I met Robin Williams while he was on the USO tour for the troops in the Middle East.. I was his escort driver with a couple of other celebs...while we were in the car he asked everyone about their favorite movie of his, of course everyone said Mrs. Doubtfire, but when he asked me I said it was Popeye...He thanked me and teared up alittle.. he said no one as ever said Popeye... I told him that movie made my childhood...Robin Williams was on awesome actor and a really nice person... RIP Robin.. we love you
@JayBuccola
4 жыл бұрын
My daughter and I have slightly off left eyes, and sometimes I'll look at her and say 'We've got the same skwinky eye.'
@triplesevensix291
4 жыл бұрын
Very cool. Bless him. Cheers Hassan.
@jonminnella4157
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing your story man really appreciate it
@albertpope57
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't know people had a problem with the movie... I loved the Popeye song at the horse races.
@benjilee329
4 жыл бұрын
His work meant a lot to him.😎
@larryfontenot9018
3 жыл бұрын
Shelly Duvall as Olive Oyl was possibly the best casting in the movie. She really brought the character to life by completely selling Oyl's klutzy yet graceful movement, and she also did an excellent job with the character's voice.
@caroleanderson4020
Жыл бұрын
Yup!
@kathimorrical9912
Жыл бұрын
She was born to place this part. I loved Popeye cartoons, as a kid, still do. I loved spinach, and it was a very good thing, since I was a low iron , and Vit K kid. I now enjoy fresh and frozen spinach, but back then canned spinach was pretty much all you could get ( it was the 50s, shoot me). Eugene was one of my favorites. Thanks Minty!!
@denniseudela411
Жыл бұрын
Larry, Duvall only needed to show up! She's the exact replica from drawing to real life!
@CCFONESOL
10 ай бұрын
Bluto was perfect also
@Ranbutch75
10 ай бұрын
She had a great year in 1980 playing olive oyl and Wendy torrance
@MrStevehellboy
3 жыл бұрын
This movie means a lot to me. My grandfather was the Maltese doctor who treated Robin whilst he was in hospital. He got a photograph with him and the rest of the crew. Robin Williams is one of my biggest inspirations so to know that my grandad met him makes me very proud
@scoutart1508
3 жыл бұрын
really? 0.0
@johnny_eth
3 жыл бұрын
@@scoutart1508 The world is tiny.
@Angie2343
Жыл бұрын
RIP Robin
@charnellalexander199
Жыл бұрын
Maaaan, this movie was a masterpiece. Loved the cast, loved the script and the music. It's 100% a part of my childhood
@OmarGarcia-ro3en
3 жыл бұрын
Popeye is a timeless and underrated masterpiece. It deserves more appreciation than it has gotten over the years.
@ritchiec6317
2 жыл бұрын
WTHELLL
@Teladian2
2 жыл бұрын
It was the slowest, most poorly paced movie ever. Too many problems.
@ritchiec6317
2 жыл бұрын
@@Teladian2 took me a week to watch this 15 minutes at a time
@ihavefallenandicantreachmy2113
2 жыл бұрын
If Keanu Reeves were "Popeye" and Phylis Diller (RIP) were "Olive Oyl", "Popeye" would be regarded as the greatest Musical of all time. Go figure.
@triathlonelmira3470
2 жыл бұрын
You are CLASSICALLY right.
@ferox965
4 жыл бұрын
Can't get a more perfect casting choice than Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl.
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
Jack Nicholson as Popeye?? My first pick would be Dinero, but Jack would be interesting...
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
Heeeeeere's POPEYEE!!! Nah, not working for me.
@tonymata8070
4 жыл бұрын
As a man who watched the cartoons with his eldest brother I definitely agree, she was absolutely perfect as Olive Oyl. ❤ And I have to give a shout out to my childhood icon Robin Williams, he definitely nailed Popeye's mannerisms as seen in the theatrical shorts.
@microbusss
4 жыл бұрын
true but she is OOGLY barf
@microbusss
4 жыл бұрын
@Ross Price I agree Sally is hot Duvall? NOPES!
@MarkyDSahdd
4 жыл бұрын
Acting across the board was great. Shelly Duvall moved like a cartoon figure, bendind in almost inhuman ways. And Ray Walston as Pappy is seriously underrated.
@ApocryphalDude
2 жыл бұрын
Shelley is awesome
@kam0406
2 жыл бұрын
Robin Williams as Popeye.
@amandanw
2 жыл бұрын
And Bill Irwin! He was also with Robin Williams in the Don't Worry Be Happy music video, and I remember seeing him on the Cosby Show when I was a kid. "Bending in almost inhuman ways" definitely describes Bill Irwin! 😆
@marcoantoniogarcia8576
2 жыл бұрын
Agree, but unfortunately the movie is really boring and I say that as a big Popeye fan.
@NICEFINENEWROBOT
Жыл бұрын
@@marcoantoniogarcia8576That's the problem - you wouldn't settle for anything less than the real comic strip Popeye characters. My standards weren't that high, so I enjoyed it more.
@MaryrosePurple1
3 жыл бұрын
My favorite Robin Williams movie! I thought it was brilliant from the casting, to the set, to the quirky music. I watched the cartoons when I was a kid & still do (thanks METV) and this movie brought the characters to life for me. 🥰
@tonebone7449
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of my top 5 all-time favorite movies. Something Minty didn't mention was that Feiffer adapted it from the COMIC STRIP (Thimble Theater) , not the cartoons (aside from the spinach part). It captures PERFECTLY the mood and characters of the comic strip. Thimble Theater was sort of a comedy/adventure strip with with some storylines taking sometimes weeks to complete. Popeye wasn't even the star, at first. Olive's boyfriend Ham Salad was. Popeye was just a sailor they hired to sail them to an adventure, and proved so popular that he stayed around and became the focus of the strip.
@KasumiKenshirou
Жыл бұрын
Bluto was a very minor character in the comic strip and only appeared in one story. If it was supposed to be based on the comic strip, then Bluto shouldn't have been the main antagonist. And Olive's former boyfriend was Harold Hamgravy. Ham Salad was the Han Solo character in the Star Wars spoof, Hardware Wars.
@TherealRNOwwfpooh
9 ай бұрын
@@KasumiKenshirou Ham Gravy was present in the movie. He was the guy in the brown suit chasing his runaway hat around. The payoff of that gag came during the lead-in to Bluto's publicly destructive outburst of the Oyl household in the song "I'm Mean", during which Bluto roughly jams Ham's hat onto his head & starts literally pushing him into the ground out of seething anger at Olive Oyl for ducking out of their arranged marriage.
@TherealRNOwwfpooh
9 ай бұрын
The film also baited fans in with a teaser opener using the "Sailor's Hornpipe" theme & the ship cabin doorway intro that began most of the Fleischer _Popeye_ cartoons that ended with a meta joke from _Popeye_ voice actor Jack Mercer, whereby the cartoon Popeye pops out from below the hull of the ship, saying in his trademarked garbled mutter, "Hey, what's this, one of Bluto's tricks? I'm in the wrong movie!" before a lightning flash and clap of thunder served as thunderstorm sound effects as well as an audio-visual transition from the bouncy cartoon world of the animated _Popeye_ drawn by the Fleischer's to a live-action adaptation of E. G. Segar's Thimble Theater comic strip (albeit, done in Harry Nilsson musical form).
@KevyNova
4 жыл бұрын
I’ll never understand why people crap on this movie so much. I loved it in the theater as a kid and I still enjoy it a lot. And the music is my favorite part! The songs are brilliant and catchy as hell. I still get the Sweethaven National Anthem stuck in my head regularly. Here are some aspects of this movie that I think are top notch: • The casting! Popeye, Olive, Pappy, Wimpy, Bluto and others were perfectly cast. • The sets. It still blows me away that they built the whole town and it looks exactly like a Popeye cartoon. • The costumes. Not enough is said about the look of the characters. • The Music. Harry Nilsson’s songs were GREAT! Some of the most catchy and clever tunes ever written for a family film and I actually like how they were performed on set. To me it makes it much more seamless of a transition when the characters go into song than in tradition musicals where the sound quality suddenly changes drastically. I wish more musicals were filmed like Popeye.
@davidlafleche1142
4 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, they screwed up the most important part: Popeye is not supposed to hate spinach!
@KevyNova
4 жыл бұрын
David Lafleche I always considered it a cool origin story. Besides, it would have been a very short movie if Popeye knew from the start about spinach.
@nowthatsjustducky
4 жыл бұрын
My thoughts on it is that the actors nailed their roles perfectly. But the story was so weak and lame, the actors' skills just couldn't carry the film. If they had better writing to work with, it could have been a blockbuster hit; or at least a little more beloved among Popeye fans.
@vilstef6988
4 жыл бұрын
@@davidlafleche1142 Spinach is a major pickup from the Fleischer cartoons. In the original cartoon strip, Elzie Segar briefly went with the power of spinach but dropped it because it was a dead-end joke which was not that funny. With Dave Fleischer, it became the go-to and Deus Ex Machina to resolve a story. Many of the stories where when things went south, how hard was it going to be for Popeye to get the almighty can of spinach?
@vilstef6988
4 жыл бұрын
@@KevyNova I liked the same points you made about the movie. It is Williams's most underrated film.
@seantlewis376
3 жыл бұрын
I was 14 when this movie came out, not exactly target audience as I was neither a child nor a parent. But I loved it! I think the casting was perfect, the set for Sweet Haven was beautiful, and though it didn't have to be a musical, I thought it was ... OK. Also, Ray Walston as Pappy deserves some credit. He really nailed it.
@TwesomE
3 жыл бұрын
Shelley Duvall was the best choice for olive oil and also the perfect transfer from a comic book character a to live action film! The movie also was one of the best adaptations from comic-animated to a live action release that respected from walt disney back in the day,unlike some other movies such as inspector gadget!!!
@johnpatz8395
4 жыл бұрын
When he said "... 40 years ago..." I felt my insides die a little
@dangermartin69
4 жыл бұрын
Tell me about it.
@varanid9
4 жыл бұрын
You and me both; I watched it at the post theater in Ft. Richardson, AK when I was in the Army. Ronald Reagan had been in office for a year or so.
@darcanjel7
4 жыл бұрын
I was 6 when this came out.
@russellharrell2747
4 жыл бұрын
40....years...... And Mork was before this too....
@varanid9
4 жыл бұрын
@@darcanjel7 I was 19.
@BrittBerryStrawberry
4 жыл бұрын
"He Needs Me" sang by Shelley Duvall has been one of my fav songs to listen to whenever I've fallen in love since I was a teenager. My daughter loves this movie. She's 7 and we play the soundtrack in the car on repeat.
@quintessenceSL
4 жыл бұрын
Ya, few songs capture the innocence and sweetness of the initial spark so captivatingly.
@megazoned3973
4 жыл бұрын
This was also used in Punch Drunk Love. A standout track for sure.
@patrickruegsegger727
4 жыл бұрын
The music absolutely makes this movie! I had the soundtrack on vinyl and almost wore the thing out I played it so much. I didn't know it was sung live on-set, everyone was agog when Les Mis did it, this movie was ahead of its time!
@treesny
3 ай бұрын
Robert Altman had a fantastic sense of music in his films. Who would have thought to pick Harry Nilsson to write the songs for Popeye? Then there's McCabe & Mrs Miller, with its inspired integration of the haunting Leonard Cohen songs, Nashville -- in which almost all of the actors wrote their own songs -- and Kansas City, where the music played by the spectacular jazz band in the club acts as the "spine" of the movie.
@jeffthompson9622
3 жыл бұрын
I was a fan of the Popeye cartoons as a child in the '60s and was glad to see the movie. I was surprised at how well it emulated the cartoons' oddness of tone. The cartoon characters were well represented by the cast.
@andreberryii7037
2 жыл бұрын
Any other movie adaptations that you felt did well?
@TherealRNOwwfpooh
9 ай бұрын
@@andreberryii7037 Disney's _George of the Jungle_ (the first in 1997, not the sequel) stayed reasonably faithful to its source. By comparison, Disney's take on _Underdog_ sunk like a lead balloon.
@Roddy556
8 ай бұрын
Kind of funny because it was sort of a weird cartoon but you are right they brought that weirdness to the big screen.
@emmersonrene963
8 ай бұрын
😊
@odysseusrex5908
4 жыл бұрын
No love for Ray Walston as Pappy? "You caink inherick a pipe!" Best line in the whole dang movie.
@AnnabelleTheRose
4 жыл бұрын
omg I never realised that was Ray Walston! Haven’t seen the movie since I was a kid tho :)
@Hawkeye26
4 жыл бұрын
@@AnnabelleTheRose Yup, good ol "Boothby" himself. I think I found out after a 3rd or 4th watching and looking closer and thinking "Wait..." lol
@jackgrattan1447
4 жыл бұрын
My Favorite Martian as Mork's father. I wonder if the casting was intentional.
@tonymata8070
4 жыл бұрын
The man from My Favorite Martian!? That's crazy! 😃 I remember seeing him in the Disney adaptation of My Favorite Martian and discovering years later that he's from the OG series. ❤
@vivajay
4 жыл бұрын
Ray Walston was the best part of the movie 🎥. Funniest song too...Children...Nah nah nah nah nah your papas a mean old man 👴🏼
@shoreknightseer3152
4 жыл бұрын
I loved this movie when it came out. Really dig the song "I'm mean". I was 5 at the time, my standards were low. still enjoy the film every once in awhile.
@xeroabyssdclxvi2570
4 жыл бұрын
Kinda thugish in a way
@fallenseraph5V
4 жыл бұрын
It was sung by Isaac Hayes if you didn’t know that already. When my house got flooded I sang that song while I gutted my house. 😄 My wife was like WTF?
@xeroabyssdclxvi2570
4 жыл бұрын
Makes sense now.
@alwaysxnever
4 жыл бұрын
@@fallenseraph5V no wonder I love that track. Lol
@enjamessimpson
4 жыл бұрын
I think I was around 14 when I first caught it on TV. I couldn't finish it because of the musical aspect. I love how great Williams was as Popeye. They couldn't have cast a better person for the role.
@ComicBookGuy420
4 жыл бұрын
"I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today"🎶
@GottagitchaGROOOVEon
3 жыл бұрын
🎵 _Everything is food_ 🎵
@ComicBookGuy420
3 жыл бұрын
@@GottagitchaGROOOVEon 👍
@unseenufo
3 жыл бұрын
I worked at a local burger joint. Our special on tuesday was a wimpy.
@ComicBookGuy420
3 жыл бұрын
@@unseenufo lulz
@izzymahiem1940
3 жыл бұрын
“He will gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today”
@ladyemma42
Жыл бұрын
I think it’s such an underrated movie, and I ADORE the musical aspects actually. I didn’t know Nilssen had written the music, which explains a lot to me why I’ve always liked it so much. But Shelley Duvall singing “He Needs Me” is a clear standout, and I love that it was used in the movie Punch Drunk Love.
@MegaMaximus333
8 ай бұрын
I still sing blow me down while working pretty regularly.
@Niceremark
8 ай бұрын
I like the music
@treesny
3 ай бұрын
The staging of "He Needs Me" is so lovely... like someone who has seen a Fred Astaire movie and is doing her best to imitate it!
@christopherramon-reid9841
4 жыл бұрын
This movie was ahead of it’s time. Attempted what “Dick Tracy” would later. Williams was great in the film.
@jacksparrowismydaddy
4 жыл бұрын
yeah I literally had no idea what was going on in Dick Tracy...
@NCCEVANS
4 жыл бұрын
Dick Tracy was probably one of my all time favorite films ever. It was fun colorful and wasn't intended to be taken very seriously. The characters were so interesting and some well. Forsythe did an incredible job as Flattop. All the villains were spot on.
@richardranke7878
4 жыл бұрын
I thought DuVall was much better as Olive Oyl than Williams was as Popeye. JMHO
@laustcawz2089
4 жыл бұрын
"Dick Tracy" would've benefitted greatly from Tracy being played by Dick Gautier (Hymie from TV's "Get Smart"). Guess he just wasn't much of a famous name.
@tracyleesmith781
4 жыл бұрын
"I yam what I yam!" My favorite song from Popeye & Robin Williams' musical performance. That movie got my attention of Robin Williams for the first time when I was very young. Thank u Robin & RIP❤❤❤
@jeffthompson9622
3 жыл бұрын
Popeye preceded Superman in print. He might thus be considered the first Superhero.
@JeEhaO
4 жыл бұрын
All of the cast for the movie was perfect. Bluto was my favorite character, he was comically angry all the time and everyone feared him like if he was an angry bear. Bluto's hilarious rage at the party was the best part of the movie, it is a wonder that the whole house did not explode from his radiating rage.
@Angie2343
Жыл бұрын
Paul L. Smith did a great job!
@TheETBubba
4 жыл бұрын
Robin Williams characterization of Popeye was truly great. I have re-watched this just for how well and marvelously he played the character. Shelley Duvall, as Olive Oyl was also a great characterization. The movie made me look into the original "Thimble Theater" comic strips.
@waystaff76
4 жыл бұрын
No mention of the extras primarily being professional trapeze, clowns, and vaudevillians? The background slapstick makes it worth another watch.
@davidcutts9079
4 жыл бұрын
🤔 Cool! Didn't know that! I'll check it out!
@jeffthompson9622
3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Dennis Franz as the thug leader before he was Sipowicz in NYPD Blue.
@gamingatitsbest876
4 жыл бұрын
I love this film, I remember watching it with my dad. Now I watch it with my little girl. It's fun well acted and doesn't remove you from immersion. It's not a critics film. It's a family film to watch with everyone.
@thebes56
4 жыл бұрын
When critics don't like a movie, it's usually good.
@twstf8905
4 жыл бұрын
Omg it's GILDA Radner lol not "Holda Radner"!! S M H I click away when I hear "Holda Radner" like IMMEDIATELY. 🤣
@keithpl5438
3 жыл бұрын
Yeah...wth?!!
@ruprecht8520
3 жыл бұрын
@@keithpl5438 Minty is Australian and two young to remember the original SNL cast. He must have assumed some silent G pronunciation having never heard the name. It really did sound odd though..
@Floymin
3 жыл бұрын
Pardon my pettiness, but I posted a similar comment before you did, and YOU end up getting the votes!
@johnbockelie3899
3 жыл бұрын
" Your not my son......, and I can prove it, ....see that can of spinach over there?." "EAT IT". Poop deck pappy. Popeyes " pappy".
@reptilianapplesalesman5479
3 жыл бұрын
Then you came back to comment? : )
@raven11356
4 жыл бұрын
Robin Williams did an amazing job playing Popeye. The constant mumbling was great.
@jessies6981
4 жыл бұрын
I'm strong to the finish cuz I eats me spinach I'm Popeye the sailor man toot toot RIP Robin Williams
@joedont9307
4 жыл бұрын
When I starts a fiddlin', I take my Ritalin, I'm popping and sailing man toot toot!!
@Revelian1982
4 жыл бұрын
I don't remember the "rip Robin Williams" bit at the end. I thought it ended with the toots.
@dmnemaine
4 жыл бұрын
I think one of the stand out musical numbers in this movie is "He's Large", and Shelley Duvall made the most of Olive not being able to think of many (any?) good things to say about Bluto.
@dmnemaine
3 жыл бұрын
@Matthew Frueh At the risk of sounding naive, I never thought of the double entendre before you mentioned it.
@Floymin
3 жыл бұрын
I saw the movie when I was 8, and that song was the most boring part.
@wendysinclair-smith984
2 жыл бұрын
I loved its humour so much
@wendym1234
2 жыл бұрын
That song cracked me up! Loved it! 😂
@Linmyra
Жыл бұрын
Didn't get it as a kid but out of the songs I can still only remember 'he's large'
@n7bansheebait299
3 жыл бұрын
I loved this movie as a kid & now when I watch it, it just keeps getting better every time. They did an awesome job making a live action movie feel like a cartoon.
@Briankopec1889
2 жыл бұрын
Harry Nilsson was a great musical talent and writer. I loved what he wrote for the movie Popeye. As well as what he wrote for Midnight Cowboy (Everybody’s Talking at me) and The Movie The Point ( Me and my Arrow) He also wrote “One” ( is the loneliness number) made famous by Three Dog Night and Coconut ( put the lime in the Coconut) as well as Garden Party. We lost him too soon at the early age of 52.
@derkeheath5172
7 ай бұрын
Such sweet music from such a demented party animal!
@finbah5706
4 жыл бұрын
I saw this movie at the Drive In when it was released, My grandfather took me in his 1977 Caprice Classic.
@tomfrazier1103
4 жыл бұрын
Used to drive a '77 LeSabre Limited, the Buick version of that. Cost $200-.
@forceghostburtreynolds7597
4 жыл бұрын
"Gilda Radner"
@Lewshus
4 жыл бұрын
That killed me too. LoL
@troyo.8294
4 жыл бұрын
Force Ghost Burt Reynolds THANK YOU. Nails on a chalkboard when I heard that.
@andrewzakrzewski2770
4 жыл бұрын
That killed me as well
@gabrielgonzales5907
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just commented on that but mine is WAY down the line.
@Floymin
4 жыл бұрын
Is Hulda the Aussie version of Gilda?
@daniel4God4ever
3 жыл бұрын
I was a senior in high school when the movie came out and I never went to see it thinking it stupid...I just watched it last night in full and enjoyed it 41 yrs later
@caroleanderson4020
Жыл бұрын
I regularly replay Shelly Duvall singing "He needs me". I LOVE how she sings it and her Olive Oyl dancing around romantically. Cute, sweet, unique!
@electrofonickitty823
4 жыл бұрын
As a kid I loved it and I say the song "I'm Mean," was funny as hell
@Dreamstrangely
4 жыл бұрын
It was definitely a head sticker.
@andreadeamon6419
4 жыл бұрын
@Andria Marie I love when she sings that. Still kills me all these years later 🤣
@cwill1098
3 жыл бұрын
He's so damn mean!
@joecook5689
3 жыл бұрын
Yep, it was stuck in my head the other day. How good was Shelley duvall's voice too? In the he's large song.
@joshjhutton
4 жыл бұрын
This is a true masterpiece. I'm not kidding. It is one of the two films that I literally adore that I can't find anyone else who likes it. The other being Joe vs. The Volcano.
@TheGrungy1
4 жыл бұрын
I like it
@bodaggart6668
4 жыл бұрын
I love both of those movies.
@cereal510
4 жыл бұрын
Both these flicks are great. The opening of Joe is great, with the 'company store' song going. Good shit.
@macecrawford2860
4 жыл бұрын
I rrallylikedboth them movies. Your not alone
@jimcameron1234
4 жыл бұрын
joshjhutton. Dante’s Peak was way better than Volcano
@charlesfcopeland9756
8 ай бұрын
Favorite classic Popeye line, "I can't remember having this much fun and still been conscious."
@Gamertrix117
8 ай бұрын
Definitely one of Robin’s classics. Been a few times to popeye village in Malta. Was great to share it with my boys when we went to Malta. To this day they still keep it going for tourists.
@duggiedug9148
4 жыл бұрын
I see Robin Williams and for a second I'm like "I wonder what he's up to?" And then I remember what happened. Feels like I'm in an alternate reality
@zanizone3617
4 жыл бұрын
Same
@jamesfowler5100
4 жыл бұрын
You might be.
@zanizone3617
4 жыл бұрын
@@jamesfowler5100 the darkest Time-line for sure...
@jamesfowler5100
4 жыл бұрын
@@zanizone3617 I'm a huge believer of the Mandela Effect, so....yeah.
@StakeJade
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah. He commited suicide. What a shame. He was such a talented and beloved actor. Two of my favorite movies of his was Hook and The Fisher King.
@stogieguy7201
4 жыл бұрын
This is a damn classic! Williams was an absolute great choice to bring our boy Popeye to life on the big screen and I may not be the biggest fan of the musical side but the song I yam what I yam is a damn gem! "I ain't no physikist but I knows what matters"
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
Should've been Dinero...Or at least Robin Williams AFTER 'Good Morning Vietnam.' He didn't have the RW, Aladdin, 'snowfall' energy quite yet...
@swirvinbirds1971
4 жыл бұрын
@@mojoriot2293 Deniro? 😆 No, it was perfectly cast with Williams.
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
@@swirvinbirds1971 kiding...
@swirvinbirds1971
4 жыл бұрын
@@mojoriot2293 oh thank God. 😆 You got me. 👍
@tarmaque
4 жыл бұрын
To this day I often sing "I'm mean I'm mean" in certain circumstances. You know what I mean?
@zarachastellaris9016
3 жыл бұрын
I happen to love "He needs me!"
@Mr-gg8ek
3 жыл бұрын
The sets and the overall look of Popeye is absolutely fantastic! One of the most authentic-looking productions period.
@TheFrogfeeder
2 жыл бұрын
I think it’s all still there as a tourist attraction, I remember seeing a video about it within the last couple years... Edit: lol he covers this fact here ;)
@Rick_Cleland
4 жыл бұрын
I visited Popeye Village in Malta when I was a kid.
@makienxhemmiktar
4 жыл бұрын
It is indeed still there (and the upkeep is quite decent).
@davekennedy6315
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah I went on a boat trip past the village around 2004/5. I couldn't believe it was still there after all this time! I've never even seen the film (at least not that I can remember) with it seemingly being a far from popular film in the UK. We used to have plenty of old kids films like Pete's Dragon, Bedknobs And Broomsticks, Flash Gordon etc, but I never remember Popeye being shown on TV when I was a kid or since.
@Moonbeam143
4 жыл бұрын
Lucky you. 🙂
@superweirdo6165
4 жыл бұрын
Rick oh yeah? What was it like?
@Rick_Cleland
4 жыл бұрын
@@superweirdo6165, it was in 1995 and I enjoyed it, I still have the old VHS tape we filmed of it somewhere.
@xeroabyssdclxvi2570
4 жыл бұрын
Shelly Duvall was such an adorably nerdy lady in the 80's. I watched "Faerie Tale Theater" on Showtime every saturday in love
@nikki5980
4 жыл бұрын
The Popeye set is where she got the idea for Faierie Tale Theater.. ROBIN was in the first episode The Frog Prince. ❤️
@superweirdo6165
4 жыл бұрын
I have most of those on DVD 😁
@Moonbeam143
4 жыл бұрын
I used to watch it, too! I also have the box set!
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
I didn't have Showtime but I do remember that show. I had HBO. It was Fraggle Rock for me...until OZ & The Wire came out, anyway. But even Fraggle Rock was better than Popeye! Then Soprano's came out and, well...forget about it!!! lol 😎👍
@xeroabyssdclxvi2570
4 жыл бұрын
Really? Thats cool.
@tecumsehcristero
3 жыл бұрын
Shelly Duvall is perfect as Olive Oil. I couldn't imagine anyone else playing her. Gilda Radner is short, stocky and has very big features
@kennethwayne6857
3 жыл бұрын
Loved her in that.
@Ladyhoneybun242
Жыл бұрын
Robin Williams and Shelley Duvall played the hell out of these roles. Amazing work!!
@Maj_Kasul
4 жыл бұрын
I miss this movie. Enjoyed it when I was younger. Great cast.
@morenag.7769
4 жыл бұрын
Ar Ran Amazon has it!!!! Lol I love this movie!!
@zufieusagi7509
4 жыл бұрын
@@morenag.7769 Netflix too.
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
It is what it is...
@morenag.7769
4 жыл бұрын
Zufie Usagi Yes!!! 😁
@Bypasso
4 жыл бұрын
Same I'm only 13 and I watched the movie all the time when I was 6 and 7
@ThePassionOfTheMarc
4 жыл бұрын
I saw this in theater when it first came out 5 times. It's on Netflix too. Happy!
@SouthPaw7896
4 жыл бұрын
Oh snap! I am going to watch this now!
@eugenew4665
4 жыл бұрын
Also Disney+
@WATERMELONZZZ123
4 жыл бұрын
On my husband's account- I saw this in the theater too :)) Great improv on the part of Robin Williams as he's in front of the baby reading the letter....the baby says,baby & He's like,"yeah,that's what it says right here you're a baby." Always witty & more R.I.P. Robin
@WATERMELONZZZ123
4 жыл бұрын
On my husband's account-P.S. My mom told me later on that the baby that was in the movie was the director's kid.I still gotta look up that fact?
@WATERMELONZZZ123
4 жыл бұрын
On my husband's account-P.P.S. When I was a kid,I could only sit through the movie once.The octopus up close scared me :((
@4deuce31
4 жыл бұрын
I still love this movie. I just remember wanting to move to Sweet Haven.
@kchiatt2520
4 жыл бұрын
Could you imagine visiting it?
@alanmatthew5713
2 жыл бұрын
This movie is a lot of fun and Robin Williams and Shelley DuVall are PERFECT in their roles.
@wstine79
4 жыл бұрын
I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a Minty video today.
@onemercilessming1342
4 жыл бұрын
Wimpy's famous line, updated, of course.
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
giggle...🙂
@AnnabelleTheRose
4 жыл бұрын
Most quotable line in the movie :D
@jerbojones
4 жыл бұрын
Lol even as kids we all knew Wimpy was a mooching bastard. 😂😂😂
@grimm_destroyer5566
4 жыл бұрын
jerbojones even how he eats the burger 🍔 lol 😆
@LaDracul
4 жыл бұрын
This is what started off "Faerie Tale Theater", I believe. Shelley asked Robin if he'd play the Frog Prince in a TV series she was producing and the rest is history.
@kennethwayne6857
3 жыл бұрын
Interesting how Juilliard roommates Robin Williams and Christopher Reeve both had their big Hollywood debuts playing comic-book characters.
@jeffthompson9622
3 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Oscar winning actor William Hurt. I believe that they were all roommates.
@kennethwayne6857
3 жыл бұрын
@@jeffthompson9622 No, I didn't know that Hurt was also there. Thanks for the info.
@daviddedominici1705
2 жыл бұрын
Also, 'Superman' was largely inspired by the 'Popeye the Sailor Man' comic strips.
@patrickbattaille2979
3 жыл бұрын
This movie has CHARM in it own quirky way
@bimbokoopa7285
4 жыл бұрын
No memorable songs? I remember singing that "everyday is food" song, eating my Nintendo Cereal with my Lil Bro!!
@reepacheirpfirewalker8629
4 жыл бұрын
I remember at school when my mind wanders I'm seeing "It's not easy being me, or God will always bless Sweethaven. among others just as memorable as Mary Poppins or Chitty Chitty Bang Bang."
@Freyja_M4106
4 жыл бұрын
"He's large" lmbo
@robbiefarabee6954
4 жыл бұрын
Or when Popeye sang I am what I yam.
@quintessenceSL
4 жыл бұрын
And "He Needs Me" being recast in Punch-Drunk Love *swooon*. I mean, I don't even like musicals, but most the songs raised the film up from quirky to endearing.
@jimmymelendez1836
4 жыл бұрын
🎶I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today...🎶
@kpchessman
4 жыл бұрын
I'm a grown a$$ man but some of those songs put a tear in my eye.
@jaysonchilds4676
4 жыл бұрын
He's Large.
@CaptainXJ
4 жыл бұрын
Then write ass and don't talk like a child.
@jimmymelendez1836
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like you've just triggered CaptainXJ.
@CaptainXJ
4 жыл бұрын
@@jimmymelendez1836 I don't think you know what triggered means 😅
@jahrules8674
4 жыл бұрын
"He needs me"
@nowthatsjustducky
4 жыл бұрын
All of the actors nailed their role, and did their utmost best with what they had to work with.
@JNel77
Жыл бұрын
Ray Walston’s performance in this is so underrated. He doesn’t have a lot of screen time but man is he excellent as the Commodore.
@smokeythebandit1889
4 жыл бұрын
I loved the Popeye cartoons when I was a kid and this movie, I loved equally. It's great fun to watch and Robin Williams is always a win for me. He nailed the performance in my opinion.
@rickvalentino6920
4 жыл бұрын
I wonder what the movie would have been like with out the musical bits. It did drag at times. But Robin was a great Popeye. I think it could have been better but I enjoyed it when I saw it as a kid.
@putv3
4 жыл бұрын
I used to sing the Swee Pea lullaby to my son when he was a baby. Love this movie! Still get a tear in my eye thinking about Robin Williams.
@nikki5980
3 жыл бұрын
I love watching videos of yours I haven't watched in a while. One of my favorites! Your channel is such a comforting, fun and brings back wonderful memories. 💖💖💖
@harrythehammer
3 жыл бұрын
Did you know that Paul Smith who played Bluto was actually doing a movie as well as Popeye He said that Robin Williams was actually a very talented and nice person
@gustavopacheco919
4 жыл бұрын
My dad took me to see this very movie in 1980, and as a kid it was awesome. When you're 5 years old, walk into a theater and smell that popcorn, only to have that same theater go dark and the movies starts....I shit you not it's magic.
@shaggycan
4 жыл бұрын
Imagine if this had been directed by Terry Gilliam.
@varanid9
4 жыл бұрын
THAT'S IT!! I always got an odd, familiar vibe from this movie that I could never quite put my finger on; your comment hit home to me just what it was lingering in my subconscious.
@robzilla730
4 жыл бұрын
A CLASSIC!! I wonder which characters the Pythons would play?
4 жыл бұрын
Jim Humphries Haven't heard from Terry for a LONG time...……………...maybe it's time for him to do a Popeye reboot!
@BigSkippy1263
4 жыл бұрын
I don't want to. It would be even stranger.
@oneangryhermit
3 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed the Popeye movie. The cast, the story and yes, even the musical numbers.
@johngates3844
2 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies. Shelly Duvall was the ideal Olive. The musical part was great.
@sullyx2
4 жыл бұрын
I remember when my family first got HBO and this film played almost continuously
@TheWood005
3 жыл бұрын
This and Wargames
@kevinr.3542
3 жыл бұрын
Not as much as TBS showed Shawshank Redemption
@joemartin3240
4 жыл бұрын
I watch this anytime it comes on, one of my favorite childhood movies. Man the late 70s and most 80s movies were awesome
@lanceschmidt28
3 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed this film when I first watched it. I was already a huge Robin Williams fan from watching him play Mork. And I was also a huge Shelly Duvall fan from 3 Women and The Shining. I am most happy to hear that they became friends during this movie because Robin was such a nice person and Shelley had just gone through hell at the hands of Kubrick on the set of The Shining and probably needed the light and carefree movie as well as the insane comedy and good hearted nature of her co-star Robin.
@TamarinPamarin
2 жыл бұрын
The casting on the movie is spot on! I have seen this on 90s maybe it is time for rewatch. Great video again!
@TheRealCobraBurnout
4 жыл бұрын
I saw it in theaters when I was a young kid. I remember really liking it back then. I haven't watched in years but Robin Williams was spot on as Popeye in my humble opinion.
@wstine79
4 жыл бұрын
I still wish we had that 2017 animated adaptation, but we had to have that Emoji Movie.
@rdphoenix07
4 жыл бұрын
God, that freaking Emoji movie!!!! What the hell was Sony thinking passing up Popeye for that piece of shit no one wanted?
@tomvogel492
4 жыл бұрын
One of my all time favorites from my youth. Great songs!
@derkeheath5172
7 ай бұрын
Robert Altman was always obsessed with audio being as realistic as possible, with dialogue overlapping and being sometimes undiscernible. That's why the songs were recorded live on set. It was a big part of Altman's style.
@Kiernan5
4 жыл бұрын
This is a great movie that my dad and I watched many times as I was growing up. Every time it came on we would tune in and watch. I always thought the songs in it were catchy and the movie is very quotable.
@superweirdo6165
4 жыл бұрын
Hey me to! Except, for us it was a DVD 😁
@AnnabelleTheRose
4 жыл бұрын
“I will gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” was one of our family’s catch phrases lol
@artamussumatra6286
4 жыл бұрын
I didn’t think I would like this movie, but I really did. 👍 Definitely(pretty please, with sugar on top)do a vid on Dragonslayer, that would be awesome!
@samleonard2557
6 ай бұрын
I loved this movie growing up. It was the beginning of my adoration of Shelly Duval. ❤
@beerdragon4583
8 ай бұрын
A criminally underrated movie.
@StephenJohnsonNagare
4 жыл бұрын
Seeing it in the theater back in the day I was absolutely enchanted by it. Loved Nilsson’s quirky music, the bizarre set, the acting and the overall pacing which really felt like the original comic series.
@everetth-top4760
4 жыл бұрын
This is one of the first movies I can remember seeing in a movie theater when I was a kid. I remember thinking it was really weird, but liking the music and Robin Williams as Popeye. Anybody else remember seeing this movie in a theater when it first came out?
@daviddrouant2852
4 жыл бұрын
Right here
@wretchpin
4 жыл бұрын
I was 4...I remember the octopus scene being scary.
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
Sucks that this is your first movie experience memory...Mine was Star Wars in '77... This one just creeped me out. I kept thinking I wanted to go back to see Dark Crystal again instead...Kids are spoiled these days!
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
But yeah, I saw this in the Theater...Dark Crystal was way better.
@AceGoodheart
4 жыл бұрын
Yes, in fact it's the very first movie i remember going to see at the theater. I was in Kindergarten and i remember seeing one of my classmates standing in line to see it too. He and I talked about the movie at school the next day. We ended up becoming best friends throughout our elementary years.
@tigerbalmespresso
4 жыл бұрын
This movie has made such an impression on me as a child, RIP Robin WIlliams.
@glorifiedng
3 жыл бұрын
I will never forget Popeye. I loved that movie.. even thought it was tied to the worst case of the stomach flu the next day. I was miserable. My aunt said it was because we ate so much "junk food" but nooooo it was a bug.. I was sick until sundown the day after! But still every chance i get i watch it again if its on TV. I had no idea Robin could not do the Popeye voice! I was always thinking.. WOW he was such a great Popeye, even does the voice spot on! LOL
@MrJasonshores364
4 жыл бұрын
One of the best movies ever! I LOVED the musical numbers, they were funny and the actors sis a fantastic job. The entire movie was silly/funny and the setting was simply perfection.
@ULATAN.
4 жыл бұрын
I remember loving to watch this movie when I was a kid, but I don't remember it being a musical 🤯
@SkellingtonFan
4 жыл бұрын
Me neither 😁
@iampoch01
4 жыл бұрын
Same here
@KenMabie
4 жыл бұрын
It has a couple songs but it's not a musical
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
I ams what I ams...that's about all I remember. That, and I remember thinking, "I'd rather being watching 'Dark Crystal' again!"...
@LaunchPadMcQuack4Hire
4 жыл бұрын
Me too😅
@vampinella
4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as a child. Even now I always forget that it has musical numbers. It was still a great movie.
@Flint_Westwood
8 ай бұрын
Hey Minty. I can confirm that Popeye Village is indeed a tourist attraction in Malta having just visited a couple of months back. We even got to make our own Popeye movie. Great video as always 👍
@danielherrin
4 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on HBO as a child, loved that octopus 🐙
@brianmadden216
4 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite movies. It was one of the first me and my dad watched together. Thank You and R.I.P Robin Williams.
@EricSmith-fp4gq
8 ай бұрын
I remember being in kindergarten and hearing Mork was going to play Popeye. Saw it, and loved it. Love you Robin. Miss you dearly
@RighteousRhythm
8 ай бұрын
Saw it at the drive-in when I was 3 with my parents and saw it again in a walk in theater with my dad when I was 4. One of my favorite childhood movies.
@beejay271
4 жыл бұрын
I love this movie and am willing to fight to defend its honor!😁👊
@madmaxxxthen30-rwofficialm23
4 жыл бұрын
"Blow me down!" - Popeye
@fallenseraph5V
4 жыл бұрын
With a spinning punch 🥊
@superweirdo6165
4 жыл бұрын
I'll join that cause!!
@mojoriot2293
4 жыл бұрын
Ahh guaguaguaguaga
@amandarose4469
4 жыл бұрын
I got ya back.
@cuttersboi08
4 жыл бұрын
It's Gilda. GILDA Radner. I don't know who the hell "Holda" is.
@jessicawood2972
4 жыл бұрын
I was literally just about to type this!
@jrobertlysaght
4 жыл бұрын
That Horrific character from The Last Jedi??
@grantjones306
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if the dude doesn’t know who Gilda is, he probably shouldn’t be doing a pop culture channel.
@harveyabel1354
4 жыл бұрын
Holda line for me, will you?
@SimmeringPotpourri
4 жыл бұрын
I love his channel but he mispronounces names a lot.
@tmapes1989
8 ай бұрын
I watched the movie twice in the theaters when it came out. I was 9 and saw it with my mom and then again with my step siblings!!! Enjoyed it both times!!! Also enjoyed Eileen Quinn as Annie!!! Watched a lot of movies growing up!!! Gilda Radner was married to Gene Wilder before her passing!!! Keep up the great vids!!!
@breedlowe
8 ай бұрын
I actually saw Popeye when it was in theaters. It has always been one of my favorites growing up. I rented the VHS multiple times & eventually bought the DVD
@NGMonocrom
4 жыл бұрын
Nice one, Minty. And honestly, I love that film!
@jinky0u812
4 жыл бұрын
I'm one of a small group of people that absolutely LOVE this movie. Including the soundtrack! It always bummed me out that Williams and Altman talked bad about it. As far as I'm concerned, there couldn't have been more loving care for this movie. And it simply has to be the best casted movie I have ever seen in my life! Duval as Olive, Walston as Poopdeck Pappy, Paul Dooley as Wimpy... I mean, best casting director ever! I actually feel the music helped to lengthen the movie and guide the story. 'Cause Popeye was always just shorts of him more or less rescuing Olive from Bluto or Sea Hags or whatnot. Doesn't really translate to film. So they honestly did the best they could with the source material and I believe it worked out beautifully! This movie will always be close to my heart. I never knew Gilda and Dustin were the initial choices for the leads. Gilda could have worked as Olive, but Dustin wouldn't have worked at all. And honestly, who else but Robin Williams could do the lead?! Only person I can think of is Chris Diamantopoulos. But he would have been only five years old back then. If they did a sequel, he would be perfect! Thank you soooo much for doing this video Minty!
@GringoLatino941
3 жыл бұрын
LOVE YOUR REVIEWS. VERY INFORMATIVE. KEEP UP GREAT WORK. I have seen seen thousands and thousands of movies in my life; I own over 21,000 on bluray, dvd, and 4k, and 945 laserdiscs. All genres. In 1976 saw 104 movies, in 1977 saw 110 movies, and in 1978 saw 147 movies.... all in movie theaters.
@alanmercieca3086
4 жыл бұрын
They keep restoring Popeye's village. I have always loved the movie and the music in it.
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