Ancient Fistory
About Ancient Fistory
Princess Olive will choose a husband at a ball. Popeye, left ragged at Bluto's Beanery, gets princely clothes and a car made from a spinach can by his fairy godfather, who tells him to be home by midnight. Bluto cheats at archery and then blasts Popeye with a cannon. At midnight the finery vanishes, Popeye eats the spinach, and the can becomes armor and a horse. He traps Bluto in a stove, Olive picks him, and his visor drops on her nose.
Cast & crew
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Seymour Kneitel directed. Paramount released the short on January 30, 1953. Jack Mercer plays Popeye, the fairy godfather, a guest announcer, and a bull.
Themes
Notes
- Mae Questel voices Olive Oyl and Jackson Beck voices Bluto.
- Wikipedia calls the short a gender-reversed Cinderella and a possible inspiration for Jerry Lewis's Cinderfella (1960).
- Bluto lifts the target for a bullseye, then sends Popeye's arrow out a window into a cow.
- Wikidata lists no running time.
Scenes
- The spinach can becomes a car, then, after midnight, armor and a horse.
- Popeye's visor falls on Olive's nose as they ride off.
Influenced by
- Cinderella
Also available
- Wikimedia Commons (Popeye The Sailor - Ancient Fistory (Full Episode - High Quality).webm)
Quotes
Saveth me, help!!
