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