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Chocoholic · 02-18-2010, 12:57 AM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

No, he'd probably be on steroids!!

Not only that, but Olive Oyl would be saving HIM!

TripperFan · 02-18-2010, 01:24 AM

Actually, I think it had a lot to do with trying to get the kiddies to eat their veggies, and especially spinach since most kids hate it (along with Brussel Sprouts - a la Beaver Cleaver stuffing them in his shirt pocket).

I remember my mom always touting how Popeye ate his spinach and his was strong. She didn't know tho that Popeye's mom knew how to wash it properly prior to cooking....ours always had sand in it. It was like eating seaweed off the beach! (God bless her)

catlover79 · 02-18-2010, 01:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Chocoholic

Not only that, but Olive Oyl would be saving HIM!

Marvo301 · 02-18-2010, 02:17 AM

Mom: Eat your spinach son it will put color in your cheeks!

Son: But Mom I don't want green cheeks!

TV Knowledge Fan · 02-18-2010, 03:54 AM

...created a few sequences around 1932 showing Popeye eating spinach, which gave him even MORE strength than usual (he often had the strength to literally lift Olive's house to show up one of her beaus, as he did in one 1936 Sunday strip), briefly transforming him into a "super-human" who could outpunch any enemy and enabled him to accomplish whatever "amazing feat" he had in mind [lifting an ocean liner, et. al.]. When Max Fleischer began producing his theatrical Popeye cartoons in 1933, his writers hit on the idea that all the one-eyed swab had to do was consume a can of spinach, and ZINGO! He could do ANYTHING...this became as standard in those cartoons as his "three-cornered" relationship with Olive Oyl and Bluto (he appeared just ONCE, in Segar's strip). Very few people had the amazing storytelling [and drawing] abilty as Segar did. The Popeye cartoons eventually settled into "formula" {Popeye vs. Bluto for Olive's affections- at the climax, he manages to whip out a can of spinach- "Ta-da-da-da-duh-da-daahh"- BOOM! Bluto's out of the picture, Popeye and Olive are together again...until the next time}.

Torgo · 02-18-2010, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Chocoholic

Not only that, but Olive Oyl would be saving HIM!

And Wimpy will be eating soy-burgers.

catlover79 · 02-18-2010, 01:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

And Wimpy will be eating soy-burgers.

I'm guessing PETA would be writing the scripts!

TripperFan · 02-18-2010, 01:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Torgo

And Wimpy will be eating soy-burgers.

LOL And Popeye better start buying his spinach in cellophane bags rather than cans since now the linings of tin cans are found to be dangerous to your health.

Geez, it's a good thing cartoons weren't invented today - there'd be way too much political correctness.

catlover79 · 02-18-2010, 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Pus$y Galore

LOL And Popeye better start buying his spinach in cellophane bags rather than cans since now the linings of tin cans are found to be dangerous to your health.

Geez, it's a good thing cartoons weren't invented today - there'd be way too much political correctness.

Amen to that!!

Torgo · 02-18-2010, 04:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Pus$y Galore

LOL And Popeye better start buying his spinach in cellophane bags rather than cans since now the linings of tin cans are found to be dangerous to your health.

Geez, it's a good thing cartoons weren't invented today - there'd be way too much political correctness.

Just like Mark Trail, Popeye will no longer use a pipe, and he will speak proper English. Bluto will attend anger management classes.

catlover79 · 02-18-2010, 04:47 PM

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Just like Mark Trail, Popeye will no longer use a pipe, and he will speak proper English. Bluto will attend anger management classes.

I'd actually like to see Bluto in the anger management classes.

Marvo301 · 02-18-2010, 07:04 PM

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Originally Posted by catlover79

I'd actually like to see Bluto in the anger management classes.

Instead of having a fist fight, Popeye and Bluto will now resolve their differences through mediation.

catlover79 · 02-18-2010, 09:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Marvo301

Instead of having a fist fight, Popeye and Bluto will now resolve their differences through mediation.

Caroline13 · 11-25-2022, 02:39 PM

Popeye's muscles are from the Spinach he consumes, spinach is HIGH in potassium and potassium helps a lot with muscle weakness. I don't eat enough spinach. I know this and would like to...

Dude111 · 11-25-2022, 04:19 PM

Ya He had a good reason to eat it

02-18-2010, 01:24 AM	#17
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02-18-2010, 03:54 AM	#20
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	E.C. Segar, in his original "Thimble Theatre" comic strip... ...created a few sequences around 1932 showing Popeye eating spinach, which gave him even MORE strength than usual (he often had the strength to literally lift Olive's house to show up one of her beaus, as he did in one 1936 Sunday strip), briefly transforming him into a "super-human" who could outpunch any enemy and enabled him to accomplish whatever "amazing feat" he had in mind [lifting an ocean liner, et. al.]. When Max Fleischer began producing his theatrical Popeye cartoons in 1933, his writers hit on the idea that all the one-eyed swab had to do was consume a can of spinach, and ZINGO! He could do ANYTHING...this became as standard in those cartoons as his "three-cornered" relationship with Olive Oyl and Bluto (he appeared just ONCE, in Segar's strip). Very few people had the amazing storytelling [and drawing] abilty as Segar did. The Popeye cartoons eventually settled into "formula" {Popeye vs. Bluto for Olive's affections- at the climax, he manages to whip out a can of spinach- "Ta-da-da-da-duh-da-daahh"- BOOM! Bluto's out of the picture, Popeye and Olive are together again...until the next time}.

11-25-2022, 02:39 PM	#29
Caroline13 Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Jan 30, 2021 Location: So Calif Posts: 14,483	Popeye's muscles are from the Spinach he consumes, spinach is HIGH in potassium and potassium helps a lot with muscle weakness. I don't eat enough spinach. I know this and would like to...
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11-25-2022, 04:19 PM	#30
Dude111 Forum Legend Join Date: Nov 05, 2013 Posts: 36,381	Ya He had a good reason to eat it