?)
The master of ceremonies? None other than Bob Hope himself (with an odd-sounding Southern accent). Also in attendance are stars from Paramount motion pictures, including Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Durante, and Bing Crosby. Popeye shows clips from two of his cartoons, "Tops in the Big Top" and "Rodeo Romance" (in both clips, Bluto takes a beating!). All this is too much for Bluto to take, so he decides
to smack Popeye with his Spinach trophy just after Bob Hope presents it to him. You'll have to watch the cartoon to see what happens, but you can be sure it involves spinach!The caricatures only appear for a few seconds...the majority of the cartoon features the two Popeye clips. Watch it below:
Caricatures in order of appearance: Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Jimmy Durante.
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