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Anyone remember the Popeye cartoons that were made in the early 60s? I call them the Brutus years. The strong Bluto was replaced by Brutus who was obese. I really don't think they're the same person but I think they're probably brothers.
Some great shorts: the one where Wimpy plants a fake pearl in the one oyster he was able to afford. Roughhouse gets conned when he thinks the pearl is real and offers Wimpy a big lunch for it.
The one where Brutus tries to hypnotize Popeye into loving Alice the Goon.
The one where Popeye has to pretend to be a butler for Olive to impress an old school friend who turns out to be Brutus who attempts to come on to her.
What are your faves of these Popeyes?
Mister Donut
07-23-2009, 12:42 AM
Anyone remember the Popeye cartoons that were made in the early 60s? I call them the Brutus years. The strong Bluto was replaced by Brutus who was obese. I really don't think they're the same person but I think they're probably brothers.
I usually thought so too. Brutus though kept reminding me of one of my dead fat uncles OTOH. :D
Some great shorts: the one where Wimpy plants a fake pearl in the one oyster he was able to afford. Roughhouse gets conned when he thinks the pearl is real and offers Wimpy a big lunch for it.
Been said that was lifted from a Thimble Theater strip that had that done previously. One of the few occasions Popeye really does nothing but stand there as a spectator with Olive.
The one where Brutus tries to hypnotize Popeye into loving Alice the Goon.
The one where Popeye has to pretend to be a butler for Olive to impress an old school friend who turns out to be Brutus who attempts to come on to her.
What are your faves of these Popeyes?
I don't really have any favs personally, but my earliest memories of Popeye had been through those cartoons I saw presented on a local kiddie show a CBS affiliate in town had in the early 80's though I also saw the usual 40's and 50's cartoons as well.
hobbyfan
07-23-2009, 09:31 AM
IIRC, the ep where Popeye was a butler might've actually been from the Famous Studios era in the 50's, not the KFS era of the early 60's.
In fact, it's the KFS toons that introduced me to Popeye way back in the day. It wasn't until I got cable that I got to see the older classics.
Toon historians will note that Hal Sutherland & Lou Scheimer (Filmation) worked with Larry (Bozo the Clown) Harmon on some of the KFS shorts before it was passed over to Gene Deitch. The Deitch Popeyes, like his Tom & Jerry works, were not the best.
Mister Donut
07-23-2009, 11:52 AM
IIRC, the ep where Popeye was a butler might've actually been from the Famous Studios era in the 50's, not the KFS era of the early 60's.
In fact, it's the KFS toons that introduced me to Popeye way back in the day. It wasn't until I got cable that I got to see the older classics.
Toon historians will note that Hal Sutherland & Lou Scheimer (Filmation) worked with Larry (Bozo the Clown) Harmon on some of the KFS shorts before it was passed over to Gene Deitch. The Deitch Popeyes, like his Tom & Jerry works, were not the best.
Technically the Popeye series was farmed out to individual studios for completion so they were not simply done by one place and then from another. Studios responsible for this include Paramount, Larry Harmon Productions, Rembrandt Films (NY, though supervised by Gene Deitch in Prague), Jack Kinney and so-on.
Ever notice whenever Brutus showed up, they'd play "Blow the Man Down?" I also like the episode where Popeye stops Brutus from bringing a juke box into a cafe. And Popeye's calorie conscious. And who can ever forget the song Popeye sings at the beginning of many shorts?
CPlanetKwame
07-25-2009, 09:14 AM
I also liked the 60's Popeye shorts. The revamp opening theme, the closing where the magic quill wrote "THE END".
And Swee Pea talked on a regular basis (voiced by Mae Questal, also did Olive Oyl & Sea Hag).
Mister Donut
07-25-2009, 11:55 AM
I also liked the 60's Popeye shorts. The revamp opening theme, the closing where the magic quill wrote "THE END".
Often got that confused with the usual "A.A.P." Popeye's though at times I kinda wonder how different this would've been if King Features did had the rights to those cartoons from the get-go and stuck that ending on all of 'em anyway. It would've been very different indeed!
BartWinkle
07-28-2009, 01:11 PM
I always thought Bluto and Brutus were one and the same. Now can you imagine if '30s-vintage Bluto encountered Brutus.
Fibber Fox
07-28-2009, 11:22 PM
Often got that confused with the usual "A.A.P."
Really? When I was young, one of the station ran all through .. the Fleischer, the Famous and the King Features. It was pretty easy to tell them apart, even at age 5.
Some of the King Features ones annoyed me and it wasn't until many years later I learned they were done by Rembrandt.
F. Fox
http://yowpyowp.blogspot.com
Well when it comes to Popeye cartoons I remember one of my favorites had to be where bluto wasn't the main villain but he was know as "The man on the flying trapeze"
As with some Popeye cartoons go the song was catching and it was a neat thing seeing popeye duke it out with someone else than Bluto.
"he flows through the air with the greatest of ease
the daring young man on the flying trapeze
his movements are graceful and the girls he does please
and my love he does taken away!"
dth1971
08-01-2009, 10:07 PM
Was there a source that Bluto/Brutus was once called Sonny Boy in the Popeye comic strip rather than the Popeye cartoons?
Also: The good Popeye 1960's cartoons to me were:
Potent Lotion
Fashion Fotography
Caveman Capers
Was there a source that Bluto/Brutus was once called Sonny Boy in the Popeye comic strip rather than the Popeye cartoons?
A book called Popeye: an llustrated cultural history. Found it via google books its the best i could find since i remember reading it at a borders a while back...
http://books.google.com/books?id=W-D3lR0eOC4C&pg=PA174&lpg=PA174&dq=sonny+boy+popeye+comic+strip&source=bl&ots=Sd2TT_NNIQ&sig=N1uFEZ4eaT4Vju-9JS04jZaBptM&hl=en&ei=cvp0StbnH4HysgPdgcHdCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=8#v=onepage&q=sonny%20boy%20popeye%20comic%20strip&f=false
give it a read through im sure you can find something. this is what from i heard from when the process of the name change he was called sonny boy once though i don't remember where.
Hope this helps
KDevine7@msn.com
08-02-2009, 07:46 AM
Anyone remember the Popeye cartoons that were made in the early 60s? I call them the Brutus years. The strong Bluto was replaced by Brutus who was obese. I really don't think they're the same person but I think they're probably brothers.
Some great shorts: the one where Wimpy plants a fake pearl in the one oyster he was able to afford. Roughhouse gets conned when he thinks the pearl is real and offers Wimpy a big lunch for it.
The one where Brutus tries to hypnotize Popeye into loving Alice the Goon.
The one where Popeye has to pretend to be a butler for Olive to impress an old school friend who turns out to be Brutus who attempts to come on to her.
What are your faves of these Popeyes?
these are also my favorites.but i also like popeye having to go through school and popeye as a baby
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