
Spinachonara
- Studio
- Jack Kinney Productions
- Distributor
- King Features Syndicate
Synopsis
Popeye is reading a Japanese true-fairy story and tells Swee'Pea his version of Sahionare. In this story, Olive Oyl is the main character, Wimpy is the good Mandarin, and Brutus is the bad Mandarin. Of course, Popeye is the hero. A rich bandit chieftain (Brutus) barters with her uncle (Wimpy) for Butter Oyl's (Olive's) hand. Princess Butter Oyl sings from a temple to a passing samurai warrior (Popeye), and he promises to save her. Brutus tricks Wimpy with 47 courses of hamburger which have been treated with "hamburger off." Wimpy realizes too late that he has been tricked. Popeye attempts to save the Princess from the temple, but he falls in the Royal Spinach Garden. With the aid of Spinach Sukiyaki, he recovers and rescues the Princess, and he returns the 47-course hamburger-yaki to the Mandarin.
Characters
Popeye, Brutus, Olive Oyl, Wimpy, Swee'Pea
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Jack Kinney
Producing
- Producer
- Jack Kinney
- Executive Producer
- Al Brodax
Writing
- Writer
- Jack Kinney
Voices
- Voice
- Jack Mercer (Popeye, Wimpy), Jackson Beck (Brutus), Mae Questel (Olive Oyl, Swee'Pea, Eugene)
Music
- Music
- Ken Lowman
Animation
- Animation Director
- Harvey Toombs
- Layout
- Raymond Jacobs
- Checking
- Moley McColley
Art Department
- Background
- Ervin L. Kaplan
- Ink & Paint
- Vera McKinney
Camera
- Camera
- Jack Eckes
Editing
- Editor
- Joe Siracusa
Sound
- Sound
- Ryder Sound Service
Production notes
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.
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.


