Sunday Morning Special: Popeye in "Blow Me Down," 1933

Popeye the Sailor starred in 230 original theatrical shorts.  Of these, 108 shorts--from 1933 to 1942—were produced by the Max Fleischer Studio.  In 1942, Paramount Pictures bought the studio from Fleischer and renamed it Famous Studios, which continued production uninterrupted until 1957. King Features Syndicate commissioned several studios to produce 215 made for television episodes featuring Popeye and the gang from 1960-62.

Here’s one of the original Fleischer Popeye shorts.  This one, from 1933, takes its name from one of the squinty-eyed sailor’s favorite phrases.  “Blow me down.”


Enjoy all the knee-bending, spinach-snorting, muttering, sailor-y goodness.