Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Christmas
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-themed cartoon short, starring
William "Billy" Costello
William Arnold Costello (February 2, 1898 – October 9, 1971), commonly known as "Red Pepper Sam", was an American actor and the original voice of ''Popeye the Sailor'' in animated cartoons.
Life and career
Costello was born on February ...
as Popeye and
Bonnie Poe
Bonnie Poe (October 15, 1912 – October 16, 1993) was an American actress and voice artist, best known for providing the voice for the Fleischer Studios animated character Betty Boop beginning in 1933, starting with the Popeye the Sailor ser ...
as
Olive Oyl
Olive Oyl is a cartoon character created by E. C. Segar in 1919 for his comic strip '' Thimble Theatre''. The strip was later renamed ''Popeye'' after the sailor character that became the most popular member of the cast; however, Olive Oyl was ...
Bluto
Bluto, at times known as Brutus, is a cartoon and comics character created in 1932 by Elzie Crisler Segar as a one-time character, named "Bluto the Terrible", in his ''Thimble Theatre'' comic strip (later renamed ''Popeye''). Bluto made his ...
. It was released in 1933 on 17 December and was a cartoon in the Popeye the Sailor series of theatrical cartoons released by
Paramount Pictures
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.
Plot
Popeye gives Olive a pair of ice skates as a Christmas present and teaches her how to skate, but Bluto interrupts the lesson to show how his affection to her, but she gives him the cold shoulder. He starts to cut the ice and she floats on the broken pieces on the running river and calls Popeye for help. As Bluto keeps punching Popeye to keep him from saving her, Olive sees a waterfall and calls for help again. Popeye punches Bluto in and out of the water in an ice cube and sends him to the ice box in the nearest town. He rushes to save Olive, but soon falls down the waterfall and climbs back to save her. As he revives her, Bluto rolls a big snowball to destroy them, but his plan backfires and he rolls down the hill with it. Popeye uses his spinach, hits the snow out of Bluto to make it fall, hits him again, and stars appear out of him which decorate a Christmas tree. Popeye says "Season's Greetings to you all!" and the screen fades to black.
Notes
''Seasin's Greetinks!'' is the fourth ''Popeye'' cartoon, and it is also part of one of the few Popeye Christmas and
New Year
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Cartoons produced by
Paramount Pictures
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for
King Features Entertainment
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. Other Popeye Christmas and New Year cartoons released by
Paramount Pictures
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and King Features Syndicate TV included: ''Let's Celebrake'' (1938 theatrical short, produced by Fleischer Studios), ''Mister and Mistletoe'' (1955 theatrical short) and ''Spinach Greetings'' (1961 ''
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by E. C. Segar, Elzie Crisler Segar.Paramount Cartoon Studios.
This cartoon is available on
DVD
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in the four-disc set '' Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Volume 1''.
The "pain stars decorate a Christmas tree" gag was later recycled for the end of the Famous short ''Mister and Mistletoe''.
This short was aired as part of the
MeTV
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Christmas special titled "MeTV's Super Colossal Cartoon Christmas" that was hosted by characters from '' Toon In with Me'' and '' Svengoolie''.
See also
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List of Christmas films
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