Popeye as Aladdin - 1 of 3 (1939)

Working as a writer for Surprise Pictures, Olive Oyl adapts the popular Aladdin story for herself and Popeye.

The baddie in this Popeye toon, who surprisingly is not Bluto, deceives Aladdin into retrieving the magical lamp from a dangerous cave for the Princess. After Aladdin succeeds, the bad guy steals the lamp and traps Aladdin in the cave. In doing so, however, he also clumsily traps the lamp. Aladdin accidentally discovers the powers of the Genie within the lamp and the fun begins. Aladdin(Popeye) prevails at the end, naturally, but this time it takes FOUR cans of spinach.

In the end, Olive's script is rejected and she is fired.

Special note: Even though this is a story of Aladdin and the Princess, the filmmakers left two references to Popeye in the final cut. The first time when Aladdin refers to himself as Popeye while riding into town throwing money around. The second time when Aladdin arrives to rescue the Princess and she calls him Popeye. I tend to think this was done intentionally, but I cannot state that with absolute certainty. ENJOY! Released on 7 April 1939.

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Film & Animation

Tags:

• popeye
• olive oyl
• aladdin
• magic lamp
• genie of the lamp
• surprise pictures
• spinach
• classic cartoon
• cartoon classic

[tocold4you]

omg ive been looking for this!! thanks so much

[jdubya0257]

@tocold4you You're welcome.

[CALIHOG415]

The best popeye flick.. I had the vhs back in the day.... Thanks for the upload.

[jdubya0257]

@CALIHOG415 U R welcome. :-)

[muetter]

OMFG, I'VE BEEN SEARCHING FOR THIS SPECIFIC EPISODE MY WHOLE LIFE- THE LAST TIME I SAW IT WAS WHEN I WAS 4- THIS BROUGHT BACK SOME REALLLLLY OLD MEMORIES- THANKS ALOT!

[jdubya0257]

@muetter UR welcome, A LOT!

LOL! :-D

[JafuetTheSame]

bluto is here, in the beginnig (before princes carriage) but hes not villain becouse the actor who speaks him deceased

[TeamRocket2010]

Is that spinach on the background of the title card?

[maxtull21]

Popeye is Aladdin and Olive Oil is Jasmine LOL.

[kitsunechan90]

Consider that Olive aslo says that "Popeye the Sailor man is great for the part." Concerning Aladdin.

[TeamRocket2010]

I have this version on my Giant 600 Cartoon Collection DVD.

[jtb24x4]

thanks for posting these 3 vids. brings back memories, used to watch the vhs way back