Popeye characters inspired by hometown folks

Charleston Post & Courier ^ | 1/17/2003 | Associated Press

[mass55th]

Fox & Friends had a Popeye impersonator on yesterday morning. He was very good. Seems to me that Segar must have met Hillary a couple of times. How else would he come up with his Sea Hag character?

[mass55th]

Here's a link to another series of articles on the Popeye anniversary:

Click Here

[Brian Mosely]

Frank "Rocky" Fiegel

[Bogey78O]

http://www.everwonder.com/david/popeye/based.html

[Elliott Jackalope]

Here's another link with pictures of the people mentioned in this article.

http://www.everwonder.com/david/popeye/based.html

[Elliott Jackalope]

Aw heck, you beat me to it. Shoot.

[skinkinthegrass]

...the camera lens will never show Shrillary's truly EVIL face/visage.

[Mears]

Can Popeye be showed smoking any more? I read someplace that it is not allowed-----for the children,you know.

[Chris Tucker]

[Gabz]

it wouldn't surprise me, but I don't know the answer.

[Reagan Man]

As a kid, Popeye was my favorite TV cartoon. Warner Bros. cartoons were good and the Disney animations were okay. But Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto and Wimpy had real character and they were fun to watch. Still are too!

[mass55th]

I'm with you when it comes to Popeye. I grew up in the 50's, and although Casper the Friendly Ghost, and Mighty Mouse were some of my favorite cartoons, there's nobody like Popeye. On certain Saturdays during the year, the local movie theater would have cartoon jamborees and you could sit for what seemed like hours and watch your favorite cartoon characters on the big screen. It was great!

[Ronin]

God, I loved the old Popeyes cartoons. I have a secret collection of the wartime favorites. Popeye will always be my hero.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Popeye was fun but it never got me to eat spinach. The cartoon helped the hamburg business more than anything.

[Reagan Man]

Max Fleischer's creations from the 1940`s-50`s will never die. Along with Popeye, Fleischer and his brother Dave were responsible for Koko the Clown, Betty Boop and the Superman cartoons from the 1940`s.

[SheLion]

Can Popeye be showed smoking any more? I read someplace that it is not allowed-----for the children,you know.

I'm not sure about POpeye, but I know I watch the Whoopi show, and she smokes up a storm on her half hour sitcom!

[SheLion]

Anyone hear about this???

[MeekOneGOP]

Interesting article. I had no idea. Thanks for the post and ping !

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[VermiciousKnid]

It's not possible for a man this old to be a smoker.

Is it?

Regards,

PS: If that man ISN'T the inspiration for Popeye, I'd hate to see the one who IS.

[eastforker]

This is the town I grew up in and went to school. I left in the early 70's and have only been back once for my dads funeral. Lots of history in that little town and many little towns throughout the midwest.But, I am so glad I don't live there anymore.