Popeye Versus Machine
- Studio
- Hanna-Barbera Studios
In Association With: King Features Syndicate
Synopsis
Both Popeye (on feet) and Bluto (in a machine) want to win a contract, which will be given to the one who first finishes a 22-mile freeway through the mountains. After defeating all of Bluto's efforts to disrupt his work in this variation on the "John Henry and the railroad" story, Popeye wins the contract.
Characters
Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Ray Patterson, Carl Urbano
- Unit Director
- Geoff Collins
Producing
- Producer
- Alex Lovy
- Executive Producers
- William Hanna, Joseph Barbera
- Associate Producer
- Neil Balnaves
- Creative Producer
- Iwao Takamoto
Writing
- Writer
- Doug Booth, Tom Dagenais, Willie Gilbert, Jack Hanrahan, Don Heckman, Andy Heyward, Chris Jenkyns, Mark Jones, Glenn Leopold, Jack Mercer, Bob Ogle, Kimmer Ringwald, Cliff Roberts, Dalton Sandifer, David Villaire, Wally Wohl
- Story Editor
- Larz Bourne
- Story Direction
- Bob Dranko, Carl Fallberg, Cullen Blaine (as Cullen Houghtaling), Jack Mercer, Lance Nolley, Michael O'Connor, Bob Ogle, Don Sheppard, George Singer, Paul Sommer, Howard Swift, Tom Yakutis
Voices
- Voice
- Jack Mercer (Popeye, Pipeye, Peepeye), Marilyn Schreffler (Olive Oyl, Sea Hag, Swee'pea, Poopeye, Pupeye), Allan Melvin (Bluto), Daws Butler (Wimpy)
Music
- Music
- Hoyt Curtin
Animation
- Animation Director
- Chris Cuddington
- Animator
- Susan Beak, John Burge, Martin Chatfield, Dick Dunn, Gairden Cooke, Don Ezard, Peter Eastment, Luis Garcia, Arthur Filloy, Gerry Grabner, Peter Gardner, Athol Henry, Eva Hellischer, Cynthia Leech, Sebastian Hurpia, Peter Luschwitz, Richard Jones, Don MacKinnon, Pam Lofts, Paul McAdam, John Martin, Henry Neville, Ray Nowland, Vivien Ray, Mike Stapleton, Laurie Sharp, Kaye Watts, Irena Slapczynski, Jean Tych
- Layout
- Steve Lumley, Mike Trebert, Sherilan Weinhart, Shane Porteous, Joe Shearer, Robert Smit, Rodney D'Silva, Simon O'Leary, Greg Ingram
- Checking And Scene Planning
- Narelle Nixon
- Xerography
- Jack Pietruska
- Assistant Animation Director
- Paul Maron
Art Department
- Character Design
- Bob Singer, Marty Murphy, Toby
- Backgrounds
- Richard Zaloudek, Jerry Liew, Michael King-Prime, Ken Wright, Zenka Ebner, Rod Simpson, Milan Zahorsky
- Graphics
- Iraj Paran, Tom Wogatzke
- Title Design
- Bill Perez
- Background Styling
- Toby
- Ink and Paint Supervisor
- Narelle Derrick
Camera
Editing
- Editor
- Peter Jennings, Robert Ciauga
- Supervising Film Editor
- Larry C. Cowan
- Show Editor
- Gil Iverson
Sound
- Sound Direction
- Richard Olson, Bill Getty
- Effects Editors
- Julie A. Bagdonais, David Stone, Gregory Watson
Music Department
- Music Editors
- W.R. Kowalchuk, Daniels McLean
- Musical Supervisor
- Paul DeKorte
Production Management
- Production Manager
- Judy McLaughlin
- Production Supervision
- Doug Patterson
- Post Production Supervision
- Joed Eaton
Crew
- Dubbing Supervisor
- Pat Foley
- Negative Consultant
- William E. DeBoer
Companies and other credits
- A HANNA-BARBERA PRODUCTION
- In Association With KING FEATURES SYNDICATE
- © 1978 King Features Syndicate
- and Hanna-Barbera Productions
- Inc
Production notes
A segment in 1978's The All-New Popeye Hour.
Popeye sings at the conclusion,
Popeye sings at the conclusion,
"I ain't no machine
but my heart's pure and clean
I'm Popeye the Sailor Man."
