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It’s so funny that spinach sales went up after this cartoon aired! Great overview, thank you for sharing :)

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I loved Popeye and Olive Oyl and remember as a kid the first time I had spinach, thinking it was going to make me strong...

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You forgot to mention that the theme tune was bastardised (lyrics badly changed) by school children over the years to make a clapping/skipping song. I remember it from the primary school playground in the 80s.

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Tried to swerve that one 🤣

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I was tempted to type some version out, but restrained myself 😂

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🤣

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Popeye jumped the shark when they started animating his mouthflaps.

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