Popeye (Jack Mercer) is on a movie set with Olive as Marc Antony & Cleopatra, respectively. Brutus (Jackson Beck) is trying to pass himself off as a French director, but William Snyder & Gene Deitch's crew couldn't be bothered to outfit him in something more befitting the part.
And you wonder why I thumbed my nose at the Snyder-Deitch era of Popeye shorts. Here's "Matinee Idol Popeye".
Snyder & Deitch decided no one on their staff but them would get any credit. Small wonder they were shown the door rather quickly, and would go on to mess up Krazy Kat and Tom & Jerry.
Not one of Popeye's best by a long shot.
Rating: C-.
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