Ermey suggests that soldiers at the time were so impressed with the new vehicles that they informally named it after Eugene the Jeep, a character in the Popeye cartoons created by E. C. Segar.

The most famous story, first published in a collection called Break of Dark, is titled Blackham's Wimpy, the name of a Vickers Wellington Bomber featured in the story, whose nickname comes from the character J. Wellington Wimpy from the Popeye comics and cartoons ( the Wellington was named for Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, victor over Napoleon ).

Paramount cartoons produced by Fleischer Studios continued to be successful, with characters such as Betty Boop and Popeye the Sailor becoming widely successful.

Except for the Superman cartoons and the features sold to MCA ( to end up with Universal ), most television prints of these films have had their titles remade to remove most traces of their connection to Paramount – the original copyright lines were left intact on Popeye cartoons ( the Popeye cartoons have been restored for DVD release with the original Paramount titles ).

The Popeye cartoons were sold to Associated Artists Productions in 1956, which also purchased most of the pre-1950 features and shorts by Warner Bros. Pictures.

Turner technically holds the rights to the Popeye cartoons today, but sales and distribution is in the hands of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

Turner kept MGM's pre-May 1986 and pre-merger film and TV library, which included nearly all of MGM's material made before the merger, and a small portion of United Artists ' film and TV properties which included few UA pictures, the TV series Gilligan's Island, the U. S and Canadian distribution rights to RKO Radio Pictures library, and the pre-1950 Warner Bros. library and the Fleischer and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons that both were once the property of Associated Artists Productions, which merged with UA Television in 1958 ).

In 1992, the MGM library, which included Warner Brothers properties including the early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies libraries and also the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons, became the core of Cartoon Network.

also got the Fleischer Studios and Famous Studios Popeye cartoons originally from Paramount.

* Castor Oyl, fictional character in the Popeye cartoons

The trailer was animated by Dave Fleischer ( producer of Popeye cartoons ) and produced by Filmack Studios of Chicago, a company that specialized in snipes.

* Bernard, the Sea Hag's pet vulture in the Popeye comics / cartoons

Lou Scheimer and Filmation's main director Hal Sutherland met while working at Larry Harmon Pictures on the made-for-TV Bozo and Popeye cartoons.

The Fleischers scored successful hits with the Betty Boop cartoons and the Popeye the Sailor series.

Under Paramount rule, the Fleischers brought Popeye into the Navy and contributed to the war effort, and would gain more success by beginning a series of spectacular Superman cartoons ( the first of which was nominated for an Oscar ) that have become legendary in themselves.

At the Fleischer studios, Popeye the Sailor joined the Navy and began fighting Nazis and " Japs "; while the Warner Bros. studio produced a series of Private Snafu instructional film cartoons especially for viewing by enlisted soldiers.

The older Bugs Bunny and Popeye cartoons made way for first-run syndicated cartoons such as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Rambo: The Force of Freedom, ThunderCats, Dennis the Menace, My Little Pony, The Transformers, G. I.

The first two Popeye cartoons, Popeye The Sailor ( 1933 ) and I Yam What I Yam ( 1933 ), featured Bonnie Poe as the voice of Olive Oyl.

The Israeli Defense Forces reportedly deploy the medium range air launched Popeye Turbo ALCM and the Popeye Turbo SLCM medium-long range cruise missile with nuclear warheads on Dolphin class submarines.

The original Paramount logo seen on 1930s films and Popeye shorts.

In 1980, he directed the musical Popeye, based on the comic strip / cartoon of the same name, which starred the comedian Robin Williams in his big-screen debut.

In 1981, Nintendo was pursuing a license to make a game based on the Popeye comic strip.

Miyamoto came up with many characters and plot concepts, but he eventually settled on a gorilla / carpenter / girlfriend love triangle that mirrored the rivalry between Bluto and Popeye for Olive Oyl.

By March 26, 1937, spinach growers had erected a statue of the cartoon character Popeye in the town because his reliance on spinach for strength led to greater popularity for the vegetable, which had become a staple cash crop of the local economy.

He claims to have gone on many adventures, such as on a pirate ship, inside a whale, and even meeting the Popeye cast.

Some cartoons portray Popeye and Bluto as friends and Navy buddies, although Bluto usually turns on Popeye when an object of interest ( usually Olive ) is put between them.

), which later became part of United Artists ( for info on the Popeye retitling, see the a. a. p.

A number of Popeye cartoons have also gone public domain, but not nearly as many entries as other Fleischer series due to better copyright management on UA's part.

During his run, Popeye even eclipsed Mickey Mouse thereby briefly surpassing Disney's stronghold on the cartoon market.

At the same time, returns on Popeye cartoons were also not properly accounted.

However, KFS has licensed DVD rights for the Popeye cartoons to WB as part of the deal allowing them to release the Paramount Popeye cartoons on DVD.

Bergman's mother, at the age of 16, also worked as a cel painter for animator Max Fleischer on the original Popeye cartoons in New York City and later formed and singing duo with her husband, playing lounges in Reno and Las Vegas and various clubs in Los Angeles.

He went on to produce such films as Chinatown, Marathon Man, Black Sunday, Popeye, Urban Cowboy, The Cotton Club, The Two Jakes, Sliver, Jade, The Phantom, The Saint, and How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.

At Fleischer he worked on Betty Boop, Raggedy Ann, Gulliver's Travels, the animated adaptations of Superman, and Popeye.

A 1944 Famous Studios Popeye the Sailor cartoon entitled She-Sick Sailors parodied the Superman cartoons, two years after production on the cartoons had ceased.

In 2006, King Features produced both a radio spot and industrial for the United States Power Squadrons featuring Robyn Gryphe as Olive and Allen Enlow as Popeye.

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor has been deemed " culturally significant " by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.

Children's programming, with the exception of weekend morning Popeye cartoons ( which originally came from former parent Paramount, but had been sold off to what became the syndication arm of United Artists Television ), were also phased out.

The Popeye cartoons ( including his first appearance, the Betty Boop cartoon Popeye the Sailor ) went to Associated Artists Productions ( and in succeeding years to United Artists, MGM and Turner Entertainment-today Turner is a division of Time Warner ).

The television unit also had begun to build up a substantial – and profitable – rental library, having purchased Associated Artists Productions, owners of Warner Bros. pre-1950 features, shorts and cartoons, as well as the Popeye cartoons, purchased from Paramount Pictures a few years earlier.

The Popeye series was acquired by Associated Artists Productions ( a. a. p.

The Popeye cartoons were acquired by Associated Artists Productions ( a. a. p.

Meanwhile, Olive Oyl for President would be sold along with the rest of the Popeye series to Associated Artists Productions.