County Fair

When Popeye takes Olive to the fair, he's challenged by Brutus. Popeye and Brutus are farmers competing for a blue ribbon "Best Of Show" Award. Contests include hog calling, juiciest watermelon, cow milking and best beefburger (Wimpy's the judge!). However, when Popeye finds out that Brutus has been cheating, he enlists the aid of spinach to win the fair. When Popeye lifts two horses, he proves that he's the strongest and wins first prize.

Popeye, Brutus, Wimpy

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.

Brutus and Popeye both eat spinach (the fair's events include a spinach-eating contest, followed by a competition to show which spinach is more powerful). Brutus eats most of Popeye's spinach: "You didn't think I'd play fair with that runt and take a chance against his spinach."

Closing song:

Brutus was beaten
because he was cheatin',
says Popeye the Farmer Man.