Olive's Day Off

Olive's Day Off
Network	CBS
Premiere date	December 12, 1987
Starring	Marilyn Schreffler Maurice La Marche Josh Rodine
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Bryce Malek
Director(s)	John Kimball Paul Sommer
Voice director(s)	Gordon Hunt
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"Olive's Day Off" is the first part of the thirteenth episode of Popeye and Son season one, and the twenty-fifth episode overall. It aired on December 12, 1987 on CBS. It was written by Bryce Malek, directed by John Kimball and Paul Sommer, and voice directed by Gordon Hunt.

After the workload becomes too much for Olive to handle, she decides to take the day off and let Popeye and Junior deal with it all.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Popeye	Maurice La Marche
Popeye Jr.	Josh Rodine
Olive Oyl	Marilyn Schreffler
Granny Popeye	Unavailable
Mr. Muskemelon	N/A

Organizations

• Dolphins
• Squids

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Sweet Haven
      • Popeye residence
      • Laundromat
      • Muskmelon's Sweet Haven Groceries
      • Popeye's Health Club
        • Olive Oyl's Juice Bar

Objects

• Acme Soap
• Nutty Butter Candy Bar Cereal
• Spinach

Vehicles

• Olive
• S.S. Titanic (mentioned)
• Popeye's car

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 12, 1987 on CBS
• United Kingdom and Ireland:

Behind the scenes

• Popeye narrates the opening.
• A lifebuoy from the Titanic is in the Popeyes' house.

Errors

• The box says "Nutty Butter Candy Bar Cereal," but Junior says, "Nutty Butter Candy Bar Breakfast Cereal."

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😢