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We continue our chronological examination of the Fleischer Popeye cartoons with the year 1934, when the order went up to a whopping 12 cartoons per season! Join us as we examine how the directors and animators expanded upon Popeye's acting range and figured out pretty quickly what did and didn't work for the character. New locales and cinematics, more roles for Wimpy and Bluto, a permanent voice for Olive Oyl, and recollections from Dave Tendlar and Myron Waldman are among the highlights.

Cartoons discussed: 

Sock-a-Bye Baby, Let's You and Him Fight, The Man on the Flying Trapeze, Can You Take It, Shoein' Hosses, Strong to the Finich, Shiver Me Timbers!, Axe Me Another, A Dream Walking, The Two-Alarm Fire, The Dance Contest, and We Aim to Please.

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Anonymous

Fantastic! Just a little correction - the song in WE AIM TO PLEASE is called "Narcissus". Here's a piano version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNm-IhQ_h08

Anonymous

Nice work! These are on my short list of favorite cartoons. I showed CAN YOU TAKE IT and was asked "who directed this? Sam Peckinpah?"

Anonymous

I believe the ablibbing was because at this time Fleischer was still post-syncing the audio. I'm not sure if they were still doing it all at one time like Steamboat Willy, but they were definitely recording the dialogue sound effects, and music in one continuous take while watching the animation

John Veitch

A couple of corrections on "Shiver Me Timbers": It's "Stars and Stripes Forever" that plays during the fight, and Wimpy's roast chicken at the end is what the ghosts were tormenting him with.