" Barnacle Bill" is used as the recurring theme for Bluto. It was also heard in the science-fiction film Alien Resurrection (1997) when it is whistled by Dom Vriess. The song was sung twice in the opening credits of this cartoon, first by a deep-voiced singer who sounds like Bluto, and then by Mae Questel (as the voice of Betty Boop). For this cartoon, and at least one following it, the opening credits theme was an extended instrumental of " The Sailor's Hornpipe" (of which only the first bar was used in the later cartoons) followed by a vocal variation on "Strike Up the Band (Here Comes a Sailor)" substituting the words "for Popeye the Sailor" in the latter phrase. It would eventually become Popeye's theme song, with a portion of its instrumental appearing over the opening credits. This short also introduces the song "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man", written by Sammy Lerner, loosely based on the first two lines of the "Pirate King" song in Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta, The Pirates of Penzance.He then punches the approaching engine and its baggage car and coaches in the "face", and wrecks the whole train in a crushing halt and sparing Olive's life, because of the can of spinach he ate. Popeye fights Bluto, but initially loses, but then eats spinach and then punches Bluto, causing him to get trapped in a nailed coffin. He is then bit by a snake, but then tranquilizes it with his pipe.īluto then abducts Olive Oyl and ties her to a railroad track, using the track itself as "ropes", in order to cause a train wreck to kill Olive, where a train is approaching. Popeye jumps up on stage, wraps the bearded lady's beard around his waist for a grass skirt, and dances with Betty, mimicking her movements. They play two games, the high striker and African dodger, with Popeye "winning" both times and then they watch Betty Boop (also voiced by Bonnie Poe) doing the hula. Popeye takes Olive Oyl to a carnival and pays the peacock 10¢ and Bluto blows off all of the peacock's feathers. On land with his nemesis Bluto (voiced by William Pennell), the two sailors vie for the affections of Olive Oyl (voiced by Bonnie Poe). The camera zooms in on the illustration of Popeye, which then comes to life, as Popeye (voiced by Billy Costello) sings about his amazing prowess in his signature song "I'm Popeye the Sailor Man". The front page of one of the newspapers appears, with a headline declaring that Popeye has become a movie star. The cartoon begins with stock film footage of newspapers rolling off a printing press. While billed as a Betty Boop cartoon, it was produced as a vehicle for Popeye in his debut animated appearance. Popeye the Sailor (titled onscreen as Popeye the Sailor with Betty Boop) is a 1933 animated short produced by Fleischer Studios and distributed by Paramount Publix Corporation.
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