The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show

The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show
Network	CBS
Production company	Hanna-Barbera King Features Syndicate
Distributor	Taft Broadcasting
Original release	September 12―November 21, 1981
Run time	24 minutes
Starring	Jack Mercer Marilyn Schreffler Allan Melvin Daws Butler Hal Smith Jo Anne Worley
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Producer(s)	Art Scott
Music composition	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Glenn Leopold
Director(s)	George Dufau Carl Urbano Rudy Zamora Gordon Hunt (voices)
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The Popeye and Olive Comedy Show is an American animated comedy television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, in association with King Features Syndicate, for CBS' Saturday morning programming block. It ran in 1981, airing 12 episodes that spanned one season. It is the second Hanna-Barbera–produced series based on King Features' Popeye comic strip, after The All-New Popeye Show, and in fact, this second series could be seen as simply the fourth season of the latter.

Segments

• Prehistoric Popeye
• Private Olive Oyl
• Popeye
• Health and safety tips

Music

The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte.

Episodes

Over the decades, the order has changed, so the below list may be wrong, but will hopefully be corrected in the future.

Episode	Original air date
1x01 Prehistoric Popeye: "Reptile Ranch" "Toys" Private Olive Oyl: "Mission Impossible" "Playground Safety" Prehistoric Popeye: "So Who's Watching the Bird Watchers"	September 12, 1981
1x02 Private Olive Oyl: "Computer Chaos" "Junk Food" Prehistoric Popeye: "Chilly Con Caveman" "Skateboard" Private Olive Oyl: "Here Today, Goon Tomorrow" "Drugs"	September 19, 1981
1x03 Prehistoric Popeye: "Come Back, Little Stegosaurus" "Smoking" Private Olive Oyl: "Troop Therapy" "Toothcare" Popeye: "Olive's Devastating Decorators" "Bike Control"	September 26, 1981
1x04 Private Olive Oyl: "Goon Native" "Immunization" Popeye: "Cheap Skate Date" "The Importance of Breakfast" Private Olive Oyl: "Alice in Blunderland" "Prescription Medicine"	October 3, 1981
1x05 Prehistoric Popeye: "Neanderthal Nuisance" "Off Road Mini Bike Safety" Private Olive Oyl: "Wreck Room" "Roller Skates" Popeye: "The Incredible Shrinking Popeye" "Swimming Pools"	October 10, 1981
1x06 Private Olive Oyl: "Private Secretaries" "Bike Safety" Prehistoric Popeye: "The First Resort" "Roller Skates" Private Olive Oyl: "Goon Balloon" "Off Road Mini Bike Safety"	October 17, 1981
1x07 Prehistoric Popeye: "Vegetable Stew" "Aerosol Spray" Private Olive Oyl: "Tanks a Lot" "Sunburn" Popeye: "Winner Window Washer" "Roller Skates"	October 24, 1981
1x08 Private Olive Oyl: "Rocky Rolls" "Sharp Utensils" Popeye: "Hogwash at the Car Wash" "Swimming Safety" Private Olive Oyl: "Snow Fooling" "Playground"	October 31, 1981
1x09 Prehistoric Popeye: "Bronto Beach" "Don't Smoke" Private Olive Oyl: "Infink-try" "Drugs" Popeye: "The Midnight Ride of Popeye Revere" "Friendly Attitude"	November 7, 1981
1x10 Private Olive Oyl: "Goon Hollywood" "Bike Safety" Popeye: "Popeye Stumps Bluto" "Indoor Insecticides" Private Olive Oyl: "Basic Train-ing" "Home Safety Toys"	November 14, 1981
1x11 Prehistoric Popeye: "Up a Lizard River" "Crossing the Street" Private Olive Oyl: "Jeep Thrills" "Smoking" Popeye: "Olive's Moving Experience" "Off Road Mini Bike Safety"	November 21, 1981

Cast

• Jack Mercer as Popeye, Pipeye, and Peepeye
• Marilyn Schreffler as Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Poopeye, Pupeye, and Alice the Goon
• Allan Melvin as Bluto
• Daws Butler as Wimpy
• Hal Smith as Colonel Crumb
• Jo Anne Worley as Sergeant Bertha Blast