The All-New Popeye Hour

Infobox Television
show_name = The All-New Popeye Hour


caption = Intertitle for "The All-New Popeye Hour" (syndicated as "Show").
format = Animated
creator = E. C. Segar
Hanna-Barbera
starring = Jack Mercer
Marilyn Schrefler
Allan Melvin
Daws Butler
country = USA
language = English
network = CBS
first_aired = September 9, 1978
last_aired = September 5, 1983
num_episodes = 35|

"The All-New Popeye Hour" is an animated television series produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features Syndicate. Starring the popular comic strip character Popeye, the series aired from 1978 to 1983 on CBS.

It was an hour-long animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which tried its best to retain the style of the original "Thimble Theatre" comic strip (Popeye returned to his original costume and Brutus to his original name of Bluto), while complying with the prevailing content restrictions on violence.

"The All-New Popeye Hour" ran on CBS until September 1981, when it was cut to a half-hour and retitled "The Popeye and Olive Show". It was removed from the CBS lineup in September 1983, the year before Jack Mercer's death; the cartoons were immediately sold to local stations in nationwide syndication.

They have also been released on VHS and DVD. During the time these cartoons were in production, CBS aired "The Popeye Valentine's Day Special - Sweethearts at Sea" on February 14, 1979 at 8:30 PM (Eastern). In the UK, the BBC aired a half-hour version of "The All-New Popeye Show", from the early-1980s to 2004.

The middle feature of the 1978-81 series was "Dinky Dog", the misadventures of a humongous sheepdog and his mistresses, Monica and Sandy.

In 1981, a new feature in the series was "Private Olive Oyl", where Olive and Alice the Gon join the Army, where they drive Sgt. Blast nuts. This cartoon is based on the idea of Private Benjamin.

Cast

In addition to providing many of the cartoon scripts, Jack Mercer continued to voice Popeye, while Marilyn Schrefler and Allan Melvin became the new voices of Olive Oyl and Bluto, respectively (Mae Questel actually auditioned for Hanna-Barbera to recreate Olive Oyl, but was rejected in favor of Schrefler.)

*Popeye - Jack Mercer
*Olive Oyl - Marilyn Schrefler
*Bluto - Allan Melvin
*Wimpy - Daws Butler
*The Evil Sea Hag - Marilyn Schrefler
*Sgt. Bertha Blast - Joanne Worley
*Col. Crumb - Hal Smith
*Dinky - Frank Welker
*Uncle Dudley - Frank Nelson
*Monica - Julie Bennett
*Sandy - Jackie Joseph

External links

* [http://www.tv.com/the-all-new-popeye-hour/show/9212/summary.html "The All-New Popeye Hour"] at TV.com
*imdb title|0190897
* [http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/All-New-Popeye-Hour-Complete-Series/8869 The All-New Popeye Hour DVD news: Final Box Art for Dinky Dog - The Complete Series]
* [http://retroland.com/pages/retropedia/tv/item/167 Retroland]
* [http://www.bcdb.com/cartoons/Hanna-Barbera_Studios/A-C/The_All-New_Popeye_Hour/ The All-New Popeye Hour Cartoon Guide]