Popeye Dickinson Theatres Gift Promo

This was the first of 3 Popeye cartoon promos we did for Dickinson Theatres in the early-mid 90's. As a lifelong Popeye fan, I was thrilled to be working with the salty ol' cuss. I was surprised by how little control King Features kept on the Popeye character. We really didn't get much in the way of model sheets or instruction. The voices were all local from San Antonio, and include DJ Sonny Melendrez as the voice of Popeye. King Features gave me the impression they didn't really care too much as long as they were getting their licensing fee. This also illustrates the problem we had doing these short promos, trying to tell a story and sell an item in less than 30 seconds and have it make any kind of sense and still be entertaining.

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• policy
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• promo
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• Dickinson
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[CMonkeyDadman]

Yep, truly a shame when rights owners have no respect/admiration for their characters and are only after a quick buck. I grew up watching the Paramount Popeyes on TV and later became a big fan of the Fleischer cartoons, especially the ones that utilized the 3D turntable technique (had a Super 8 print of Popeye meets Sinbad I almost wore out).

[ApacheMan2K]

I sure wish Jack Mercer lived long enough to do Popeye's voice in promos like this one.

[fountainxavier]

Popeyes great fat ass

[Launchpad05]

I guess that's why Popeye appeared in some of the oddest commercials in recent years. King Features somehow had little, to no respect for Popeye. Yet, they played hardball with Warner Bros. on getting the classic cartoons on DVD.

[DRockNation1]

i feel like the voice for popeye was mcgoiter.

[Fgrandinetti]

Your remark ("King Features gave me the impression they really didn't care too much") is of no surprise to Popeye fans.

This is why we see the ol salt as a rapper,

gangster, gambler on any number of shirts. It's also way he's been in a popularity-coma in the US for the past decade. King needed to have their arm twisted to work with Warner Home Video to release the Fleischers on DVD.

Sad.

[GozerJr]

My god that is amazing! I HAVE to see the others, please post them, that is SO cool!!