Popeye the Sailor

Popeye the Sailor

Release Date:  11/10/1960
Country of Release:  USA
Length:  30 minutes
MPAA:  TV-G
Medium:  Video
Genre:  COM FAM
Release Message:  The Wiffle Hen has magical powers in its tail to grant any wish to anyone rubbing its tail feathers. Popeye (Jack Mercer) and Wimpy touch the Wiffle Bird's feathers and are transported back to the Middle Ages.
Description:  The Wiffle Hen has magical powers in its tail to grant any wish to anyone rubbing its tail feathers- like a wish to be back in Ye Good Old Days. Popeye and Wimpy touch the Wiffle Bird's feathers and are transported back to the Middle Ages. There, they encounter Brutus, who plays a bad wizard. Popeye and Wimpy find themselves in a king's palace that is besieged by Olaf, the cruel magician. Everyone is afraid to fight Olaf. The reward is the King's daughter in marriage. Popeye offers to fight, while Wimpy goes out to find a huge feast. Olaf is a funny little guy until the fight starts, then he magically changes into all sorts of fighting animals and finally, into a fierce giant, which is his true shape. Wimpy weaves in and out of the combat chasing food. Popeye is in trouble until he eats spinach. Then he's victorious. He gets his hero's reward, the King's daughter, who turns out to be the ugliest woman in the world. Just as the daughter is ready to embrace Popeye, Wimpy catches a chicken that turns out to be a Wiffle Hen. A quick rub on the hen's feathers, a quick wish, and they're both happily back in modern times.