Now if only we can get the same with Tom and Jerry (Early tv era), Looney tunes (Also early TV era) or the pink panther cartoons. Those are pretty cheap.
5:06 That's a classic gag that the classic weirdly failed to do. Not just having Popeye himself leave a perfect hole, but even his hat that was already off his head somehow still left the same impact.
02:16-02:23 Wow, whoever did this segment NAILED the look of the old black and white Popeye cartoons! It almost makes me wish the whole short was animated like this!
Man... I've only ever really watched the older black and white Popeye cartoons, But this one was hardly animated at all!! No wonder you reanimated it!!
@@robotx9285 just wondering. Is this from some sort of tv episode of Popeye, since thag would probably make the most sense as to why it looks so rushed, like most cartoons during that time of early tv
That's because those old cartoons from the 40s were theatrical shorts so they had more budget. This was an episode of the Popeye TV show that aired in the 60s which was a LOT cheaper.
Early 60's Popeye was a rough era. Not only the budget was small but they pumped out episodes A LOT. There was like 250 made in 2 years from like 5 different animators, each with their own take on the character. The shorts from Jack Kinney were the worsts (he made this one)
I love the reanimated sequences, but the original (PSA aside) isn't that bad, actually! Cheap limited animation, but I like the strong poses and the way the few parts that DO move move.
6:05 All New Popeye safety segment moral lesson: Don't do most of dangerous drugs and stay away from those strangers but feel a good times be more responsible and more awareness for safety reasons.
Cartoons made for television were never really that good back in the 50's and 60's. Never really cared for Popeye and Felix the Cat during those times. This reanimated project could be seen in the theaters back in the 30's; people would pay their nickels for this special.
Looks great and even better then the og....all the animators for thier part did a great job! Man the original Cartoon looked so cheap and not that good looking...man the reanimated one looks even better4
Popeye: (frowns) Wimpy & Swee'Pea: (know this is not the time to argue, walk away without saying a word, except Wimpy, who says "Pardon me." on his way out). Popeye: (beckons Brutus) "Junior!" Brutus: (offended, shouts) "JUNIOR?!! DON'T CALL ME A SISSY NAME LIKE THAT!! MY NAME IS,...!!!" (charges at Popeye like an angry bull with a full throated roar of rage) "RRRRRRROOOOOOAAAAAARRRRRRR!!!" Popeye: (winds up with his fist as Brutus charges him, lets Brutus have it with one punch, sending him sailing over to the other side of the country). "POW!!!"
I think this is the only time I've seen Brutus as the neighbor/rival in a cartoon instead of Bluto. I'll admit I haven't watched many of the cartoons from the 60s on, but I always thought they had Bluto and the comic made Brutus as an attempt to avoid copyright (Unnecessary as it turned out)
Yeah. He also directed a lot of 1940's Disney feature films like "Pinocchio" and "Dumbo". And among his directed shorts are "The Fuehrer's Face" and "The Story of Menstruation". Quite a portfolio!
Yeah, he was a former Disney animator. After he lefts Disney, he founded his own studio and have done various animation, including the 1960s Popeye TV cartoons.
@@GameKeeper28 Yeah, it's a really goddamn bizarre part, but it's... part of the original for some reason. Bruto just... now has Olive's shoe and is putting sugar in it like it's a cup of tea. I feel like something got horrendously cut from the story.
I cant understand how the original looked so stiff when it had about 5 animators. It came out in 1960, right? Hanna-Barbera cartoons with a single animator had more movemenr than this.
The budgets were extremly low and Kinney's unit was filled with Ex-Disney animators who had to get used to it. The first Huckleberry Hound cartoons were also very limited.
@@Themrock21 I'm not knocking their efforts or anything, don't get me wrong. I'm just stunned that, with so many animators, Ex Disney or no, that it just looked as awkward as it did. There's no sense of timing, the dialogue, though well performed, is kinda poor, and the lack of even stock music feels off. The reanimated version, though abstract in places, really gives it life
@@TaylorZanderFrancis Don't worry. I just give blunt answers. They were frustrated and practical and said, no effort for nearly no money. + they had deadline less than a week for one episode. It was tight on all fronts.
Why is everything trying to mimic gravity falls animation it's like they're spitting out a lot for the streaming services that have very similar animation
@@Tabascofanatikerin Even the cheapest cartoons out there wouldn't call attention to their cheapness by having audio seem like they were from something else.
@@otaking3582 This was the first completed, and was handled as the pilot film, made to sell the idea. They may not have handled it as an "official" episode, music and all.
this mustve been from one of the lesser popeye years, the original animation is not as lively as usual. i do appreciate popeye shoving the burgers into wimpy's mouth is actually part of the original. and the rather good gag of the final punch really knocking the earth over, causing olive to slide. i thought those were reanimated gags.
I end up sort of disliking a lot of reanimated projects because they will do something incredibly out of left field that just ruins it for me. I don't want to see a 13 year old's popsicle stick puppets or some bizarre absurdist cgi that has nothing to do with the original art. To me, a reanimation should be just that, a reanimation, it should give the art new life, but still keeping its spirit in tact. I think you guys have done an amazing job with this one, you've revitalized a cartoon that was very probably slapped together by overworked animators in a failing company, but kept their vision in tact, and expanded upon it. This is a great example of what a reanimation project should be! Great job to everyone who took part in it!
I can't say that I like the result. It just doesn't fit to the classic Popeye. I don't like the TV-series of the 60s, so it isn't a problem for me to watch an effort to improve it, but all these reactions are exaggerated and several cells doesn't match to the classic appearance of the characters. If someone wants to improve it, he should begin with a research at the theatrical shorts of the hero, especially before 1950.
Why aren't these people animating for TV? Who said network TV was dead? Why are we stuck with the garbage that's been playing on CN and Disney for the past 20+ years? There hasn't been a good show since 1999... with the exception of Buzz Lightyear in 2000. After that, all we've had for animated sustenance that isn't calarts cancer is Anime.
