Post by mhberest on Apr 24, 2006 17:05:29 GMT -5
No, I am not referring to a clips cartoon where Popeye tries to get his nephews not to take up the tobacco habit.
I've been having an e-mail discussion with the person who runs 8thman.com about the comments in the blog I did on my own site regarding the similarities between the sailor and the superrobot. I note that other "superheroes with superpower inducing stuff" cartoons never captured the sense of danger and suspense that was in the Wartime Popeyes, and also very much in 8th Man animes.
As Popeye often gets separated from his spinach until the last second, 8th Man, too, sometimes just barely is able to light one of his strength giving cigarettes with someone like the fuse of a bunch of TNT or something to save him in the nick of time.
Of course, 8th Man stands at a disadvantage to Popeye in that while no one today regards eating spinach as hazardous to your health, energy boosting cigarettes won't be looked upon the same way. To my mind, however, comes a line from Norman Lear's 1971 comedy Cold Turkey: "For God's sake, let him smoke!"
What I'd like to know is did they syndicate the Famous cartoons in Japan in the 50's as they did in the US? Does anyone know? Considering how the Japanese were portrayed in some of them, it seems bizarre, but how else do you explain the similarities?
I've been having an e-mail discussion with the person who runs 8thman.com about the comments in the blog I did on my own site regarding the similarities between the sailor and the superrobot. I note that other "superheroes with superpower inducing stuff" cartoons never captured the sense of danger and suspense that was in the Wartime Popeyes, and also very much in 8th Man animes.
As Popeye often gets separated from his spinach until the last second, 8th Man, too, sometimes just barely is able to light one of his strength giving cigarettes with someone like the fuse of a bunch of TNT or something to save him in the nick of time.
Of course, 8th Man stands at a disadvantage to Popeye in that while no one today regards eating spinach as hazardous to your health, energy boosting cigarettes won't be looked upon the same way. To my mind, however, comes a line from Norman Lear's 1971 comedy Cold Turkey: "For God's sake, let him smoke!"
What I'd like to know is did they syndicate the Famous cartoons in Japan in the 50's as they did in the US? Does anyone know? Considering how the Japanese were portrayed in some of them, it seems bizarre, but how else do you explain the similarities?