The History of Popeye (and Flesicher Studios & Famous Studios) - Episode 1 

yeah, i know. Jack Mercer will always be the iconic voice to Popeye to me. Popeye is such a great character. It was an honor covering him. I thank you so much for watching and subscribing. i appreciate it so much

my experience was very similar to yours. and the same assessment when it came to the Technicolor Famous Studios/1960 series. The Flesicher shorts are among the best in that entire era. Incredible animators worked there...including one i am covering in the new episode i am putting up. thank you so much fro watching. i appreciate it so much

I also was a huge fan of Popeye. I grew up near New York city and watched Woody Woodpecker and Popeye on channel 5 every afternoon. I first say the King Features version and never knew of the Fleisher shorts until I was older. I would watch the cartoons with my grandmother and was confused when she called Brutus Bluto lol. Later i discovered the Fleisher shorts and those are obviously the best but i still have a soft spot in my heart for the cheap 1960s shorts for how bizarre some of the animation and dialog is. The music from the Jack Kinney ones is forever recorded in my mind.

you're welcome. i appreciate you for watching. I chose to cover Popeye because he was dear to me like he is to you. He's a relic of a era you don't see anymore

Glad you enjoyed it! So happy. Definitely delve into the channel a lot more. And I am further working on bringing histories of more studios to the fold as we speak. Working on two that are in tandem. Can't wait for you and all my subscribers to see it. please stay tuned to it

you'r e welocme. I appreicate it wholeheartedly. Popeye has to be one of my favorite cartoon characters of all time. and i see he is to you as well. that's the stance on these characters and what i try to tell with the content: to show what they were back then and what they are today to us. because at the end of the day, we really experienced these characters at an impressionable stage in life and that's childhood

@@thecartooncurator Exactly! Popeye is one of my favorite characters and series of shorts. Growing up I would actually watch the Fleschier shorts with an older relative of mine, and then I got the Famous Studios cartoons so I enjoyed the later running for president and Ice Cream antics too.

thank you so much. i appreciate this. Popeye was something i wanted to cover for the longest. That entire Golden era of animation had some of the best animators working on cartoons but Popeye always stood out so much to me because his heroism came from wanting to do right....a can of spinach also helped.

@@thecartooncurator I totally agree. I’m a fan of cartoons from the golden age of animation. Especially cartoons from the 30’s and 40’s.

thank you so much. this is greatly appreciated by me. definitely dive deep into the other ones as well. i promise to bring my best to all my subscribers, including you. Popeye was a very interesting character. had so much fun, researching everything on the creation of the character.

I appreciate that! I am working my way up to it. Patience is a virtue. Something I believe in wholeheartedly. I rather build this channel up on quality instead of just doing it for the fast paced. This channel and animation in general is a true passion of mine. I love it the way you and every subscriber does. So happy that you subscribed

it does. The Flesichers were quite the innovators in the animation space. their works is why I completely love animation period. just seeing Popeye and Superman in syndication was a treat as a kid. that's the power of animation. no matter how old it is, it's always going to age well if it mad well. The Flesichers had that formula down pat

i had to do it. it's a part of our history and i always believe that everything should be told, nevertheless if i agree with it or not. at the end of the day, it was art. no matter if we agreed with the message or not. thank you so much for watching the content

I'll admit that there were many of those KFS Popeyes were adaptations of the original comic strip stories of the 1930s-especially Myskery Melody!!

I apologize for that little missed detail. I am going to delve more into it in a future episode. it's something I have been planning out lately.

@@thecartooncurator That is not a "little" detail. It is a major milestone.

An 87-minute animatic of the cancelled movie is circulating online. It’s quite good, so if you want that great movie to happen, it’ll do for now.

@@theodorecarter6601 cool...87 minutes ..wow

yes, i am going to review it. I have it. it's an animatic film. basically consisting of early illustrations to tell the story. can't wait to bring that review out.

there was a reason for that. i opted to cover Popeye from the initial works from Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios and the Hanna Barbera Popeye cartoons. Also I know of the TV specials but chose not to really cover them in scope. Want to save it for future content to supplement them this episode. The commericals were irrevelant to the content due to not having archival access to the commericals and they are just being commercials. not too relevant. thank you so much for watching. and that's naturally my voice. i never believed in speaking loudly with the delivery.

@@thecartooncurator If I may make some suggestions, it is not the volume of your voice, as you say, but the tone and modulation of your voice that needs work. There is a repetitive four beat up and down tone that does not emphasize important words or points. Pacing is also key to effective line reading with inflection on certain lines. Courses in radio and television announcing or basic acting technique will teach you these things.