I Eats My Spinach

This is the fourth Popeye cartoon and it's maintained the same excellent quality of the previous cartoons in the series--with exceptional animation and great backgrounds. However, unlike the previous cartoons, this one is a bit more cartoony in style and feel--which isn't necessarily bad.

This installment of the series finds Popeye taking his skinny girlfriend to the rodeo. Naturally, the star of the rodeo is Bluto and he tries very hard to impress Olive. Not wanting to be outdone, each time Popeye jumps into the ring and does his own rodeo tricks. Eventually, the expected happens--Bluto kidnaps Olive--apparently to rape her. Popeye, with a bull giving chase, comes to save the day.

This cartoon features a few firsts--Popeye singing an extended version of his theme song and an appearance by Wimpy. An excellent cartoon that holds up pretty well today.