Popeye in Warner Bros Cartoons!

Here is a few scenes of Popeye in other cartoons:

The first is a Porky Pig Cartoon. That's right, Porky Pig. In the 1937 film Porky's Garden, one of the chicks eats spinach and then turns into Popeye. It's very funny to see this. Popeye was the most popular cartoon star of the 1930s. Tex Avery is using Popeye as a gag for a Porky Pig cartoon. This proves Popeye's popularity in the 1930s and how aware the studios were of the Fleischers.



That wasn't the only time either, the ending and climax of the Major Lied till Dawn is also a Popeye parody

Popeye 1940s Volume 1

While KFS might be doing a horrible job, Jerry and George did a wonderful job with Popeye. Jerry Beck and George Feltenstein announced this set a couple weeks ago. It's got beautiful colors and it's the perfect gift. This is a test just like Porky Pig 101 (which was also a wonderful set). This set is marvelous and if you haven't bought, buy it now. This is the last chance we get to show Warner Archives that it's worth putting cartoons out for us. We all love Popeye! Buy It! I loved it and so will you!

Popeye Turns 90

My First post, I'll talk about Popeye's 90th Birthday.

We all know the story of Popeye. That won't be discussed here. If you don't, you're on the wrong site.
       Cartoon characters often have turned a certain age and it's been a big deal. In 1990, Bugs Bunny turned 50. Bugs was praised by all. A more recent example is Mickey Mouse. Mickey Mouse turned 90 in November. ABC had a giant celebration with celebrities to celebrate the event.
         Why do I care you ask? Well, Mickey turns 90 and he gets an ABC Special. Popeye turns 90 and he gets this:What the hell is that! He's got a whistle in his mouth and if I keep listing things, I'll hurl on my laptop.

Sorry for the Wait

It's been a month since I posted on this blog. I've been preparing for other things such as my book (which Bill Farmer and George Daugherty and members of June's family are now involved in). I'm also going to be continuing my animated comics. Each month I'll post XEROX Comics as well as The Simpsons strips. Once they end, I'll find something new. NEXT MONTH IS A SALUTE TO POPEYE. Popeye is turning 90 and I'll have a whole month devoted to the sailor for January's blog posts.

Hippety Hopper: The Bugs Bunny Show and Other Goodies

Hippety Hopper is seen on the opening of the Bugs Bunny Show. He is right along side the rest of the Warner Bros characters. This shows how memorable this character is. He was seen every week on Saturday Morning and on ABC in Primetime. The character would be there every time Bugs and Daffy sang this is it on The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show, The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour, and The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show. In 1992, Hippety Hopper was removed from the line and replaced with Porky Pig and Pepe Le Pew. It took over 30 years to add Porky Pig to the line. It showed the popularity and how often the kangaroo was shown on TV.

Matt Hunter posted a full episode of The Bugs Bunny Show on his Dailymotion page a while back. This episode features Hippety Hopper as the main foul for Sylvester (who is hosting the show).




Here are a few more goodies:

Hippety sings happy birthday to those with an October birthday from the Bugs Bunny Songfest record.



Hippety was supposed to appear in Who Framed Roger Rabbit in the proposed funeral scene.

Hippety's Name: Mistakes made due to Lobby Art and Green Frogs

Often Spelled.
On numerous cartoon books and references, Hippety is spelled Hippity. It's official name is Hippety though as that is how it is spelled in the cartoons and on most of the art.

The Original Spelling

In the first cartoon, Hop, Look and Listen, Hippety didn't have a name. His second cartoon, Hippety Hopper is titled after the kangaroo's now official name. That wasn't the original spelling though. The spelling wasn't the often misspelled Hippity spelling either. On the draft of the lobby card of the cartoon, the cartoon is spelled Hippitty Hopper.

A Similar Name
When I was looking to know more about Hippety, I was often mistaken with asking about Hoppity Hooper. It's an honest mistake as they both are very similar names. Hoppity Hooper is a frog made by Jay Ward. After a pilot called, the Green Hopper, they decided to changed the name of the frog. Hoppity's name was actually going Hippity Hooper. Jay Ward changed it to Hoppity Hooper because of it's similarity to Hippety Hopper's name.

5 Great Hippety Hopper Cartoons

I am not going to review every Hippety Hopper cartoon. I'm just going to post and share the 5 best (in no order) Hippety Hopper cartoons.

Hop, Look and Listen
The first is Hop, Look and Listen. This is the first cartoon with Hippety Hopper and is what began the plot that would be the concept for the Hippety Hopper cartoons to follow.





Hippety Hopper

This is the first cartoon where Hippety is given a name. It is also the second cartoon with the kangaroo. This cartoon's premise would later become the premise for the record.




Pop 'im Pop! 

This cartoon introduces Sylvester Jr. Sylvester Jr. would play a key role in many of the cartoons featuring Hippety Hopper.



Hoppy Go Lucky
Hoppy Go Lucky is actually based on Of Mice and Men. It still has the same basic plot as the other cartoons though. It doesn't feature Sylvester Jr. It features a cat named Benny who goes with Sylvester to catch a mouse for Benny to have as a bet. Benny keeps calling Sylvester, "George". When Sylvester says to stop calling him George because his name is Sylvester, Benny says "But I can't say Sylvester George." Benny is voiced by Stan Freberg.


Bell Hoppy 

This cartoon has some of the funniest gags. Sylvester has to bell the biggest mouse of all in order to join a clan of cats. He keeps getting blackballed but eventually gets into the Loyal Order of Alley Cats Mouse and Chowder Club.