THE ALL-NEW POPEYE HOUR/
THE POPEYE AND OLIVE COMEDY SHOW
(CBS, September 9, 1978-September 5, 1983)
Hanna-Barbera Productions, King Features Syndicate
MAIN CAST:
Frank Welker – Dinky
Dog (season 1-3)
Frank Nelson –
Uncle Dudley (season 1-3)
Julie Bennett –
Monica (season 1-3)
Jackie Joseph –
Sandy (season 1-3)
For the history of Popeye, check out the post here.
In 1978 CBS had
acquired the television rights to Popeye and approached Hanna-Barbera
Productions about making a Christmas special centered around the character. Instead,
that involved into an all-new Saturday morning television series.
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| Popeye with Olive, Swee'Pea, Eugene, Wimpy, Poopdeck and his nephews. |
The All-New
Popeye Hour was an hour-long program featuring one-eyed strongman sailor
Popeye (Jack Mercer, reprising the role he’s held since 1935), his girlfriend
Olive Oyl, adopted son Swee’Pea (both Marilyn Schreffler), his hamburger-loving
moocher friend J. Wellington Wimpy (Daws Butler, impersonating W.C. Fields), his father
Poopdeck (also Mercer), and his lookalike nephews Pipeye, Peepeye, Poopeye and
Pupeye (Mercer and Schreffler, respectively). Rounding out the cast to provide
troubles for him were fellow sailor, Bluto (Allan Melvin), and the pirate
witch, the Sea Hag (Schreffler). Long-time Olive performer Mae Questel auditioned for the
role again, but was turned down in favor of frequent studio collaborator
Schreffler.
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| Publicity cel of Popeye giving chase to Bluto giving chase to Olive. |
Hanna-Barbera attempted to maintain the style of the
original Thimble Theater comic strip (where Popeye starred until it was renamed Popeye that decade). As a result, the all-white
Navy uniform Popeye had worn in theatrical
and television shorts since World War II was
replaced by the sailor uniform he originally wore in the strip. The only exception
was his hat, which maintained its Navy styling. Notably, Bluto’s name was
restored, having been changed to Brutus by King
Features, publisher of the Popeye strip,
for their 1960s televised shorts. King Features had been under the belief that Paramount Pictures, distributor of the
original theatrical shorts, owned the character and decided to change the name
to avoid any legal hassle. In fact, the character was created by E.C. Segar
for the comic strip a year before the first Popeye
short had debuted.
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| Balancing the line between violence and comedy. |
However, the faithfulness ended there. Due to
increasing restrictions on violence for children’s cartoons, Popeye and Bluto
didn’t fight as they once had. Bluto was more concerned with outwitting Popeye
in whatever they were doing by any means necessary, and Popeye often got his
vengeance by using his spinach-powered strength to outperform or simply toss
Bluto away. At the end of every episode, Bluto would even admit that his
cheating is what did him in, providing the prosocial moral message as the
capper. Popeye was also no longer
allowed to smoke his trademark pipe. Instead, it served merely as a musical
instrument for him to toot; particularly when singing his theme song.
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| Popeye, Olive and Eugene on the hunt for treasure. |
The All-New
Popeye Hour debuted on CBS on September 9, 1978. Each episode was broken up
into several segments. The Adventures of
Popeye, or simply Popeye, was a
standard Popeye adventure that would see Popeye overcome adversity (usually
caused by Bluto) on land, sea or other time periods. Popeye’s Treasure Hunt followed Popeye and Olive as the co-owners
of Treasure Seekers, Ltd. Together, they would travel to various parts of the
world to search for hidden treasure with the aid of Eugene the Jeep (Don
Messick). Bluto of Bluto’s Treasure Salvage would follow close behind, looking
to steal the treasure for himself. The Treasure
Hunt segment was often broken up into two parts shown at different times
during the episode and aired every other week. Rounding out the hour was the
completely unrelated Dinky Dog, which
was not created by Segar and had nothing to do with any of his comic strips. It followed the adventures of sisters
Monica (Julie Bennett) and Sandy (Jackie Joseph) who had adopted a tiny puppy
(Frank Welker) that ended up growing into an enormous handful (more on Dinky in his own entry). In between the
segments to further the prosocial content, there would be Popeye’s Safety Tips; quick 30-second bits where Popeye would educate
his nephews on safety and lead them away from the bad influence of
anthropomorphic wolf Mr. No-No (John Stephenson). 1979 saw the addition of Popeye’s Sports Parade, in which Popeye
and Bluto would compete in various athletic competitions as Wimpy played
referee. There was also a special: the half-hour The Popeye Valentine Special: Sweethearts at Sea, which was the
first time a singular story took up the entire running time.
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| Popeye giving his nephews an edumikashun. |
In 1981, the show was reduced to a half hour and
renamed The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show. Dinky Dog was spun off into his own
show, and two new segments were added. The first, Prehistoric Popeye, followed the standard Popeye story format
except he and his friends now lived in the stone age. Private Olive Oyl, inspired by the 1980 film Private Benjamin, saw
Olive and Alice the Goon (Schreffler) as part of an all-female platoon in the U.S. Army. Olive and Alice would often
accidentally cause chaos that would set off their superior, Sergeant Bertha
Blast (Jo Anne Worley), but would somehow continually put them in good favor
with the oblivious Colonel Crumb (Hal Smith) by solving one of his problems. The
segment didn’t really focus on war and instead was centered on life in the
barracks.
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| Alice and Olive serving their country. |
The series was cancelled after four seasons but remained
on the network until 1983, at which point it entered into syndicated reruns. It
was the final time Mercer would voice Popeye before his death in 1984. As well
as performing, Mercer served as one of the script and storyboard writers. Other
writers included Doug Booth,
Tom Dagenais, Jack Hanrahan, Richard Dunn, Willie Gilbert,
Glenn Leopold,
Cliff Roberts,
Dalton Sandifer,
Don Heckman,
Bob Ogle, Kimmer Ringwald,
David Villaire,
Andy Heyward, Chris Jenkyns,
Mark Jones,
Wally Wohl,
Larz Bourne,
Patty Salier,
Tom Yakutis
and Frances
Novier. Hoyt Curtin
produced the series’ music, with the exception of Popeye’s theme composed by Sammy Lerner.
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| Prehistoric Popeye. |
18 segments were released to DVD by Rhino Home Video in 2000: “The Spinach Bowl”,
“Pedal-Powered-Popeye”, “Olive’s Shining Hour”, “The Loneliness of the Long
Distance Popeye”, “Popeye’s Self Defense”, “The Umpire Strikes Back”, “The
Decathlon Dilemma”, “Take Me Out to the Brawl Game”, “Olive Does Dallas”, “The
Great Speckled Whale”, “Shark Treatment”, “Popeye the Sleepwalker”, “A Goon
Gone Gooney”, “Popeye Goes Sailing”, “Pappy Falls in Love”, “Ships that Pass in
the Fright”, “Popeye Snags the Seahag”,
and “The Game”. In 2008, Warner
Home Video released Popeye & Friends Volume One which contained eight additional segments:
“Abject Flying Object”, “Ship Ahoy”, “I Wouldn’t Take That Mare to the Fair on
a Dare”, “Popeye Goes Sightseeing”, “Chips off the Old Ice Block”, “Popeye the
Plumber”, “Swee’Pea Plagues a Parade” and “Polly Wants Some Spinach”. In 2011, Visual Entertainment Inc.
released the complete collection of Dinky
Dog segments onto its
own DVD.
EPISODE GUIDE (Dinky Dog segments will be handled in
its own entry):
Season 1:
“Popeye the Carpenter / I Wants Me Mummy” (9/9/78) – Bluto and Popeye
end up destroying Olive’s house while competing to hang a picture for her. /
Popeye and Olive are hired by a mummy enthusiast to find Cleopatra’s treasure.
“The Ski’s the Limit / Popeye and the Beanstalk / The Big Wheel”
(9/16/78) – Popeye is hopeless on skis until Swee’Pea is threatened by an
avalanche. / Popeye trades his cows for some beans that end up growing a giant
beanstalk. / While hanging out at the amusement park, Bluto plots to get rid of
Popeye to be alone with Olive.
“Popeye the Sleepwalker / The Terrifyink Transylvania Treasure Trek”
(9/23/78) – Olive tries to keep Popeye from hurting himself when he sleepwalks
after a tiring expedition. / Count von Dracula hires Popeye and Olive to find
his family’s treasure in Transylvania.
“A Whale of a Tale / Olive’s Shining Hour / A Bad Knight for Popeye”
(9/30/78) – To help his nephews sleep, Popeye tells them the story of a mighty
sailor who was swallowed by a whale. / Eager to show off her new tennis skills,
Olive enlists Popeye as his partner in a game against Bluto and his girlfriend.
/ In the Middle Ages, farmer Popeye takes up the task to rescue Princess Olive
from evil knight Bluto.
“Popeye Goes Sailing / The Sword of Fitzwilly” (10/7/78) – Bluto is
determined to get Olive onto his boat, so he sinks Popeye’s. / Popeye and Olive
head to England to find a special sword.
“A Seal with Appeal / A Day at Muscle Beach / The Crunch for Lunch Bunch”
(10/14/78) – Popeye’s nephews adopt a seal and try to hide from him that they
let it in the house. / An outing at the beach is interrupted by its king,
Bluto. / When cavemen Popeye and Bluto fail to bring any food to Olive’s diner,
she decides to go out hunting herself.
“Wilder Than Usual Blue Yonder / Play It Again Popeye” (10/21/78) –
Olive refuses to go flying in Popeye’s newly-restored biplane. / The treasure
hunters are all hired to find the same Casablanca Falcon.
“Popeye Out West / Popeye the Plumber / Spinach Fever” (10/28/78) – The
Bluto Boys come riding into the Western town where Popeye is sheriff to cause
trouble. / Olive hires Popeye and Swee’Pea to fix her plumbing and they end up
making a mess of her house. / While out at a disco, Popeye gets jealous when
Olive is impressed by Bluto’s dance moves.
“Heir-Brained Popeye / Captain Meno’s Sunken Treasure” (11/4/78) – Popeye
gives chase to his uncle’s will when it blows away. / Marvin Meno hires Popeye
and Olive to find his grandfather’s lost treasure.
“Popeye and Bigfoot / Popeye’s Engine Company / Getting Popeye’s Goat”
(11/11/78) – Bluto dresses up as Bigfoot to spoil Popeye and Olive’s camping
trip. / When Olive’s oven smokes, firemen Popeye and Bluto compete to see who
will put it out. / Popeye babysits the Navy Reserve’s goat mascot who happens
to have a monstrously ravenous appetite.
“Close Encounters of the Third Spinach / The Delmonica Diamond”
(11/18/78) – Popeye finds a message from Princess Olive-Pit and sets out to
rescue her from Darth Bluto. / Popeye and Olive are hired by the queen of
Delmonica to find their stolen crown jewel.
“Popeye’s Finest Hour / Popeye and the Pest / Popeye Meets the
Blutostein Monster” (11/25/78) – A computer error recalls Popeye to the Navy
where he ends up in a unit with Bluto’s nephew. / A mosquito disturbs Popeye’s
peaceful fishing trip. / A mad scientist’s creation falls in love with Olive.
“Ship Ahoy / The Treasure of Howe’s Bayou” (12/2/78) – Bluto ruins
Popeye’s attempts to teach his nephews how to sail. / Bluto tries to help
himself to Olive’s inheritance.
“Here Stew You / Popeye and the Pirates / Popeye Goes Hollywood”
(12/9/78) – Popeye and Olive end up shipwrecked on an island inhabited by
Goons. / Popeye and Princess Olive are set upon by Blutobeard the Pirate. /
Popeye and Bluto compete for the same stuntman job.
“Popeye’s Roots / Spring Daze in Paris” (12/16/78) – Poopdeck teaches
the nephews about their ancestors. / Popeye and Olive’s Paris vacation is cut
short when Olive volunteers to find a treasure for Marie Antoinette’s
descendent.
“Popeye Snags the Seahag / The Three Ring Ding-a-Ling / A Day at the
Rodeo” (12/23/78) – P.I. Popeye is called upon to stop the Sea Hag from
hijacking ships. / At the circus, strongman Bluto attempts to ruin Popeye’s
trapeze routine. / Bluto cheats at the rodeo for a date with rodeo queen Olive.
“The Decathlon Dilemma / Coldfinger” (1/6/79) – Poopdeck and Eugene
teach Popeye a lesson about ageism. / Popeye and Olive are tasked by the
government to retrieve a satellite from a notorious master villain.
“Chips off the Old Ice Block / Popeye of the Klindike / Popeye Goes
Sightseeing” (1/13/79) – Bluto decides he’s the better ice skater and should
teach Swee’Pea how to skate. / Olive relays the story of Popeye and Bluto’s
time in Alaska during the Gold Rush. / Popeye loses Swee’Pea in New York and
sets out to find him before Olive learns about it.
“Shark Treatment / A Horse of a Flying Color” (1/20/79) – Popeye and
Poopdeck head out for a sea adventure where they encounter old enemies of
Poopdeck’s. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“Bluto’s Bike Bullies / Mother Goose on the Loose / Steeple Chase at
Ups and Downs” (1/27/79) – Bluto challenges Popeye to a game of chicken, and he
accepts not knowing what it is. / Popeye and Bluto compete in telling stories
to Swee’Pea while babysitting. / Olive inherits a horse and tries to fulfill
her uncle’s final wish of seeing it win the steeplechase at Up and Downs.
“A Camping We Will Go / The Mask of Gorgonzola” (2/3/79) – When bears
eat their food, Popeye teaches his nephews how to live off the land. / NO
SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“Take Me Out to the Brawl Game / I Left My Spinach in San Francisco”
(2/10/79) – Popeye and Bluto are tasked with getting attendance up at a ball
park. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“Popeye Versus Machine / A Trio in Rio” (2/17/79) – Popeye and Bluto
compete for a contract by building a 22-mile freeway through the mountains. / NO
SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“The Spinach Bowl / Popeye at the Center of the Earth” (2/24/79) – Popeye
and Bluto’s football teams play against each other. / Underground creatures
take Poopdeck and Popeye has to get him back.
“Ballet-Hooey / Boola Boola Hula” (3/3/79) – Popeye gives chase when
Bluto steals his basketball. / On a Hawaiian vacation, Olive ends up buying a
parrot that knows the way to a treasure in ancient ruins.
“Yukon Country Mountie / Treasure of Werner Schnitzel” (3/10/79) – Popeye
and Bluto volunteer to guard the payroll, which ends up stolen along with
Olive. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
Season 2:
“Queen of the Load / Plunder Down Under” (9/10/79) – Trucker Bluto
decides to improve his business by getting Olive as his partner. / An
Australian treasure hunt leads Popeye and Poopdeck to encounter a couple of
Goons.
“Love on the Rocks / Popeye the Lone Legionnaire / Roller Rink-a-Dink”
(9/17/79) – Popeye builds a monument to his love for Olive, but Bluto tries to
interfere. / Popeye has to retake his desert fort from desert pirate Bluto. /
Bluto tries to butt in on Popeye and Olive’s skate date and Popeye challenges
him to a skating competition.
“Old McPopeye Had a Farm / King of the Rodeo” (9/24/79) – Popeye and
his nephews help out at his uncle’s farm as Bluto keeps stealing from it. / NO
SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“Polly Wants Some Spinach / The Loneliness of the Long Distance Popeye
/ Popeye’s High School Daze” (10/1/79) – Opening a window to let the dust out
allows Olive’s parrot to escape. / Bluto cheats as he runs the Boston Marathon
with Popeye and Olive. / Their yearbook sets Popeye and Olive into a daydream
about their school days.
“Mule-itary Detail / The Reel Hollywood Treasure Hunt” (10/8/79) – Popeye
tries to return a mule to the army base but keeps being outsmarted. / Popeye
and his nephews head for a treasure hunt in Hollywood.
“Boo-Who / Building Blockheads / Olive’s Bugged House Blues”
(10/15/79) – When Popeye and Olive take refuge in a spooky old castle, Bluto
tries to scare them away. / Popeye and Olive try to build the world’s tallest
building before Bluto. / Popeye brings Olive a cricket for a housewarming
present, but instead of luck it just brings her misery.
“The Game / Sky High Fly Try” (10/22/79) – Popeye and Olive end up
stranded on hunter Bluto’s island, and he’s eager to hunt humans. / NO SYNOPSIS
AVAILABLE.
“Free Hauling Brawl / Pedal-Powered Popeye / Wotsa Matterhorn?”
(10/29/79) – Popeye and Bluto compete in a cross-country truck race for a
driving job. / Popeye and Olive compete against Bluto in a cross-country bike
race. / Popeye and Bluto compete to climb the Matterhorn first.
“Popeye’s Aqua Circus / The Great Decathlon Championship” (11/5/79) – Bluto
wants to take over Popeye’s circus and tries to ruin each act to make him look
bad. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“Popeye’s Poodle Problem / Take It or Lump It / Westard Ho! Ho!”
(11/12/79) – Popeye takes Olive’s new poodle to the dog show but encounter
Bluto and his dog on the way. / Bluto takes the place of the MC on the game
show Popeye and Olive are on. / Popeye tells his nephews about how he dug the
Grand Canyon.
“Bad Day at the Bakery / Popeye in Wonderland” (11/19/79) – Popeye and
Bluto’s fighting causes him to mix cement into his bread batter. / NO SYNOPSIS
AVAILABLE.
“Bully Dozer / Popeye the Painter / Popeye the Robot” (11/26/79) – Popeye
and Bluto battle over who gets to wake up sleeping Olive with a kiss. / Popeye
and Bluto compete to paint a building to win a lucrative contract. / Bluto
unleashes a robotic Popeye to ruin National Popeye Day.
“Swee’Pea Plagues a Parade / Fantastic Gymnastics” (12/3/79) – Swee’Pea’s
parade debut is spoiled by his desire to chase a balloon. / NO SYNOPSIS
AVAILABLE.
“Paddle Wheel Popeye / Water Ya Doin’” (12/10/79) – Popeye and Bluto
compete in a boat race. / Popeye and Bluto compete in a water competition being
judged by Olive and Wimpy.
Season 3:
“Merry Madness at the Mardi Gras / No Fuel Like an Old Fuel”
(12/17/79) – Bluto uses multiple costumes to spoil Popeye’s enjoyment of Mardi
Gras. / O.G. Wotasnozzle calls on Popeye to drive the car powered by his new
fuel in the National Energy Saving Cross Country Race.
“A Goon Gone Gooney / Bad Company / Popeye of Sherwood Forest / Top
Kick in Boot Camp” (12/24/79) – Popeye, Olive and Bluto end up stranded on Goon
Island and their queen wants to make Popeye her own. / When the nephews choose
to go to a picnic with Bluto, Popeye and Olive follow in disguise to make sure
they’re okay. / Popeye and his men steal from the crooked Sheriff of Rottenham
and give the money back to the poor. / Corporal Popeye and Sergeant Bluto are
ordered to conduct Private Olive’s physical training.
“Peask and Quiet / Dublin or Nothin” (12/31/79) – Needing a break from
his nephews, Olive takes them camping while Popeye and Eugene head to a
mountain cabin. / Popeye and Olive head to Ireland to help his uncle find his
lost silver shillelagh.
“Spa-ing Partners / Abject Flying Object” (1/7/80) – Popeye and Bluto
compete for instructor jobs at Olive’s health spa. / While Olive and Popeye
befriend a visiting alien, Bluto tries to capture him to get rich.
“Ships that Pass in the Fright / Around the World in 80 Hours”
(1/14/80) – Bluto comes to save a stranded Popeye and Olive, but attempts to
leave Popeye behind. / Popeye makes a bet that he can go around the world in 80
hours without transportation for a donation to his favorite orphanage.
“Olive Goes Dallas / Popeye’s Perilous Pursuit of a Pearl / Popeye’s
Self Defense” (1/21/80) – Olive tries out to be a cheerleader and Bluto
attempts to become a judge to ruin her chances. / The Sea Hag wants a Black
Pearl for its magical powers and decides to let Popeye and Olive find it for
her. / Popeye takes an exercise class to be strong without Spinach only to
discover Bluto is the instructor.
“Pappy Falls in Love / Hail, Hail the Gang’s All Here” (1/28/80) – Poopdeck
and Bluto compete for the affections of a woman they meet on a cruise. / NO
SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“Alpine for You / Popeye of the Jungle / Tour Each His Own” (2/4/80) –
Popeye tries to recover Olive’s pet lamb from Bluto. / Popeye tells Swee’Pea
about a jungle-dwelling relative. / Popeye and Bluto compete to get Olive’s
business for their struggling tour guide operations.
“The Umpire Strikes Back / Beyond the Spinach Brick Road” (2/11/80) – Popeye,
Olive and Swee’Pea aren’t doing well in their baseball game against Bluto. / NO
SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“Tough Sledding / Unidentified Fighting Object / W.O.I.L.” (2/18/80) –
Popeye and Olive go to see how they can help keep her granny’s ski resort from
closing. / Bluto refuses to return Popeye’s nephews’ ball out of spite for not
being invited to their cookout. / Popeye and Olive compete against Bluto’s
radio station.
“I Wouldn’t Take that Mare to the Fair on a Dare / Cliff Hanger”
(2/25/80) – Wimpy refuses to let Swee’Pea enter his old nag into the strong
horse competition at the state fair. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
“The Great Speckled Whale / Forum or Against ‘Em” (3/3/80) – Popeye
and Olive have to protect a whale from capture by Bluto. / While exploring
ancient Roman ruins, Popeye and Olive discover a key to Caesar’s safe.
“Popierre the Musketeer / In a Little Spinach Town” (9/8/80) – Blutomus
steals a crown meant for the king from Olivella. / NO SYNOPSIS AVAILABLE.
Season 4:
“Reptile Ranch / Mission Improbable / So Who’s Watching the Bird
Watchers?” (9/12/81) – Popeye and Bluto compete for a job at Olive’s
prehistoric ranch. / Colonel Crumb sends Blast, Olive and Alice to deliver some
secret plans, but Olive ends up reading the map upside-down. / Olive puts Popeye
and Bluto in a bird-watching club to keep them out of trouble.
“Computer Chaos / Chilly Con Caveman / Here Today – Goon Tomorrow”
(9/19/81) – Colonel Crumb places a new robot sergeant in charge of Olive and
Alice. / Bluto discovers snow. / Blast has to find Olive and Alice when they
follow her orders to “get lost”.
“Olive’s Devastatingk
Decorators / Troop Therapy / Come Back, Little Stegosaurus” (9/26/81) – Olive
asks for Popeye’s help to decorate her house, resulting in his almost
destroying it while fighting with Bluto. / Blast is ordered to schedule a
training session for Olive and Alice that she hopes will finally get them
kicked out. / Popeye and Bluto compete to catch Olive’s pet stegosaurus.
“Goon Native / Cheap Skate Date / Alice in Blunderland” (10/3/81) – Olive
and Alice take their assignment to raft to an island as a vacation. / Popeye
attempts to teach Olive how to skate when Bluto comes along to bother them. /
Blast, Olive and Alice are sent to retrieve some spring water for an important
visitor.
“The Incredible Shrinking Popeye / Wreck Room / Neanderthal Nuisance”
(10/10/81) – Stopping to pick flowers for Olive leads Popeye to be exposed to a
shrinking formula. / Crumb assigns Blast, Olive and Alice to build a new rec
room. / Olive’s neighbor Bluto won’t let them enjoy a day of sunbathing.
“Private Secretaries / The First Resort / Goon Balloon” (10/17/81) – Ordered
to do Crumb’s paperwork, Olive and Alice keep messing up his office while Blast
tries to clean it. / Popeye and Bluto both decide to go to Olive’s resort, but
neither is in for a relaxing time. / Alice accidentally causes herself, Olive
and Blast to take a hot air balloon ride.
“Vegetable Stew / Tanks a Lot / Winner Window Washer” (10/24/81) – After
Wimpy eats all of Olive’s food, she sends Popeye and Bluto out with a shopping
list. / Olive and Alice cause trouble when they find an abandoned tank. / Popeye
and Bluto complete to finish washing the windows of a skyscraper for a job with
Olive’s company.
“Rocky Rolls / Hogwash at the Car Wash / Snow Fooling” (10/31/81) – Olive
and Alice are put on KP duty. / When Bluto dirties Olive’s car, she takes it to
Popeye’s carwash. / Olive and Alice are ordered to remove the snow so that
Crumb can get to an airplane on time.
“Bronto Beach / “Infink-try / The Midnight Ride of Popeye Revere”
(11/7/81) – Popeye tries to teach Olive how to fish at the beach but Bluto
keeps bothering them. / Swee’Pea and Wimpy visit the base, but after visiting
hours Swee’Pea sneaks back. / Popeye tries to get his nephews interested in
history.
“Goon Hollywood / Popeye Stumps Bluto / Basic Train-ning” (11/14/81) –
Crum makes Blast the director of a new training film. / Popeye and Bluto
compete for a job from Olive. / Olive and Alice are sent to clean the new
silent troop train and end up taking off with it.
“Up a Lizard River / Jeep Thrills” (11/21/81) – Bluto interrupts
Popeye and Olive’s camping trip. / Eugene visits the base and drives Blast
crazy.
Special:
“Sweethearts at Sea” (2/14/79) – Olive decides to take a romantic
cruise on her own when Popeye forgets to send her a valentine, and Bluto
intends to take advantage of their split.
