This is One of my favourite cartoon shows! N whenever I see this cartoon show... I feel soo very nostalgic about my childhood... It takes me back to my school days!
Me and my brother were a huge fans of this fictional Hero, "Popeye".. I was in standard 8th, when this cartoon show was first time telecasted on Cartoon Network in India... We never had a cable connection at home then... to watch this show.. we rushed to our Granny's house daily (We were in a joint family - though not exactly joint :P we had different television sets and the one in d ground floor - where my grandparents stayed had the cable connection)
The show timings wer 8:30 PM on weekdays.. and 6:30 pm on weekends!
Boy oh boy it was fun watching them... we hurriedly finished our homeworks n all other stuffs well before 8:30 pm... n before the clock striking 8:30 .. we would just
jump of the stairs zzooop!!! n land safely n catch some cozy places on the sofa in the Living Room of my granny's house... few of my cousins would wait untill we go there... n then the channel would get changed to "CARTOON NETWORK" from some regional language channels! :)
N there were days, even If we could not make it to the show... one of my cousin used to call me from the groundfloor... (we were residing on the first floor) "Akka bega ba... popeye shuru ayithu" (means "Sis.. come soon, popeye show has begun )
All of us, were dying to see Popeye n his fights wid Bluto - The villian... and his sweetheart "Olive Oyl".
Popeye has the unique way of speaking.. disproportionate muscles... with anchor tatoos :) n has a corncob pipe (tooting like steamship's whistle).
He was depicted as having amazing human strength! And the fights were between Popeye n Bluto - well this is because of the Love triangle between Popeye, Olive and Bluto ... Popeye loves Olive, Bluto loves Olive and they try to impress Olive to win her... n Olive gets to decide whom she wants... n the fight would begin between Popeye n Bluto... to outwit each other..
When fed up or exhausted, Popeye would eat spinach, which would instantly restore and amplify his strength to an even greater level.. (the way he opens the canned spinach is amazing.. It would be hidden in his T-shirt somewhere, n pulls it out... ) munching on the spinach gives him instant energy with Iron Fists n gives a Big blow to Bluto.... n finally he wins Olive Oyl... no doubt she gets impressed by him... :) n most of the episodes ends this way... also with the song...
"I'm Popeye the sailor man
I'm Popeye the sailor man
I'm strong to the fin-ich
Cause I eats me spin-ach
I'm Popeye the sailor man" :)
Morals,were of course there - would remember for my Life time, Popeye's lines
"I Yam what I Yam" - a strong positive line! (which so inspiring n confidance building :)
- "Forgive n Forget" - where he forgives the mistakes of Bluto - n they remain frens (not forever - only for tat episode ;)
-Eat lots of greens - especially the spinach - helps building strength n stamina :)
Popeye is truely a Hero! He is simple yet amazing! He uses his super human strength in a righteous way... ..
However strong U r.. use the strength for a good reason n for righteous things! never be brutal or Dishonest!
We Love U Popeye :) ... Popeye d sailor man!
3 comments:
I grew watching his show. Nice to read about Popeye here..
Sarihoythu.. : ) Std-8th(High School) nalli Cartoon show and even now you remember the timings of the telecast both on weekdays and weekends..!!!
Amazing... You are what you are ;)
@Nuthan: :) Nothing wrong in watching Cartoon show, I do it even now.. though not regularly!
Yepp, "I am Wat I am" :)
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