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kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-17 8:49:02 AM  
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johnny_vegas [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 8:50:25 AM  
Your forgot something subby...

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DannyBrandt [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 9:00:39 AM  
Church's is better.
 
NewportBarGuy [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-17 9:05:54 AM  
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Dhusk
2023-01-17 9:07:33 AM  
Cool.  I always really liked his chicken sandwiches, too.
 
Dhusk
2023-01-17 9:13:00 AM  

johnny_vegas: Your forgot something subby...

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So we're doing a sexy Olive Oyl thread?  NTTAWWT

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CarnySaur [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 9:20:21 AM  
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allthesametome [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 9:31:27 AM  
I don't know any bullies.  Can I jus punch Nazis?
 
GratefullyAlive [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-17 9:35:03 AM  
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drjekel_mrhyde
2023-01-17 9:38:06 AM  

DannyBrandt: Church's is better.


Plus all of them are located around hooker hotspots. It's a cheap last meal for them before you put them in your trunk.
 
oyster_popsicles
2023-01-17 9:43:33 AM  
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kryptoknightmare
2023-01-17 9:43:56 AM  
I was a huge Popeye fan as a kid. In general, I think Fleischer Studios just made better cartoons than any of their competitors (see Superman, of course). Weird, interesting characters, incredibly inventive animation, and plots more akin to a comic book superhero than a funny-ha-ha cartoon. The Robert Altman movie, while a little bit slow moving at times (for kids especially), is pretty damn good.

A few years back they released a sneak peak at an upcoming Popeye movie, and I thought it looked great, but sadly I guess it was cancelled:

Popeye SNEAK PEEK 1 (2016) - Animated Movie HD
Youtube i4tNuM9XttM


Side note: The whole Super Mario franchise has been based in part on Popeye- video game legend and Popeye fan Shigeru Miyamoto originally intended Donkey Kong to be a Popeye game, but Nintendo couldn't get the rights (although they eventually did a few years later and made a damn good game out of it). The next time you see blue collar, sailor-cap-wearing Mario chasing the kidnapped Princess as she hangs over the shoulder of the brute King Bowser, think about how close to a Popeye cartoon it all is.
 
skyotter
2023-01-17 9:47:17 AM  
One-eyed solidarity!

*goes to High Five and misses*
 
Lochsteppe
2023-01-17 9:58:17 AM  
I know Kanye has gotten pretty full of himself lately, but Pope Ye? With his own day? It's too much.

I assume spinach is code for whatever meds he's skipping.
 
KingKauff
2023-01-17 10:02:20 AM  

drjekel_mrhyde: DannyBrandt: Church's is better.

Plus all of them are located around hooker hotspots. It's a cheap last meal for them before you put them in your trunk.


Why would you put the chicken in your trunk?
 
Barricaded Gunman
2023-01-17 10:06:27 AM  

oyster_popsicles: [Fark user image 850x1053]


Was so disappointed when I finally saw that movie, and the big-deal car chase was pretty "meh," too.
 
nmrsnr [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 10:25:13 AM  
This is vastly superior to Pope Ye day.
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-17 10:38:36 AM  
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Metaluna Mutant
2023-01-17 11:03:01 AM  
Well, Popeye always tried to keep kosher.

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LewDux [OhFark]
2023-01-17 11:26:21 AM  
Family Guy Popeye
Youtube NToDMpoViv0
 
Billy Liar
2023-01-17 11:38:43 AM  

Dhusk: johnny_vegas: Your forgot something subby...

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So we're doing a sexy Olive Oyl thread?  NTTAWWT

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UberNeuman
2023-01-17 11:39:30 AM  
Popeye walks into a house of prostitution.  Madam asks "What do YOU want!?"
Popeye says "Well... blow me!"
 
OtherLittleGuy [BareFark]
2023-01-17 11:41:51 AM  

allthesametome: I don't know any bullies.  Can I jus punch Nazis?


Only if you get the Boston Pops to play "Stars & Stripes Forever" in the background.
 
Farkenhostile
2023-01-17 11:53:07 AM  
My dad used to eat spinach out of a can and that shiat was nasty, it was all slimy and gross looking like someone spit chewing tobacco into a can.
 
AppleOptionEsc
2023-01-17 11:58:06 AM  

Dhusk: johnny_vegas: Your forgot something subby...

[render.fineartamerica.com image 271x400]

So we're doing a sexy Olive Oyl thread?  NTTAWWT

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It's not often I am reminded the difference between fan-art and fetish art. But damn, sometimes the $300 is worth it, fellas/gals.
/others.
 
maxwellton
2023-01-17 12:25:56 PM  
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kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-17 12:34:06 PM  

kryptoknightmare: I was a huge Popeye fan as a kid. In general, I think Fleischer Studios just made better cartoons than any of their competitors (see Superman, of course). Weird, interesting characters, incredibly inventive animation, and plots more akin to a comic book superhero than a funny-ha-ha cartoon. The Robert Altman movie, while a little bit slow moving at times (for kids especially), is pretty damn good.

A few years back they released a sneak peak at an upcoming Popeye movie, and I thought it looked great, but sadly I guess it was cancelled:

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/i4tNuM9XttM]

Side note: The whole Super Mario franchise has been based in part on Popeye- video game legend and Popeye fan Shigeru Miyamoto originally intended Donkey Kong to be a Popeye game, but Nintendo couldn't get the rights (although they eventually did a few years later and made a damn good game out of it). The next time you see blue collar, sailor-cap-wearing Mario chasing the kidnapped Princess as she hangs over the shoulder of the brute King Bowser, think about how close to a Popeye cartoon it all is.


I wish that movie came out.

Also...in assume you mean this game.

Arcade Game: Popeye (1982 Nintendo)
Youtube hErObuqvlHs
 
Needlessly Complicated [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 12:46:38 PM  
Popeye is about a man with deformity in his arms competing with a men's rights activist for the affections of a woman with an eating disorder.
 
Isitoveryet
2023-01-17 12:57:28 PM  

kdawg7736: kryptoknightmare: 

Also...in assume you mean this game.

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/hErObuqvlHs]


oh my, I had completely forgotten about that game, really takes me back.
 
Pants full of macaroni!! [BareFark]
2023-01-17 12:59:25 PM  
I believe I shall go here and get a Popeye salad.

Also, enjoy this delightful song from Mark McCollum:

Reggae popeye
Youtube SlvigdTob98
 
Don Cherry's tailor
2023-01-17 1:08:11 PM  
Why is Popeye's pecker always greasy?

He sticks it in Olive Oyl.
 
empres77 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-17 1:27:37 PM  
I had spinach for lunch not knowing it was Popeye day, so I win, I guess.
 
xxBirdMadGirlxx
2023-01-17 1:36:56 PM  

allthesametome: I don't know any bullies.  Can I jus punch Nazis?


They're not the same thing?
 
KRSESQ
2023-01-17 1:38:07 PM  

kryptoknightmare: I was a huge Popeye fan as a kid. In general, I think Fleischer Studios just made better cartoons than any of their competitors (see Superman, of course). Weird, interesting characters, incredibly inventive animation, and plots more akin to a comic book superhero than a funny-ha-ha cartoon. The Robert Altman movie, while a little bit slow moving at times (for kids especially), is pretty damn good.

A few years back they released a sneak peak at an upcoming Popeye movie, and I thought it looked great, but sadly I guess it was cancelled:

[iFrame https://www.youtube.com/embed/i4tNuM9XttM?autoplay=1&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&start=0&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&widgetid=1]

Side note: The whole Super Mario franchise has been based in part on Popeye- video game legend and Popeye fan Shigeru Miyamoto originally intended Donkey Kong to be a Popeye game, but Nintendo couldn't get the rights (although they eventually did a few years later and made a damn good game out of it). The next time you see blue collar, sailor-cap-wearing Mario chasing the kidnapped Princess as she hangs over the shoulder of the brute King Bowser, think about how close to a Popeye cartoon it all is.


Just as well. A rebooted Popeye would work better as a more adult-oriented show, allowing for better story lines than eat spinach punch Bluto (who was a minor side-villain in one adventure in the old Segar strip). And he's got to have his pipe, even if he's never seen smoking it.
 
Ragin' Asian [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 1:52:30 PM  
Pugnacious Spinach Lover is my fetish porn name. My mainstream porn name is Asa Spades Lovelace.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-01-17 2:04:55 PM  
Hmm, I had my salad order ready to go, but perhaps now I need to change it up...
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-01-17 2:44:11 PM  

Fireproof: Hmm, I had my salad order ready to go, but perhaps now I need to change it up...


Update: I did indeed get Popeye's chicken instead of a salad because of this.
 
Fireproof [OhFark]
2023-01-17 2:50:50 PM  

KRSESQ: kryptoknightmare: I was a huge Popeye fan as a kid. In general, I think Fleischer Studios just made better cartoons than any of their competitors (see Superman, of course). Weird, interesting characters, incredibly inventive animation, and plots more akin to a comic book superhero than a funny-ha-ha cartoon. The Robert Altman movie, while a little bit slow moving at times (for kids especially), is pretty damn good.

A few years back they released a sneak peak at an upcoming Popeye movie, and I thought it looked great, but sadly I guess it was cancelled:

[iFrame https://www.youtube.com/embed/i4tNuM9XttM?autoplay=1&widget_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&start=0&enablejsapi=1&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.fark.com&widgetid=1]

Side note: The whole Super Mario franchise has been based in part on Popeye- video game legend and Popeye fan Shigeru Miyamoto originally intended Donkey Kong to be a Popeye game, but Nintendo couldn't get the rights (although they eventually did a few years later and made a damn good game out of it). The next time you see blue collar, sailor-cap-wearing Mario chasing the kidnapped Princess as she hangs over the shoulder of the brute King Bowser, think about how close to a Popeye cartoon it all is.

Just as well. A rebooted Popeye would work better as a more adult-oriented show, allowing for better story lines than eat spinach punch Bluto (who was a minor side-villain in one adventure in the old Segar strip). And he's got to have his pipe, even if he's never seen smoking it.


The 1980sish version of the cartoon had a PSA with him assuring us that he only uses the pipe to toot on.

/Seriously.
 
TerrorTony
2023-01-17 3:14:29 PM  

UberNeuman: Popeye walks into a house of prostitution.  Madam asks "What do YOU want!?"
Popeye says "Well... blow me!"


Reminds me of the Wedding Of Popeye And Olive Oyl that Peter David wrote. First, King Features Syndicate didn't want there to be an actual wedding. David pointed out besides the title of the comic that there was a Popeye And Son cartoon a few years ago, did they want the son to be illegitimate?
And in the comic itself, after the ceremony Popeye exclaims "well, blow me down!" And Olive says "Later Popeye, later".
 
TerrorTony
2023-01-17 3:18:46 PM  
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sno man [TotalFark]
2023-01-17 6:42:08 PM  

empres77: I had spinach for lunch not knowing it was Popeye day, so I win, I guess.


I had Popeye's™ w/o knowing... winning for everyone!!
 
Kris_Romm
2023-01-17 7:36:55 PM  
Spinach in a can is genuinely the food of the Devil.  Whereas uncooked spinach is actually pretty good, and lightly steamed or sautéed spinach in a garlic sauce is magical.

Popeye was apparently an idiot.  Did they even once show him consuming anything other than the worst version of his magic food?
 
Billy Liar
2023-01-17 9:30:44 PM  
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".....in the ocular cavity...."
 
GypsyJoker [TotalFark]
2023-01-18 1:16:44 AM  

allthesametome: I don't know any bullies.  Can I jus punch Nazis?


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Superjoe
2023-01-18 8:02:38 AM  

kryptoknightmare: I was a huge Popeye fan as a kid. In general, I think Fleischer Studios just made better cartoons than any of their competitors (see Superman, of course). Weird, interesting characters, incredibly inventive animation, and plots more akin to a comic book superhero than a funny-ha-ha cartoon. The Robert Altman movie, while a little bit slow moving at times (for kids especially), is pretty damn good.

A few years back they released a sneak peak at an upcoming Popeye movie, and I thought it looked great, but sadly I guess it was cancelled:

[Youtube-video https://www.youtube.com/embed/i4tNuM9XttM]

Side note: The whole Super Mario franchise has been based in part on Popeye- video game legend and Popeye fan Shigeru Miyamoto originally intended Donkey Kong to be a Popeye game, but Nintendo couldn't get the rights (although they eventually did a few years later and made a damn good game out of it). The next time you see blue collar, sailor-cap-wearing Mario chasing the kidnapped Princess as she hangs over the shoulder of the brute King Bowser, think about how close to a Popeye cartoon it all is.


The animatic got leaked onto the intertubes and is pretty easy to find.
 
Ivo Shandor [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-18 11:45:24 AM  

Fireproof: Fireproof: Hmm, I had my salad order ready to go, but perhaps now I need to change it up...

Update: I did indeed get Popeye's chicken instead of a salad because of this.


I thought you meant that you would change your order to a spinach salad.
 
kdawg7736 [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2023-01-18 1:42:08 PM  
Had some spinach in my chicken salad sandwich today. I thought of Popeye.
 
Kris_Romm
2023-01-18 6:22:00 PM  

kdawg7736: Had some spinach in my chicken salad sandwich today. I thought of Popeye.


But not Popeyes.  😁

They'd never add Spinach.  Which is ironic.
 
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