Poopdeck Pappy and the Family Tree

Poopdeck Pappy and the Family Tree
Poopdeck Pappy in Junior's class to talk about the Popeye family tree.
Premiere date	September 26, 1987
Writer(s)	Eric Lewald
Director(s)	John Kimball Paul Sommer
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"Poopdeck Pappy and the Family Tree" is the second episode (part two) of Popeye and Son season one. It aired on September 26, 1987 on CBS. It was written by Eric Lewald, and directed by John Kimball and Paul Sommer.

While Poopdeck Pappy comes for a visit, he tries to impress Junior's classmates about stories of past Popeyes, but their eccentric ways ends up embarrassing him.

Characters

In order of appearance:

Mentioned and non-speaking characters are in italics

• Tank Bluto (David Markus)
• Woody (Nancy Cartwright)
• Rad (B.J. Ward)
• Puggy (Marilyn Schreffler)
• Mr. Smoot
• Polly (Penina Segall)
• Popeye Junior (Josh Rodine)
• Dee Dee (Kaleena Kiff)
• Poopdeck Pappy (Maurice La Marche)
• Sea Biscuit
• Popeye (Maurice La Marche)
• Olive Popeye (Marilyn Schraffler)
• Lizzie Bluto
• Rubber Puss Popeye
• Pool Cap Popeye
• Chicken Plucker Popeye
• Crimson Tufted Marsh Grouse
• Tree slug
• Skunk
• Bear
• Piggyback Popeye

Locations

• United States
  • Sweet Haven
    • Sweet Haven School
    • Popeye residence
• Paris, France
• Rome
• Ottawa, Canada
• Madagascar

Objects

• Spinach

Vehicles

• School bus

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Errors

• Perhaps because of the idea of a child falling off a cliff while hanging onto a bus (or perhaps even the difficulty in animating that), he disappears for a brief period of time between the fall and Pappy bringing the bus back to safety.

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