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GARFIELDKOOL · 03-25-2007, 06:34 PM

and I just can't get over how Popeye and Bluto fight over Olive Oyle. She is skinny, got a round face, and is ugly. Definitely not worth near killing the next man over. Every episode, she is always portrayed as some beauty queen. Bluto needed to get a life, and Popeye should have moved on.

Ireneparalegal · 03-25-2007, 09:37 PM

I so agree with you. Was she really worth it? I don't think so. And I hope some idiot doesn't post here, "it's just a cartoon"...

TV Knowledge Fan · 04-09-2007, 03:51 PM

....somehow, his writers settled on the perennial rivalry between Popeye and Bluto for Olive's affections as the main thrust of the theatrical cartoons....especallly after "Famous Studios" succeeded Fleischer's animated unit in 1942. And everyone knows how well THEY drove great ideas into the ground!

03-25-2007, 06:34 PM	#1
GARFIELDKOOL Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Sep 02, 2004 Location: Rochester, NY Posts: 7,204	I was watching Popeye today on Boomerang and I just can't get over how Popeye and Bluto fight over Olive Oyle. She is skinny, got a round face, and is ugly. Definitely not worth near killing the next man over. Every episode, she is always portrayed as some beauty queen. Bluto needed to get a life, and Popeye should have moved on.

03-25-2007, 09:37 PM	#2
Ireneparalegal LEGAL SPICE ;) Forum Legend Join Date: Jul 25, 2005 Location: OXNARD, CA - WHERE THE DALLAS COWBOYS TRAIN & PRACTICE Posts: 38,691	I so agree with you. Was she really worth it? I don't think so. And I hope some idiot doesn't post here, "it's just a cartoon"...
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04-09-2007, 03:51 PM	#3
TV Knowledge Fan Member Senior Member Join Date: Mar 29, 2006 Location: Long Branch, N.J. Posts: 2,577	Blame Max Fleischer for the "formula".... ....somehow, his writers settled on the perennial rivalry between Popeye and Bluto for Olive's affections as the main thrust of the theatrical cartoons....especallly after "Famous Studios" succeeded Fleischer's animated unit in 1942. And everyone knows how well THEY drove great ideas into the ground!