Shuteye Popeye

A very amusing turn of the plotline for the POPEYE series, as Paramount matches him up with a mouse desperately trying to sleep, but cannot due to Popeye's snoring. As a result, the mouse tries various means of eliminating Popeye (while he sleeps, adding to the humor as Popeye wakes up in various uncomfortable situations). A wonderful production, and a nice change of pace from the usual "Bluto wants Olive to date him" scenario.

Popeye is sleeping, but his snoring is so loud it wakes the mouse sleeping in a hole in the war. You know this means war!

It's good to see a Popeye cartoon in which he isn't duking it out with Bluto over Olive Oyl, and therefore I find this one far superior. The big plot point is who eats the spinach, and it's worth finding out.

Shuteye Popeye (1952)

** 1/2 (out of 4)

Popeye is asleep but his incredibly loud and annoying snoring is keeping up a mouse trying to get some sleep behind the wall. Pretty soon the two are doing battle in hopes that one of them can get some sleep.

SHUTEYE POPEYE is a pretty good entry in the later day series. I don't think anyone would claim the 50's Popeye was as good as the shorts from the 30s but this one here manages to have a couple very good laughs that make it worth viewing as well as a nice little twist at the end. There's no question that the highlight comes when Popeye plants a mouse trap and then gets emotionally connected when he thinks he has hurt the mouse too badly.

'Shuteye Popeye (1952)' sees Popeye go toe-to-toe with a mouse, 'Tom and Jerry' style. He's just trying to get some sleep but his snoring disturbs the little critter. We're actually asked to empathise more with the mouse here, but Popeye is just so innocent and tolerant throughout that it's quite difficult to do so. At most, you just sort of stay ambivalent about the whole thing. Still, the piece is enjoyable enough. It's simple but effective, with a few satisfying set-pieces and chucklesome moments. It does end with a particularly off-putting sight-gag, though. Plus, it doesn't really feel like it has an identity, as such. 6/10

Popeye against a little mouse. The familiar confrontations , having as start point the snoring of legendary sailor. And, off course, the spinach . Nice, precise, amusing.