Gus Wicke: Sindbad

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Sindbad

[first lines]
[Sindbad steps out of his island home, and slaps two lions]
Sindbad the Sailor: I'm Sindbad the Sailor, so hearty and hale / I live on an island on the back of a whale / It's a whale of an island - that's not a bad joke / Its lord and its master is this handsome bloke! Who's the most remarkable extra-ordinary fellow?
[the lions roar]
Sindbad the Sailor: Sindbad the Sailor!

Sindbad the Sailor: I scare all creation on land or on sea / But talk about women, they all fall for me! / I take my adventures wherever they're found / I don't want to brag, folks, but I've been around!
[passes by a dragon and a vulture]
Sindbad the Sailor: Who's the most phenomenal extra-special kind of fellow?
[both dragon and vulture keen out]
Sindbad the Sailor: Sindbad the Sailor!

[Sindbad comes across a trunk of jewels, flanked by two snakes]
Sindbad the Sailor: From the Valley of Serpents these diamonds I took / I cleaned out those serpents with one dirty look!
[proves his claim by staring at the snakes and making them faint]

[Sindbad looks up at a giant bird, the rokh]
Sindbad the Sailor: On one of my travels I ran into this / Now there was a thrill I'd be sorry to miss!
[the rokh screeches]
Sindbad the Sailor: He spread out his wings, and the sunlight grew dim / He took me in his feet, but I made off with HIM! Who's the most remarkable extra-ordinary fellow?
[the rokh screeches]
Sindbad the Sailor: Sindbad the Sailor!
[Sindbad delivers a kick to a giant snake that tries to eat him]
Sindbad the Sailor: Who's the most phenomenal extra-special kind of fellow?
[the snake yowls]
Sindbad the Sailor: Sindbad the Sailor! I'm afraid of nobody under the sun / All I say is "Boo!" and my enemies run! / Who's the most remarkable extra-ordinary fellow?
[hears Popeye singing]

Sindbad the Sailor: There's only room for one great sailor in this world, and that's ME!
Popeye: Oh, sez you?
[the two charge at each other]

Popeye: Hey, I wants me girl!
Sindbad the Sailor: Oh, yeah?
Popeye: Yeah!
Sindbad the Sailor: Who are you?
Popeye: [sing-song] I'm Popeye the Sailor Man! Who are you?
Sindbad the Sailor: Who am I?
Popeye: You heard what I said.
Sindbad the Sailor: WHO AM I?
Popeye: That's what I said.
Sindbad the Sailor: Who's the most remarkable extra-ordinary fellow?
Everyone: YOU! Sindbad the Sailor!
Sindbad the Sailor: Who's the most phenomenal extra-special kind of fellow?
Everyone: YOU! Sindbad the Sailor!
Sindbad the Sailor: I'm afraid of nobody under the sun/ All I say is "Boo!" and my enemies run! Who's the most remarkable extraordinary fellow? Who?
Popeye: Popeye the Sailor! You got a long way to go, young fellow...
Sindbad the Sailor: [enraged, grabs Popeye] Well, let's see how brave you are!
[throws him into the talons of the roc]

[Sindbad comes across Boola, the two-headed giant]
Sindbad the Sailor: Now look at this monster, so strong and so huge / He'd frighten King Kong, but he's only my stooge / The capture of Boola for me was just fun / Whoever says two heads are better than one?
[Boola breaks free and tries to attack Sindbad, but is sent cowering with one blow]
Sindbad the Sailor: Who's the most remarkable extra-ordinary fellow?
Boola: [both heads] YOU! Sindbad the Sailor!

[after hearing Popeye sing]
Sindbad the Sailor: [dismembering his telescope] Who fouls the air with notes so sour / and dares to challenge Sindbad's power?
[throws the pieces in the air... and gets hit by them as they come down]

Sindbad the Sailor: Give up, and give us a little smack...
Olive Oyl: [hitting Sindbad] I'll give you a smack, all right! All right! There!