- Spooky Swabs
Spooky Swabs is a
Popeye theatrical cartoon short, starringJack Mercer as Popeye andMae Questel asOlive Oyl . Produced by Paramount Cartoon Studios (formerlyFamous Studios ) and directed byIsadore Sparber , it was released in 1957 and is the final cartoon in the Popeye series of theatrical cartoons released byParamount Pictures .The story involves Popeye and Olive on a life
raft playingcheckers . They see a ship adrift thinking they are rescued. But the ship is deserted and has a crew ofghosts with English accents (voiced by Mercer) who do not like the idea of returning to civilization so they reek havoc on Popeye and Olive. While Popeye hid in the ship's galley to avoid a mob of sword-wielding ghosts, he sees a jar of "ye king'sspinach ". When Popeye consumed the spinach, he became invisible allowing him to punch the ghosts flat allowing Olive to sew them together to create a new sail. Popeye and Olive then sailed off into the sunset and onto TV screens as the Popeye series was sold toAssociated Artists Productions for distribution to television stations.Because this cartoon is in the
public domain in theUnited States , it's available on variousDVD compilations of theatrical Popeye cartoons as well as streaming video from various web sites. [http://www.freemooviesonline.com/watch-free-cartoons/popeye-the-sailor/spooky-swabs.html] A restored authorized DVD release is planned fromWarner Home Video in the Popeye the Sailor series of DVD collections.External links
[http://www.bcdb.com/cartoon/15710-Spooky_Swabs.html Spooky Swabs in The Big Cartoon Database]
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