Popeye drives up to take Olive for a ride, but Bluto in his much fancier car does what he can to spoil their jaunt.Popeye drives up to take Olive for a ride, but Bluto in his much fancier car does what he can to spoil their jaunt.Popeye drives up to take Olive for a ride, but Bluto in his much fancier car does what he can to spoil their jaunt.
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Jack Mercer
- Popeye
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Mae Questel
- Olive Oyl
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Dave Fleischer
- Willard Bowsky(uncredited)
- Writer
- Warren Foster(uncredited)
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Storyline
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- TriviaDespite the Depression, the automobile was becoming a popular mode of transportation in the U.S. It was also the era of bold new design for luxury autos, as shown with Bluto's sporty roadster, which Americans saw mostly on the cinema screen.
- GoofsWhen the cartoon starts, Popeye's car is a usual American left-hand drive car. Popeye eats spinach and catches up to Bluto (getting Olive back into his car). Popeye then abandons his car to Olive, gets into Bluto's car and starts to beat up Bluto. At this point, when Olive is alone in Popeye's car, it is still a left-hand drive car. Popeye then finishes beating up Bluto and destroys his car (and in the process ends up with Bluto's steering wheel). The cartoon then returns to Olive who is struggling to get control of Popeye's runaway car, but Popeye's car has turned into a right-hand drive car. In her efforts to gain control of Popeye's car, Olive tears the steering wheel out. She hits Popeye (now a pedestrian) with his car, and throws him up and back into his now steering-wheel-less car. Since he still has Bluto's steering wheel, Popeye inserts Bluto's steering wheel as he lands in his car. But in doing so, he inserts it on the right side of his car (again making it a right-hand drive car).
- Alternate versionsAlso available in a computer colorized version.
- SoundtracksWhen I'm at the Wheel of My Automobile
(uncredited)
Music by Sammy Timberg
Lyrics by Bob Rothberg
Performed by Jack Mercer
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Popeye takes Olive Oyl out for a spin in his old jalopy. Bluto offers her a ride in his roadster, but she refuses. Bluto tries to sabotage their jaunt.
It's another very solid Popeye from the Fleischer studios. Although I think their cartoons peaked in the Pre-Code er, they continued to turn out excellent pieces, in part because of their use of new and evolving technology, like the tabletop set-ups here that add a third dimension, good gagwork, and a general sense that at this stage they were the only studio fighting the trend to make films like Walt Disney -- Schlesinger's studio was about to get in on that thought. But it's the constant barrage of gags that make this fun, and the way that Gus Wicke, who voices Bluto, manages a properly villanous laugh, that keep me happy.
It's another very solid Popeye from the Fleischer studios. Although I think their cartoons peaked in the Pre-Code er, they continued to turn out excellent pieces, in part because of their use of new and evolving technology, like the tabletop set-ups here that add a third dimension, good gagwork, and a general sense that at this stage they were the only studio fighting the trend to make films like Walt Disney -- Schlesinger's studio was about to get in on that thought. But it's the constant barrage of gags that make this fun, and the way that Gus Wicke, who voices Bluto, manages a properly villanous laugh, that keep me happy.
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- Runtime6 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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