The Twisker Pitcher

The Twisker Pitcher

May 21, 1937 Theatrical Series Popeye the Sailor

Studio
Fleischer Studios
Distributor
Adolph Zukor

Synopsis

Baseball game between Popeye's Pirates and Bluto's Bears. Popeye's team will lose unless he can come up with some great pitching and play all the positions himself. When Popeye drops his spinach, Bluto eats it for strength and replaces the spinach with grass! He gets the best of Popeye as his pitches take on all sorts of wild sight gags that only a cartoon could carry off. Popeye plants some spinach seeds, grows the spinach and eats it in time to clobber enough homers to win the game.

Characters

Popeye, Olive Oyl, Bluto

Credits

Directing

Director
Dave Fleischer

Producing

Producer
Max Fleischer

Voices

Voice
Jack Mercer (Popeye), Mae Questel (Olive Oyl), Gus Wickie (Bluto)

Music

Music
Sammy Timberg (probably)

Animation

Animator
Seymour Kneitel, Abner Matthews

Production notes

The original black and white cartoon has been colorized.

Pictures