Happy Anniversary

Happy Anniversary
Popeye & Olive's friends and family throw a surprise party for them on their wedding anniversary.
Premiere date	September 19, 1987
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	John Loy
Director(s)	John Kimball Paul Sommer
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"Happy Anniversary" is the first episode (part two) of Popeye and Son season one. It aired on September 19, 1987 on CBS. It was written by Jon Loy, and directed by John Kimball and Paul Sommer.

Olive thinks Popeye has forgotten their wedding anniversary after fails to produce an anniversary gift on time. Popeye and Olive tell separate stories of how they got married to each other, and incidentally how Bluto ended up marrying Lizzie.

Memorable quotes

Popeye: How dare she inskinuate that I'd forget me own wedding day.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Popeye Jr.	Josh Rodine
Woody	Nancy Cartwright
Eugene the Jeep	N/A
Dee Dee	Kaleena Kiff
Olive Popeye	Marilyn Schreffler
Popeye	Maurice La Marche
Ma Wimpy
J. Wellington Wimpy	Allan Melvin
Bluto	Allan Melvin
Nana Oyl	Unavailable
Lizzie Bluto	Marilyn Schreffler
Papa Oyl	Unavailable
Cop	Unavailable
Captain Blight	Unavailable
Priest	N/A
Polly	Penina Segall

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Sweet Haven
      • Beach
        • Wimpy's
    • Popeye residence
    • Ma Wimpy's Boarding House
    • Popeye's Health Club
      • Olive Oyl's Juice Bar
    • Oyl residence

Objects

• Davy Jones's locker
• Spinach

Vehicles

• Olive
• S.S. Titanic
• Taxi
• Cop motorcyle
• Train
• Garbage scow

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 19, 1987 on CBS
• United Kingdom & Ireland: October 9, 1988 at 9:25 am on BBC Two

Behind the scenes

• Popeye owns a lifebuoy from the sunken Titanic.
• Even though Polly's mouth moves at the end, her own distinctive voice doesn't come through.

Errors

• Popeye's parents aren't mentioned.
• When Dee Dee says to Olive, "Oh, what a romantic story. Popeye must have really loved you," it comes out of Olive's mouth.
• Despite Dee Dee helping bring Popeye and Olive back together, she is oddly absent when everyone's at Wimpy's.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United Kingdom:
  • Circa 1987: Channel 5 Video releases Popeye and Son: A New Generation: Attack of the Sea Hag on VHS.