Model Muddle

Model Muddle

September 18, 1961 (estimated) TV Episode Popeye

Studio
Rembrandt Films, Gene Deitch Studios
Animation studio
Halas and Batchelor
Distributor
King Features Syndicate

Synopsis

Olive decides that Popeye needs some culture, so she takes him to the art museum. There, he pokes fun at the sculpture and accidentally breaks a piece. Eventually, he develops a taste for modern art and decides to try his hand at acting as a sculptor for Olive Oyl's affection... with disastrous results. Brutus gets sore and tries to sabotage the sailor. He wants to play rough with the paint.

Characters

Popeye, Brutus, Olive Oyl

Credits

Producing

Producer
Willliam L. Snyder
Supervising Producer
Gene Deitch
Executive Producer
Al Brodax

Voices

Voice
Jack Mercer (Popeye), Jackson Beck (Brutus), Mae Questel (Olive Oyl)

Music

Music
Stepan Konicek

Companies and other credits

  • Animator: Halas and Batchelor

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.

This cartoon carries an incorrect "MCMXL" (1940) copyright notice.

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