Friday, November 21, 2025

Toon Legends: Popeye takes up ballet (Ballet de Spinach, 1960)

 A recurring theme in the 1960's Popeye shorts had the sailor (Jack Mercer) reluctantly getting involved with modern culture.

A beat poet we could see ("Coffee House"), but ballet? Oh, the pain!

Poor Olive (Mae Questel). She's fighting a losing cause in "Ballet de Spinach":


One of the weaker entries of the Jack Kinney era.

Rating: C.

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