Popeye - Goonland (1938)

[Frankenstein61]

i thought it was touching how popeye and his father hugged

[krazydboy]

Now I know where George Jefferson got his walk from. LOL.

[shlabotnikj]

pappy reminds me of walter huston.

[diegoradoblasio]

those goons sniffing noses give me tickles

[jpalberthoward9]

I thought I was the only human being on planet earth who dug Robin Williams' Popeye...Sloopydrew is spot on right! Not only did Williams nail it, so did everybody else in the cast. It was/is an inspired work of genius. nice to know I haven't lost my mind, only misplaced it

[RadioCannedMusic]

Only GOONS would give this classic a thumbs down.

[vashna3799]

these original b/w popeye cartoons are by far the best ,full of anarchy and no restrictions plus the funniest

[b1t3m3b]

goons own wearing the cap backward...you saw it here first

[Sloopydrew]

Anyone who watches these oldest of Popeye cartoons can't tell me that the Popeye live-action movie didn't get it EXACTLY right. Just watch the beginning of this with Popeye on the boat then stumbling around talking to himself. Then watch the beginning of the movie with Popeye on the boat and then stumbling around Sweethaven and talking to himself.

[tj9234]

ok so we have seen the father so weres his mother

[Clematisian]

……. Thank you, DarkCreek, for uploading this gem of early Popeyeism … Magus Jon, for your delectation & enjoyment, all the while Gnoing that the goons are realtors & their hired hit men ~ (•8-D

[darkiansmith]

Classic.... The Goon 'walking music' has always stuck with me.

[tpavan]

Awesome!!! Freakin love Popeye since i was 3!!

[johnrunion]

what is the name of the cartoon where popeye fights a godzilla-like sea monster? 

[skittlesareyum48]

sigh. Back when you were a sailor and was not considered a pussy.

[mrsgstd]

I haven't seen this in almost 50 years but I still remember that soundtrack tune!

[ninja101snake]

the best ever its better than any tv show and better than anything on you tube!!!

[bholsten1]

Great Cartoon. Then, the "Goons" immigrated to America!

[squeapler]

Really clever end with the film :)

[rafa10454]

i used to be afraid of the goons..lol

[TheBOMBER28]

Classic.

[TheTybo100]

poppy

[KOKIgrone]

me hace recordar mi infancia

[Killerqueen666]

"Hair today...Goon tomorra" LOLOL

[madalyxx89]

cat ma uitam la ele cand eram mic..

[brickmann2002]

This shit is hilarious ! Long live Popeye!

[sockslover1249]

Hehe i love the way he just talks to himself (:

[paganwolfspider]

I have a green navy flight jacket with popeye and olive oil on the sleeves of it

[corgithedog]

The nickname for the Laysan Albatrose is the Gooney Bird, give the name by U.S. Sailors becauce of it's resemblance to the Goons.

[117Shinigami]

Popeye:Hey stupied do you konw where me pappy is?

Goon:(siniffing)

Popyeye:(sinff) yourself.

LOL

[acacia72]

Heh! They want's ta rock me ta sleep!

[tdrsfram]

These are great - I used to watch these all the time when I was a kid - love spinach today in fact :-) I always wanted to see the goon island one but couldnt find it anywhere....so satisfied now

[deaddoc]

Somewhere in the series, Alice the Goon sees Popeye and falls in love with him. Then she is in I think a couple or more cartoons. She was in the first strip "Thimble Theater" newspaper comics. Any Alice the Goon/Popeye cartoons out there?

[GameOver1260]

LYRICS THAT PASSED, THEN...

"40 years had PASSED (not gone) since he's been gone..".

[skeilak]

Who'd win in a fight, Popeye or Chuck Norris?

This is still one of the best. The "Goons" are great!

[beasst94]

@skeilak nobody cares about chuck norris

[skeilak]

@beasst94 : Perhaps...

Happy Thanksgiving to you.

[tradtony]

This amazed me when I first saw it nearly 50 years ago,and still does!The goons,thier look and walk,the music,the story,the funky animators"intervention" at the end.It's just the best!

[josephfrancisneri]

This is the best one they ever did.

[johnnywad47]

Uugh uugh uggh arf arf aarrrfff.

[Genesimmonsandgrilz1]

man this guy is weird

[CoolerKing37]

My favorite Popeye episode.

[plutoplatters]

wonder if popeye's spinach was organic ??

[pretorious700]

Years before LSD somebody was trippin'

[Phelan666]

Don't look now, young fellow, but I think yer bein followed!

[joeobo1]

2:06-2:37 popeye is good at ghosting

[destroybananas]

Popeye is like... one of Chuck Norrise's sons in which sails.

[Phelan666]

@destroybananas Popeye is Norris' dad.

[JeiHeirumaru]

"Ohh.. sniff-sniff yourself"

[mushway101]

which episode was that, when popeye was dreamin he was fighting bluto, but when he awoke, he was getting beat up by the springs in his mattress, then walkes to blutos pissed off and kicks the crap out of him for no reason...

[cha5]

@mushway101 That was 'Wotta Nightmare'.

[mushway101]

@cha5 Thanks, was lookin for that for a while now

[cha5]

@mushway101 Sure thing,

You can find it on the Popeye the Sailor DVD set Volume 2 (1938-1940)

or someone may have uploaded it on Youtube.

[cooliesass]

This is in my top favorite Popeye cartoons of all time!  Thanks!

[HudsonAO8TQ1]

yep he must be here i can see the smoke from his pipe. LOL.

[TheElissaS]

Hey Stupid, do know where my pappy is here? LMFAO

[moddy327]

i like popeye's little silent comments

[MarkieG100]

So You Wanna Be A GOON? lmmfao...a bald headed monkey looking muthafucka...hmm...I See Why Lames In Da Hood Claim To Be One...lmmfao...

[Astraldragon1]

Popeye: Oh I just found me Pappy and Now I am Happy.

Pappy: I'm Popeye the Sailor's Old Man.

[Ultima7132]

I'm your son, popeye. Don't ya get it, eh?

[GanarfGeorgie]

I wonder if this great old classic might have inspired the "Oddworld" series?

[Levente20]

this animations are genious. some of them are better then nowadays

[springboy9]

I used to watch Popeye the Sailor series, like this one and other animated ones when I was a kid.

[Claudius131]

From the Wiki (cont'd):

 The actors, Mercer in particular, would therefore improvise lines that were not on the storyboards or prepared for the lip-sync. Even after the Fleischers began pre-recording dialog for lip-sync in the late-1930s, Mercer and the other voice actors would record ad-libbed lines while watching a finished copy of the cartoon. Fleischer Studios produced 108 Popeye cartoons, 105 of them in black-and-white.

[Claudius131]

From the Wiki:

The Popeye series, like other cartoons produced by the Fleischers, was noted for its urban feel (the Fleischers operated out of New York City), its manageable variations on a simple theme (Popeye loses Olive to bully Bluto and must eat his spinach and defeat him), and the characters' "under-the-breath" mutterings. The voices for Fleischer cartoons produced during the early and mid-1930s were recorded after the animation was completed.

[Claudius131]

@Cronieock

Yes, those early Fleisher Popeye films were the best by far. The later King Syndicate versions lacked the salty character and punning wit of the Popeye that we kids used to love to imitate.

[Claudius131]

I loved these old eps on TV as a kid.

[Liberaljamoke]

Surreal.

I loved this one when I was a kid back in the 60's.

[FoxPlant2006]

"I don't like relatives." "I ain't a relative!"

[Cronieock]

I love how Popeye mumbles to himself continuously.

[Shoknifeman]

Poopdeck Pappy was created by Segar in response to King Features request to "Tone Popeye down"...Segar figured the old man could get away with things Popeye (Who was by then a children's hero) would no longer be allowed to do; and he was right!

PS. I didn't realise Pappy knew the "Twisker Punch"! ^_^

[JeiHeirumaru]

@Shoknifeman Who do ya think Popeye learned it from? xP 

[Texmurphy51]

This was one of my all time favorites

[NewYorkS4U]

I don't know if the Goons ever returned later on, but if not, they should have. I like jokes that solve the conflict with animation screw-ups. It's such a punch-in-the-face joke. I don't remember seeing an animator's hands in the versions I saw.

[pandarsson]

@NewYorkS4U Actually, a Goon later became a regular character. A female Goon named Alice was enslaved by the Sea Hag until freed by Popeye - at least in the strip. She was introduced into cartoons in the 1960's, but this time falling in love with Popeye after spotting him.

[scouterjim]

Hair today, Goon tomorrow!

[LesMarrants]

Best cartoon Ever

[kilkolio]

i love spinach myself

[nefandix]

6:35 Popeye's Pappy have crappy muscles!

[MrTalkingGames]

stertypocial process and appartus paitened/Paintent number 2054434?!

IS THAT IMPOSSIBLE HOW THE SCREEN GOES MORE BLACK AND WHITE THEN IT CHANGES THE SCREENS REGION?!

[canrockfan]

@MrTalkingGames Pardon??!! What did you say??!! I don't understandwhat you're saying......any chance you can the room in on what you're saying??

[RJRanke]

The Fleischer cartoons used Poopdeck Pappy very well.There were three different cartoon versions of how Popeye found his Pappy-and all three have these things in common with one another-and the original 1936 comic strip version.

1.Popeye found Pappy living on an island.

2.Among Pappy's first words to Popeye were,"I hates relatives."

[mrwesdaddy]

My uncle used to scare me and my younger bro when he had to babysit us by telling us he would take us to GOONLAND when we acted up. The scary part was we lived near New Jersey, so I thought he was telling the truth.

[zangazoo2007]

Hair today Goon tomorrow! LMAO!

[quiettman11]

ON WEST COAST WE HAD "MAYOR ART" bringing us POPEYE!! We had to yell ........ "BLUIE>>>>BLUIE" FIRST!! And more than a few did.... poor PARENTS!! HA>> THANK FOR POST!!

[bradshawvincent]

i remember watching this about 50 years ago on tv (yes they did have tvs then!) when i was 5. i loved it and remember playing goonland with my brother. hed be the goon and id be popeye.ha ha

[louieisanan]

No steroids just PURE pure Spinach

[CROSEN60]

I dont like relitives

[Astraldragon1]

Jack Mercer is the best voice for Popeye...I've heared the original Popeye Voice done by Billy Costello. which is good but I like Jack Mercer's Popeye voice better. he is the one I heared the most growing up.

[12stringsforme]

7:34 NO producer ever thought of that one!

[glutosar]

2:00

[stat1791]

In the early sixties I watched Popeye cartoons on WPIX in NY hosted by Captain Jack McCarthy. I I loved these cartoons --- so glad to see them once more :)

[Alex618mir]

I bought a dvd containing 32 cartoons of popeye from the 40s,the best of popeye,includking this one

[ReidWelch]

This one and the episodes to follow through 1940 or so, were made in Miami, at Max's transplanted studio here. Possibly this one was animated just before the move? I don't know. I only know that my g'father, a gentile and and M.D. and MAX were best buddies! THAT was a rare thing back then: Jews were generally shunned by "goyim". But my PAPPY, as P.B. Welch was called by his two boys, was a savior of Jews, even before the War: he brought over one family, just before The Holocaust

[praveenvarma1]

fuck you

[copperjones1915]

no fuck you!! I'll sock you right in the puss!!!

[pretearking]

stfu! you will not!

[Plutoplatter]

Superb! Popeye was the coolest cartoon dude. Hats off to Dave Fleischer and his imaginative crew for giving us these treasures.

[rentatrip1]

Made during the early rise of Nazi Germany - This was a parody of the Jack Boot SS troops of Hitler - Popeye is the "American" hero-

[CMetalTube]

This unlike the modern cartoons have soul.

[5t00g3]

watching this is better than most shit on tv today

[pgh45rpms]

These Popeye cartoons of the 30's are true classics -- far better than what came out in the 40's & 50's. My sister & I fought over watching tv: I was a bonafide member of Capn Jim's Popeye Club, while my older sister wanted to watch American Bandstand (the shows were on at the same time).

[devilishpixy]

The goons actually scared me when I was a kid ..... eek!

[bodonnavox]

10/10 luv ;}

[jensmom604]

Look Betty, it's your family on that island!

[SgtTravisBickle]

Pappy! Don't you rememberize when I was born very young and I looked just like a little baby and you was me Pappy?

[GracieAngelina]

@SgtTravisBickle 

[Vincek88]

This cartoon is from 1938 - the very same year LSD was synthesized! Make of that what you will.

[pytko3]

LSD was made in the Early 1950's. Read a book!

[Vincek88]

(sigh) Google "LSD - Hoffman - 1938". No, you don't have to apologize...

[BoDiddley24]

whenever a goon left the island, it was forced to wear a ladies dress & hat with flowers, so it would look more attraktive, sort of sexy if you will. on their island though, they liked to roam around completely naked like this. Their body hairs covered all their private parts, so they didnt get in too much trouble with the censors. after all, their bosoms were completely flat as a mans, they dont even have nippels! they feed their young some other way i guess

[BoDiddley24]

not only are the goons scary, but it is true that the species was composed entirely of females- ughh! remember alice? how did they procreate, you might ask? they didnt keep poor ol poopdeck locked up like that because of parkingtickets.

[BoDiddley24]

thats right, popeyes dear ol mom could probably have been found on this here island as well. it was probably better off that he didnt look for her though. it might have given little children nightmares

[4a8p9x]

A creepy thought, but then a lot of the old Fleischer cartoons had very risque imagery and subtexts. I point to "The Old Man of The Mountain" starring Betty Boop as evidence.

[helltopay1]

this is fantastic!!!laughing out load. The loping goons and their music incredible!!!

[stargate121]

Popeye taught me how to speak Ingrish.

[BigTylerAustin]

The goons scared me as a kid

[walser54]

my favorite Popeye cartoon.

[70bonnie]

Popeye and his pappy ! Father and son. It does'nt get any better than this !

[lmn2701]

Alice the Goon scared the crap out of me when I was little!

[longlivethe80s]

i hated those goons!

[honkycabbit]

1:55 Look what he does to the rock! LOL!

[BerlinBo]

Good audio on this one, especially the opening music!

[tuxguys]

I watched this and the color version, back to back... I think this is cooler, especially when the film breaks, and you get to see the hands of "Uncle" Max Fleisher (Remember Koko the Clown and "Back to the Inkwell" kids?) repair it. Incidentally: The words "goon" and "jeep" (as in the vehicle, yes) FIRST appeared in the English language in the comic strip, "Thimble Theatre, starring Popeye the Sailor." Look it up.

[iROCKx33]

they so cute . (:

[PrinceSuperBen]

Just imagine if Popeye can do the Falcon Punch... I think he'd do the "Falkin Punchsk!"

[pretearking]

Popeye is the only one who can beat Goku!

[Rlotpir1972]

This cartoon is better off in black-and-white instead of colorized from 1968.

[VALENTINEproductions]

That must be my pappy, i can see his pipe smokin from here. lol. POPEYE I LOVE YOU!

[Alexltavares]

3:10

Here today, goon tomorrow. LOL!

[puck30]

Hey stupid. Do you know where my Pappy is? LOL!

[jetmanvin]

'I don't like relatives!'

'What ya want be to do, kiss ya?' Poopdeck Pappy's hilarious!

[suesue48]

wow, this has always been near the top of my fav cartoon list! i remember being very young and freaked/fascinated by it! the goonies! how popeye 'disguised' himself! how sad it was that pappy first was mean to crying popeye. how during the boulder scene popeye used his pipe to bury his head! the film breakage part. i still remember this cartoon and all the feelings i had! i'm 60 now. lol! enjoy! -sue

[Stojio]

Excellent cartoon, it floods me with nostalgia and I'm only 23.

Anybody ever read the classic popeye newpaper strips? Highly recommended!

[MySporeHasBig]

Popeye`s such a loveable fellah!

[ftsjr]

One of my favorite parts of this great cartoon is when the film "breaks" and the two hands repair it. In showings on the Boomerang network,they've removed the hands, and the film "repairs" itself. Also, the cartoon is colorized. Leave it to Ted Turner to screw up a classic, with his idiotic ideas.

[motherthing]

I never realized that LOLcats spell like Goons.

[Inuyasha44320]

7:09 Donkey punch

[barakalover]

i thought it was the hurricane hook...

[bigg3469]

Loved the part where Popeye & Poopdeck Pappy were fighting the Goons (to the WWI tune "Over There") then.....The film strip busted in two sendingthe Goons to thier doom but...both Popeyr & pPappt held on with the crowd whistling the projectionist "repaired the filmstrip with a safety pin!! In the colorized version the "film repair" scene was edited thus ruining a classic SFX.

"Uh snif snif snif yerself!'" LOL FUNNY!

[Scarface921]

Thanks for the memories. I did not realize so much time has passed.

[88pie88]

id would hate to live were popeye lives the werdest shit always happens like if i eat that green stuff my arms would have a tank in it

[Soulsargent]

Popeye dad, the first super sayan

[djtide]

the goons scared me as a kid...

[2abecrazy]

"Well I guess that must be where me Pappy is, I can see his pipe smokin' in the air."

Hhahahahaha. This cartoon is classic.

[INvisIBLeROPeJJK]

ahhhh i remember when i was 70 years old when that episode came out

[terminegger]

Yeah, sure.

[INvisIBLeROPeJJK]

haha

[tronus]

Meta existed even in the late 30's.

The Meta part, for those who don't realize, is when the hands came out to fix the film that popeye and papi shattered to hell.

[vinallen]

fantastic!

[johnjarvo]

England's finest was the late, great, Tommy Cooper...

[kmostrach]

Wow, they don't make them like that anymore!

[greg5566]

When I was little I used to watch Popeye every day, just waiting for the goons. They were my absolute favorite.

Now that I am older I know how to say this properly: WHAT THE FUCK IS A GOON?!!!

[sserpent21]

A big gooney looking guy.

"Hey Stupid, do you know where my Pappy is hid?" I love that line.

[johnjarvo]

Watch the language mister, there are kids watching this...

That's all I can stands, cos I can't stands no more...

Popeye: a true legend.

You've got to hand it to the Yanks they were miles ahead in most TV stuff...

[greg5566]

I don't think this was TV--it was dated 1938. This was like Bugs Bunny--a cartoon watched before the movie started. (Obviously we were miles ahead in film stuff too, but just to keep it straight. :) )

[johnjarvo]

Yeah you're correct, but I first watched this on Monday evenings on ITV I think, around about 1961. You Americans have a fantastic sense of humour, always have had. Bob Hope was my fav, but wasn't he born in England?

[deckape1956]

Happy Fathers day all you "Pappys", Huk! Huk! Huk!

[catfishrushdie]

Hey BuzzStinger- Yer in Luck- GOONLAND is being re-released on DVD in just FOUR DAYS (June 17, 2008)! Look for it on Warner Home Video's FLEISCHER STUDIOS' POPEYE THE SAILOR Volume 2,(1938-1940). No, I don't work for the company.

[tzanegmr]

when i'll have kids, i dont want them to watch crappy cartoons in this days! i'll show em good ol popeye and the others that we've grown with !

[buzzstinger]

This is my favorite Popeye cartoon of all time. I would like it on DVD to share with my grandchildren, nieces and nephews. They just don't make cartoons like this anymore.

[helgaleenas]

I sure like when live action hands jump into the picture to repair the film, in the colorized version, the hands were'nt there and that messed the whole thing up.

[BloodySloth]

Brilliant. I wish cartoons today were this great.

[823south]

this is it!

[bekylou]

hahaha

"hair today goon tomorrow"

Oh my god I love it. Its brought back so many memories.

I used to have a lot of this and other cartoons on vhs but can't remember for the life of me what it was called.

Thanks so much for posting!!

[Vincek88]

"hair today goon tomorrow"

So which came first - this cartoon, or the song 'Little Bunny Foo-Foo'?