Spinach Skrewtny: 1936 (Patreon)
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What's the most remarkable, extraordinary season?
Yes, we've been alluding to this for months, and it's happened: the most perfect year of cartoons in the history of animation. Willard Bowsky steers Popeye and co. into Technicolor two-reel waters with the phenomenal (but awkwardly paced) Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor, but it's the much maligned Seymour Kneitel who's commanding most of the shorts this year, with too many rich character moments for Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Bluto, and the new-to-animation Swee'pea to count. It's our longest voyage yet as we examine just what made each of these shorts a technological marvel and the Fleischer artists the top of their field. See how many of Sammy Timberg's songs you are humming after this!
Cartoons discussed:
- Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky
- A Clean Shaven Man
- Brotherly Love
- I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski
- Bridge Ahoy!
- What - No Spinach?
- I Wanna Be a Lifeguard
- Let's Get Movin'
- Never Kick a Woman
- Hold the Wire
- With Little Swee' Pea
- The Spinach Roadster
- I'm in the Army Now
- Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor