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Popeye was created by Elzie Segar a cartoonist who wrote the strip Thimble Theatre thatfirst appeared in the King Features comic strip on January 17, 1929. This strip originally had the characters of Olive Oyl, Ham Gravy (Olive's first boyfriend), Cole and Nana Oyl (Olive's parents) and Castor Oyl. On January 17, 1929, Popeye made his first appearance in the strip. His first words, a reply to the question, "Are you a sailor?" ; were "Ja think I'm a cowboy!" Needless to say, Popeye went on to be the most popular character in the strip and one of the greatest comic characters ever. In the thirties, the Fleischer Brothers (who created Betty Boop) introduced Popeye as a character in Popeye the Sailor, a Betty Boop Cartoon.
Thimble Theatre, carried on after Segar's death in 1938 drawn by artists such as Bud Sagendorf The strip was renamed Popeye in the 1970s. Today drawn by Hy Eisman, Popeye continues to appear in first-run strips in Sunday papers (daily Popeye strips are reruns of older strips).
In 1933, Max and Dave Fleischer's Fleischer Studios adapted the Thimble Theatre characters into a series of Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. These cartoons proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and Popeye at one time rivaled Mickey Mouse for popularity among audiences. After Paramount assumed control of the Fleischer Studio in 1942, they continued producing the series until 1957. Future Popeye cartoons were produced for television from 1960 to 1962 by King Features, and from 1978 to 1982 as well as 1987 to 1988 by Hanna-Barbera Productions.

ink	Popeye and Betty Boop together in POPEYE THE SAILOR (Animation 1933) Stars Voice of... Mae Questal Popeye the Sailor first appeared in the movies in this Betty Boop cartoon. Of course it also featured Olive Oyl and Bluto. 1933 was well before the Civil Rights Movement so it was not unusual for this and numerous other cartoons to portray some characters in what we consider politically incorrect manner. Another reason you do not see this cartoon on television, anymore could also be because it is obvious Betty Boop is topless underneath her Hawaiian lei. Nevertheless, this is no doubt a classic cartoon and I personally like it. *P.S. You must have the Quicktime plugin installed in whatever browser you are using to be able to watch the clip by streaming.If you need the programDOWNLOAD QUICKTIME here.	Popeye in PRIVATE EYE POPEYE (Animation 1954) Popeye in I YAM WHAT I AM (Animation 1933) Popeye in ORGAN GRINDERS SWING (Animation 1937) Popeye in DIZZY DIVERS (Animation 1935) Popeye in FOR BETTER OR WORSER (Animation 1935) Popeye in BRIDGE AHOY (Animation 1936) Popeye in COOKIN' WITH GAGS (Animation 1955) Popeye in PATRIOTIC POPEYE (Animation 1957) Popeye in INSECT TO INJURY (Animation 1956) Popeye in SEASIN'S GREETINKS (Animation 1933) Popeye in FRIGHT TO THE FINISH (Animation 1954) Popeye in LITTLE SWEE' PEA (Animation 1936) Popeye in THE TWO ALARM FIRE (Animation 1934) Popeye in A HAUL IN ONE (Animation 1956) Popeye in THE HOUSE BUILDER UPPER (Animation 1938) Popeye in THE JEEP (Animation 1938) Popeye in SHUTEYE POPEYE (Animation 1952) Popeye in OUT TO PUNCH (Animation 1956)	Popeye in ANCIENT FISTORY (Animation 1953) Popeye in BULLDOZING THE BULL (Animation 1938)