Popeye - Season 28 / Year 1961

Popeye - Season 28 / Year 1961

Season 28 / Year 1961

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DatesJan 1, 1961 - Dec 17, 1961
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Episodes

Oil's Well That Ends Well
Year 1961Episode 17 min

Oil's Well That Ends Well

Oily Brutus swindles Olive Oyl out of her game show winnings with a worthless oil well. It's up to Popeye to grease the path towards a happy ending.

Jan 1, 1961
Motor Knocks
Year 1961Episode 27 min

Motor Knocks

Popeye and Olive stop by Brutus's Garage after running out of gas. But Brutus sabotages Popeye's car and steals away Olive.

Jan 8, 1961
Amusement Park
Year 1961Episode 37 min

Amusement Park

Brutus kidnaps swee'pee and sells him to an amusement park freak-show.

Jan 15, 1961
Duel to the Finish
Year 1961Episode 47 min

Duel to the Finish

Olive entices Wimpy to her kitchen with the smell of hamburgers in order to make Popeye jealous. The male rivalry leads to an eating contest.

Jan 22, 1961
Gem Jam
Year 1961Episode 57 min

Gem Jam

In India, the Sea Hag hypnotizes Olive into stealing the sacred emerald from the crown of a jade idol, which puts a curse on the unwitting thief.

Jan 29, 1961
The Bathing Beasts
Year 1961Episode 67 min

The Bathing Beasts

Olive's new car attracts the attention of Popeye and Brutus, an argument breaks out over who will sit in the front seat, to settle things Olive suggests they enter a strong-man contest and the winner sits in the front.

Feb 5, 1961
The Rain Breaker
Year 1961Episode 77 min

The Rain Breaker

Popeye meets Thor The God of Thunder and must save a fair maiden trapped high in a castle.

Feb 12, 1961
Messin' Up the Mississippi
Year 1961Episode 87 min

Messin' Up the Mississippi

Olive is the captain of a Mississippi showboat with Popeye as the main act. Brutus is the stagehand who is jealous of Popeye's fame. Brutus plots to jinx the show and embarrass Popeye.

Feb 19, 1961
Love Birds
Year 1961Episode 97 min

Love Birds

Popeye buys Olive's lovebird a boyfriend. The two lovebirds, named Romeo and Juliet, quarrel and Romeo flies away. Olive demands that Popeye bring him back.

Feb 26, 1961
Sea Serpent
Year 1961Episode 107 min

Sea Serpent

Olive is a reporter who's so busy that she doesn't have time to be with Popeye. Her boss then tells her that there are rumored reports of a sea serpent at lochness so he sends her to check it out. Popeye tells her there's no such thing. When she arrives she meets, the man who knows about the Sea Serpent, Brutus. He charges her for every piece of info he gives her. Popeye is incredulous and finds evidence that Brutus is a fake.

Mar 5, 1961
Boardering on Trouble
Year 1961Episode 117 min

Boardering on Trouble

Popeye and Brutus are owners of a nightclub and restaurant, a fight breaks out between them when their guest, Miss Oyl, can't decide on spending her night at dinner or watching a show.

Mar 12, 1961
Aladdin's Lamp
Year 1961Episode 127 min

Aladdin's Lamp

Popeye chases down the Sea Hag in order to take back the magic lamp she stole from Olive.

Mar 19, 1961
Butler Up
Year 1961Episode 137 min

Butler Up

An old school friend of Olive Oyl's turns up for dinner, to impress him Olive asks Popeye to be her butler.

Mar 26, 1961
The Leprechaun
Year 1961Episode 147 min

The Leprechaun

The Sea Hag is planning to steal a leprechaun's gold by finding a leprechaun and making him tell her where his gold is. Popeye knowing that she's up to something follows her. When he encounters her, her vulture knocks him out. A leprechaun finds him and helps him. Later the same leprechaun runs into the Sea Hag and she makes him tell her where his gold is. When the other leprechauns learn what he did they banish him. When Popeye runs into him, he tells Popeye what happened Popeye sets to get the gold back.

Apr 2, 1961
County Fair
Year 1961Episode 157 min

County Fair

Popeye and Brutus are farmers who enter a county fair contest to see who's the best. But Brutus is cheating.

Apr 9, 1961
Hamburgers Aweigh
Year 1961Episode 167 min

Hamburgers Aweigh

Popeye is shipping canned hamburgers. And when Wimpy hears of this, he offers to protect them. Popeye is hesitant to let him. But he agrees but on the condition that he let the Wiffle Bird put a spell on Wimpy making him not like hamburgers. So while they sail, the Sea Hag shows up and plots to make off with the cargo and offers Wimpy part of the hamburgers. But when he refuses she puts a spell on him making him her slave.

Apr 16, 1961
Popeye's Double Trouble
Year 1961Episode 177 min

Popeye's Double Trouble

When the Sea Hag overhears Popeye wishes he was lucky she asks her vulture to get out of her pouch a coin which gives whoever has it bad luck and throws it at Popeye hoping he will be cursed. But the vulture gave her her gold luck coin which has three wishes. And when Popeye uses it, she tries to get it back before he uses the other two. Knowing that he's on his way to pick up Olive for a date the Sea Hag gets there before Popeye does and ties her up and makes herself look like Olive and goes with Popeye to a dance and roughs him up hoping to get the coin but doesn't.

Apr 23, 1961
Kiddie Kapers
Year 1961Episode 187 min

Kiddie Kapers

Brutus goes to see the Sea Hag in the hopes that she will make him a youth potion to impress Olive. The potion changes his whole appearance and everything goes to plan until Olive finds out who he really is.

Apr 30, 1961
The Mark of Zero
Year 1961Episode 197 min

The Mark of Zero

Popeye tells Olive's niece the story of the Mark of Zero, starring himself as the good guy and Brutus as the villain.

May 7, 1961
Myskery Melody
Year 1961Episode 207 min

Myskery Melody

Poopdeck Pappy is suddenly frightened of a mysterious flute melody that wafts through the air. At first Popeye and Olive cannot hear the haunting melody, but Pappy tells them about when he was a young man, and he was attracted to a young woman, a jewel of the sea, who tried to seduce him but turned out to be Wicked Seahag in disguise. Upon discovering her true identity Pappy fled, and Seahag vowed revenge. Now she has discovered a flute melody that can hypnotize Pappy into her trap, and when Popeye and Olive finally do hear the haunting melody, Pappy becomes hypnotized drawn to the dungeon of a distant castle, where Popeye must enlist the aid of Eugene The Jeep is rescue him.

May 14, 1961
Scairdy Cat
Year 1961Episode 217 min

Scairdy Cat

Popeye drinks a potion which turns him into a coward, Brutus tries to take his place as Olive Oyl's date and Popeye finally manages to get hold of some spinach which gives him back his bravery.

May 21, 1961
Operation Ice-Tickle
Year 1961Episode 227 min

Operation Ice-Tickle

Olive tells Popeye and Brutus she'll go out with the first one who brings her back the North Pole -- which turns out to be an actual pole with red and white stripes.

May 28, 1961
The Cure
Year 1961Episode 237 min

The Cure

Wimpy realizes he has a problem with hamburgers, Popeye helps him to contact Hamburger Anonymous. Meanwhile the SeaHag realizes her burger bar is missing it's best customer and takes steps to ruin Wimpy's attempts to break his addiction.

Jun 4, 1961
William Won't Tell
Year 1961Episode 247 min

William Won't Tell

It's 1813, King Brutus and Maiden Olive Oyl become jealous when Popeye rescues The Queen and fixes her broken carriage.

Jun 11, 1961
Pop Goes the Whistle
Year 1961Episode 257 min

Pop Goes the Whistle

Swee' Pea's favorite toy has lost its whistle and Popeye runs all over town trying to find it.

Jun 18, 1961
Autographically Yours
Year 1961Episode 267 min

Autographically Yours

Brutus is jealous of Popeyes fame.

Jun 25, 1961
A Poil for Olive Oyl
Year 1961Episode 277 min

A Poil for Olive Oyl

Popeye takes Olice out to buy her a birthday present and she chooses a pearl necklace and when Popeye hears how much they are, he sets out to get pearls from the sea. He goes diving and finds the oyster beds where the pearls are. But the Sea Hag is there and she claims that the pearls belong to her.

Jul 2, 1961
My Fair Olive
Year 1961Episode 287 min

My Fair Olive

Popeye and Olive are on a date at the local museum and see knights on exhibit. The curator (Brutus) and Ms. Oyl fall for one another. When Brutus butts in and he and Popeye start to fight over Olive, she suggests that they have a jousting tournament to settle their argument.

Jul 9, 1961
Giddy Gold
Year 1961Episode 297 min

Giddy Gold

While going through a tunnel of love boat ride, Olive notices a lot decorative jewels and other valuables and wishes they were real. That's when the Wiffle Bird shows and says they can be by just touching his feathers and wishing it. And it happens. So she and Popeye grab buckets of the jewels and makes their way out but the Wiffle Bird shows to tell them that there are three dangerous dangers that anyone who tries to take anything will have to face. While Popeye prefers to leave everything behind Olive says they go on with them.

Jul 16, 1961
Strange Things Are Happening
Year 1961Episode 307 min

Strange Things Are Happening

Olive Oyl, Brutus, Wimpy, Swee'Pea, the Sea Hag and Professor Wottasnozzle are going to make a surprise for Popeye. The sailor has a very peculiar day, with all kinds of strange things happening to him. First, the Sea Hag tries to kidnap him, then Wimpy offers to buy him lunch. In addition, Popeye gets examined by a doctor and is told that he has "flablutus of the Diablutus." On top of that, he sees Olive going to the movies with Brutus. He eventually discovers that it's all to get him to a certain address, where he's told that "this is your day."

Jul 23, 1961
The Medicine Man
Year 1961Episode 317 min

The Medicine Man

Olive begs Dr. Quack, aka Brutus, to cure Popeye's hiccups. But Dr. Quack wants Popeye's Spinach Health Juice off the market and Olive in his clutches.

Jul 30, 1961
A Mite of Trouble
Year 1961Episode 327 min

A Mite of Trouble

The Sea Hag tries to steal Popeyes treasure map treasure map by dressing a dwarf up as Swee'pea.

Aug 6, 1961
Who's Kidding Zoo
Year 1961Episode 337 min

Who's Kidding Zoo

Popeye and Brutus apply for the same part-time zoo keeper job.

Aug 13, 1961
Robot Popeye
Year 1961Episode 347 min

Robot Popeye

Brutus buys a patented Popeye robot to cause friction between Popeye and Olive.

Aug 20, 1961
Sneaking Peeking
Year 1961Episode 357 min

Sneaking Peeking

Swee'pea's birthday is here, with Popeye and Olive Oyl trying to stop Swee'pea from peeking into his birthday presents. Olive tells him a fable; something like Pandora's Box. Will Swee'pea learn?

Aug 27, 1961
Seer-ring is Believer-ring
Year 1961Episode 367 min

Seer-ring is Believer-ring

Olive Oyl buys a ring that allows her to see the immediate future; but it really belongs to Evil Eye, a red-bearded foreign hypnotist with supernatural powers.

Sep 3, 1961
The Wiffle Bird's Revenge
Year 1961Episode 377 min

The Wiffle Bird's Revenge

The magical Wiffle bird casts a spell over Wimpy that changes him into a werewolf whenever he says the word "hamburger".

Sep 10, 1961
Going Going Gone
Year 1961Episode 387 min

Going Going Gone

Wimpy tricks Brutus into buying him some hamburgers, Brutus gets angry and Wimpy decides to use vanishing cream to hide from him.

Sep 17, 1961
Popeye Thumb
Year 1961Episode 397 min

Popeye Thumb

After being teased for being too small Popeye tells Swee' Pea his version of the classic "Tom Thumb".

Sep 24, 1961
The Billionaire
Year 1961Episode 407 min

The Billionaire

Billionaire Popeye gives a million dollars to each of his friends to see who will spend the money the wisest way. When they squander all their money and ask for more, Popeye decides to give all the rest of his money to the Poor Sailor Fund.

Oct 1, 1961
Model Muddle
Year 1961Episode 417 min

Model Muddle

Olive decides that Popeye needs some culture, so she takes him to the art museum. There, he pokes fun at the sculpture and accidentally breaks a piece. Eventually, he develops a taste for modern art and decides to try his hand at acting as a sculptor for Olive Oyl's affection... with disastrous results. Brutus gets sore and tries to sabotage the sailor. He wants to play rough with the paint.

Oct 8, 1961
Which is Witch
Year 1961Episode 427 min

Which is Witch

The Sea Hag hatches a plot to kidnap Popeye. She replaces Olive with a robot replica programmed to bring him to her Island.

Oct 15, 1961
Disguise the Limit
Year 1961Episode 437 min

Disguise the Limit

Popeye the Detective is called on to find a gorilla that has just escaped from the Zoo. He an Olive devise a plan to re-capture the gorilla which involves Popeye disguising himself as a female gorilla and luring it back into it enclosure.

Oct 22, 1961
Spoil Sport
Year 1961Episode 447 min

Spoil Sport

Popeye has got himself a scooter, Olive Snubs him for Brutus and his fast, shiny, new, fast sports car. The ride turns out to be far too fast and dangerous for Olive and it's not long before she is in need of help from Popeye.

Oct 29, 1961
Have Time Will Travel
Year 1961Episode 457 min

Have Time Will Travel

Popeye, who is presumably bored of living in the 1960, decides to build Olive a time machine, luckily the dinosaur populated prehistoric time they visit has plenty of spinach.

Nov 5, 1961
Intellectual Interlude
Year 1961Episode 467 min

Intellectual Interlude

Popeye eats some "intellectual spinach" given to him by a professor at an adult education class.

Nov 12, 1961
Partial Post
Year 1961Episode 477 min

Partial Post

A spaceship lands on Earth carrying an alien disguised as a mailbox! Popeye is about to go out to mail Olive a birthday card when he hears a radio announcement that a flying saucer has been sighted over the city. Popeye continues with his task to mail the card, but he does not realize that the mailbox he has just posted Olive's card in is really the flying saucer. The extraterrestrial then tries to kidnap Popeye and Olive Oyl!

Nov 19, 1961
Weight for Me
Year 1961Episode 487 min

Weight for Me

Popeye and Brutus return from six months at sea to find that Olive has gotten fat. Brutus indulges Olive's lust for food, while Popeye tries to force her to exercise.

Nov 26, 1961
Canine Caprice
Year 1961Episode 497 min

Canine Caprice

Popeye buys Olive Oyl a talking dog, the dog, named Roger, tells Popeye that Olive Oyl has been seeing another man.

Dec 3, 1961
Roger
Year 1961Episode 507 min

Roger

Roger, the talking dog, discovers a plot to rob a jewelry store but he is unable to get the police to understand him.

Dec 10, 1961
Tooth Be or Not Tooth Be
Year 1961Episode 517 min

Tooth Be or Not Tooth Be

Swee'Pea is cutting his first tooth and Poopdeck Pappy is babysitting him for Popeye. Pappy decides to give Swee'Pea a lesson in dental hygiene and tells him a story of what happened to him when he entered a "teeth" contest. Pappy talks about the Sea Hag and her nefarious plans for his teeth.

Dec 17, 1961

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