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Popeye and Son
Show's title card featuring Popeye, Junior, and Olive
Genre	Comedy
Based on	Popeye, by E. C. Segar
Developed by	Jeff Segal Kelly Ward John Loy
Directed by	Art Davis Connie Dufau John Kimball Don Lusk Paul Sommer Carl Urbano
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Opening theme	"Like Pop, Like Son"
Ending theme	"Pop-a-Wheelie"
Composer	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13 (26 segments)
Production
Executive producers	William Hanna Joseph Barbera Bruce L. Paisner
Producer	Charles Grosvenor
Editor	Gil Iverson
Running time	22 minutes (11 minutes per segment)
Production companies	Hanna-Barbera Productions King Features Entertainment
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	September 19 (1987-09-19) – December 12, 1987 (1987-12-12)
Related
The All New Popeye Hour (1978–1983) Popeye’s Island Adventures (2018)

Popeye and Son is an American animated comedy series based on the Popeye comic strip created by E.C. Segar and published by King Features Syndicate. Jointly produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features subsidiary King Features Entertainment, the series aired for one season of thirteen episodes on CBS from September 19 to December 12, 1987. It is a follow-up to The All New Popeye Hour. Due to Jack Mercer's death in 1984, Maurice LaMarche voiced Popeye, while much of the cast of The All New Popeye Hour reprised their respective roles, with the exception of Daws Butler. However, Nancy Cartwright, who was trained by Butler, voiced Woody in the series.

Overview

Now married, Popeye and his longtime girlfriend-turned-wife Olive Oyl have a son named Popeye Jr. (or simply "Junior"), who has inherited Popeye's ability to gain superhuman strength from eating spinach; much to his father's disappointment, however, Junior hates the taste of spinach (instead, he prefers hamburgers, like Wimpy), although he eats spinach anyway should any trouble come his way. Popeye's longtime rival Bluto also has a wife, Lizzie, and a son, Tank. Like old times, Popeye and Bluto possess an intense rivalry, something that also happens between their sons.

Voice cast

• Susan Blu – Shelley (in "The Girl from Down Under")
• Steve Bulen – Fred Furple (in "Redbeard")
• Nancy Cartwright – Woody
• Philip L. Clarke – Snipes (in "Prince of a Fellow")
• Jeff Cohen – Francis Wimpy
• Barry Dennen – Captain of the Sea Witch (in "Redbeard")
• George DiCenzo – Two-Headed Giant (in "Damsel in Distress")
• Richard Erdman – Professor Watersnozzle (in "Dr. Junior and Mr. Hyde")
• Ed Gilbert – Skeleton Warrior (in "Ain't Mythbehavin'")
• Scott Grimes – Lon (in "There Goes the Neighborhood")
• Rebecca Gilchrist
• Zale Kessler – Mr. Snoot, Lon's Father (in "There Goes the Neighborhood")
• Kaleena Kiff – Dee Dee
• Maurice LaMarche – Popeye, Poopdeck Pappy, Granny Popeye, Cole Oyl (in "Happy Anniversary"), Captain Blight (in "Happy Anniversary")
• Allan Lurie – Redbeard (in "Redbeard")
• David Markus – Tank Bluto
• Allan Melvin – Bluto, J. Wellington Wimpy
• Scott Menville – Rex (in "Prince of a Fellow")
• Don Messick – Eugene the Jeep
• Howard Morris – Bandini the Genie
• Josh Rodine – Popeye Jr.
• Maggie Roswell – Jewelry Store Clerk (in "Junior Gets a Job")
• Marilyn Schreffler – Olive Oyl, Lizzie Bluto, Puggy, The Sea Hag, Nana Oyl (in "Happy Anniversary")
• Penina Segall – Polly
• Carl Steven – Nick (in "Split Decision")
• Jeffrey Tambor – Berkeley Busby (in "Surf Movie")
• Rip Taylor – Mayor of Sweethaven (in "Attack of the Sea Hag")
• B.J. Ward – Rad
• Jimmy Weldon – Birthday Clown (in "Junior's Birthday Roundup")
• Frank Welker – Shelley's Father (in "The Girl from Down Under")
• Patric Zimmerman – Ghost Pirates (in "The Lost Treasure of Pirate's Cove")

List of episodes

Reception

In 2014, including it in an article about twelve 1980s cartoons that supposedly did not deserve remembrance, io9 was largely critical of the series, noting that it did not utilize the conventions established by the theatrical Popeye short films.

Home media

In late 2008, Warner Home Video planned to release four Popeye and Son episodes (8 cartoons) on DVD. (Volume One, released earlier in 2008, contained episodes of the previous Hanna-Barbera Popeye series, The All New Popeye Hour.) As of 2024, the complete series has yet to come out on DVD. In the 1990s, several episodes were released on VHS. The series is available to watch on NBCUniversal's streaming service, Peacock.

References

1. Hyatt, Wesley (1997). The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 347. ISBN 978-0823083152. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
2. CHARLES SOLOMON (1987-10-09). "Kidvid Reviews : Cartoon Debuts Are All Drawn Out - Los Angeles Times". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2012-10-14.
3. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 637–638. ISBN 978-1476665993.
4. Bricken, Rob (11 November 2014). "12 Cartoons From The 1980s No One Will Ever Have Nostalgia For". io9. Retrieved 11 September 2016.

External links

• Popeye and Son at IMDb

• 1987 American television series debuts
• 1987 American television series endings
• 1980s American animated television series
• Popeye the Sailor television series
• Television shows about genies
• Television series by Hanna-Barbera
• CBS original programming
• American children's animated comedy television series
• Animated television series reboots
• CBS animated television series
• Fiction about father–son relationships