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Synopsis

Popeye tries to sleep, but has recurring dreams about having to compete with Bluto for Olive's affections.

Characters

Popeye
(Voice: Jack Mercer)

Olive Oyl

Bluto

Wimpy

Eugene the Jeep

Credits

Video Information

DVD

United States

Popeye the Sailor - Volume 2 - 1938-1940

Technical Specifications

MPAA No.: 2141

Running time: 7:32

Animation Type: Standard (Hand-drawn-Cel) Animation

Aspect Ratio: 1.37 : 1

Color Type: Black and White

Sound Type: Mono: Western Electric Noiseless Recording

Print Type: 35mm

Negative Type: 35mm

Cinematographic Format: Spherical

Original Language: English

Original Country: United States

Reviews and Comments

From Gnik_LJN :

This nightmare-themed cartoon is one of the most surreal Fleischer Popeye cartoons, but I don't think the surreal qualities actually work that well here. The wilder earlier Fleischer cartoons, especially the ones that reflect on the spooky, creepy aspects, usually have constant shapeshifting objects maniacally dishing out jokes and slapstick with high energy, while here in this cartoon, a rock transforms into a steamroller and approaches Popeye, and gets disintegrated into pillow feathers upon impact, all in a very subdued fashion. The climax, with a multitude of deformed faces of Bluto and Olive taunting him and forming one giant laughing head, can be quite a riot on papar, but it's still sorely missing the frantic energy that A FLEISCHER CARTOON ABOUT A NIGHTMARE usually could deliver. It is quite funny, though, to see Popeye's actual actions parallel his experience in his dream, with him struggling with bedroom objects when he is being tormented by his adversaries.
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