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Production Notes:

The relationship between Brutus and Bully Boy- who appears only in this cartoon- is never explained.

King Features had no cartoon studios, so Popeye storyboards were produced in its offices, while animation was divided between Paramount/Famous Studios, Larry Harmon Productions, Total TV Productions, Gene Deitch/Rembrandt Studios, Halas and Batchelor and Jack Kinney Productions.

Of those stations which bought the King Features Popeye cartoons in 1960, 90% renewed their contracts in 1965.

Note the change in the villain's name… from Bluto to Brutus.

Bully Boy is a baby who just might be Brutus' son, but this cartoon never fully explains the relationship between the two.

To stop Brutus from beating up Popeye, Swee'pea eats Popeye's spinach.

Closing song (sung by Swee'pea):

I'm strong to the finish
'cause I eats my spinach
like Popeye the Sailor Man.

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