Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

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Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor (1936)

Adventure Animation Comedy Family Fantasy Musical Short

The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.The legendary sailors Popeye and Sindbad do battle to see which one is the greatest.

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7.3/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 1 nomination total

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Jack Mercer

Popeye
(voice)
(uncredited)

Mae Questel

Olive Oyl
(voice)
(uncredited)

Lou Fleischer

Wimpy
(voice)
(uncredited)

Gus Wicke

Sindbad
(voice)
(uncredited)

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Trivia
Sone scenes were created by photographing the animation cels in front of a miniature set, giving a more three-dimensional appearance.

Goofs
After Sindbad sings to Popeye the line "Who's the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow?", the animals respond "You!", and you can then see some of them mouthing "Sindbad the Sailor", but that line is not heard. This happens again on the very next verse.

Quotes
Popeye: [singing] I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, Popeye the Sailor Man / I'm strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach / I'm Popeye the Sailor Man! / I'm one tough gazookus, which hates all palookas / But takes on the up and square / I biffs 'em and boffs 'em , and always out-ruffs 'em / But none of them gets nowhere! / If anyone messes to risk, me fisk / It's bop and it's wham, understand? / So keep good behavior, that's your one lifesaver / with Popeye the Sailor Man! / I'm Popeye the Sailor Man, Popeye the Sailor Man / I'm strong to the finich, cause I eats me spinach / I'm Popeye the Swab-Wailor Man!

Crazy credits
The credits are as follows:
The Spinach Eating Sailor... POPEYE
The Irresistible Damsel... Olive Oyl
The Hamburger Fiend... J. Wellington Wimpy
The Two Headed Giant... Boola
Rokh... The Mighty Eagle
"The Most Remarkable Fellow"... SINDBAD the Sailor

Connections
Edited into Big Bad Sindbad (1952)

Soundtracks
I'm Sinbad the Sailor
(uncredited)
Music by Sammy Timberg
Lyrics by Bob Rothberg
Performed by Gus Wicke

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Featured review

8/10

Still ahead of the game

Along with the Ali Baba one this is my favourite Popeye cartoon, I must admit partly because it's 3 times as long as most of the cartoons in the Canon. It gave much more scope to the Fleischer's to ...fleish it out a bit, less frenetic movement - some of the time!

All you should love about these Paramount Popeye's - if you're reading this - is here in spades (with Technicolour), from the marvellous panning 3d opening displaying Bluto's island and denizens to the incessant rambling mutterings of Popeye, Bluto, Olive and Wimpy. The storyline and animation are both amusing and inventive in the usual unusual Fleischer manner, and not a second is wasted. Although it's definitely not for the pc and over zealous animal rights activists!

Best bit: The savage looking giant two-headed caveman crooning a sweet lullaby to Popeye lying dazed in his lap.