"Hoppy Jalopy" was one of the first "Popeye" TV shorts that was produced, so that explains the sloppy animation...but the story it self is amusing and worth a look.
Popeye decides to enter a road race featuring sleek race cars--and of course shows up in a pathetic relic of a car. Standard slapstick gags regarding Brutus the villain and racing are inter-spaced, and almost make up for the poor images produced. Finally, the spinach emerges, but Popeye gives it to his car, which transforms it into the "muscle car" of all muscle cars.
This is one of the funnier "scripted" King Features TV shorts, but sadly the animation simply didn't do it justice.
Popeye decides to enter a road race featuring sleek race cars--and of course shows up in a pathetic relic of a car. Standard slapstick gags regarding Brutus the villain and racing are inter-spaced, and almost make up for the poor images produced. Finally, the spinach emerges, but Popeye gives it to his car, which transforms it into the "muscle car" of all muscle cars.
This is one of the funnier "scripted" King Features TV shorts, but sadly the animation simply didn't do it justice.
