The All-New Popeye Hour

Show Summary

Aired: 1978 - 1983
Show Type: Animated
Country of Origin: US

Popeye returns in this new saturday morning series on September 9, 1978, The All-New Popeye Hour debuted on the CBS Saturday morning lineup. It was an hour-long animated series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, which tried its best to retain the style of the original comic strip (Popeye returned to his original costume and Brutus to his original name of Bluto), while complying with the prevailing content restrictions on violence. Paul McCartney's instrumental "Hot as Sun/Glasses" (from his 1970 self-titled solo album, McCartney) was used as the theme song for the series. The All-New Popeye Hour ran on CBS until September 1981, when it was cut to a half-hour and retitled The Popeye and Olive Show. It was removed from the CBS lineup in September 1983, the year before Jack Mercer's death. These cartoons have also been released on VHS and DVD. During the time these cartoons were in production, CBS aired The Popeye Valentine's Day Special - Sweethearts at Sea on February 14 (Valentine's Day), 1979.

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retroguy78Posted: 09/18/2006

This is the version of Popeye I remember watching as a kid. Unfortunately, he couldn't get me to eat Spinach. :P

ducktalesfan1977Posted: 11/08/2006

Same here. I always hated Spinach. But I love the show.

AH3RDPosted: 10/13/2007

Unfortunately, I did not get to watch The All New Popeye Hour in my area (New Orleans) during its first season, for WWL-TV Channel 4, New Orleans' CBS afilliate, rejected the network feed in favour of playing its own local Popeye And Pals, which, coincidentally, was scheduled @ the same time as The All New Popeye Hour (9:00 AM Central).

The next year, WWL-TV blacked out The All New Popeye Hour again, thus prompting me to watch it on former independent station WGNO-TV 26, which was generous enough to carry the CBS feed of the show that season (once I found out about it!). And you know, I kinda dug it! WWL-TV finally accepted the network feed when the show became The Popeye And Olive Comedy Show.

I bought one of the Rhino Video releases of the 1970s Hanna-Barbera Popeye 'toons, but boy, was I rooked! I thought they'd include the original main title opening to The All New Popeye Hour...but then the tape included Hanna-Barbera Popeye 'toons from other seasons, too.

Shame on you, WWL-TV, 4 not accepting The All New Popeye Hour and depriving its local legion of Saturday Morning fans the opportunity to get a glance at this spectacular show!

rafael_szotPosted: 12/18/2007

I've seen a video with the theme of this series and the McCartney song is nowhere to be found! Please check this information! If the person who wrote this assumed that just because the Popeye theme is vaguely similar to McCartney's "Hot As Sun" they're the same song, now that's a bit too much.

nas86Posted: 02/02/2008

LOVED POPEYE STILL DO I HAVE POPEYE ALIBABA ALIDIN CARTOONS THEY SHOULD REMAKE THESE SHOW THESE KIDS WHATS REAL CARTOONS

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