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Popeye the Sailor is a fictional hero famous for appearing in comic strips an animated films as well as numerous TV shows. He was created by Elzie Crisler Segar, and first appeared in the daily King Features comic strip Thimble Theatre on January 17, 1929.

Trivia about popeye

  • Toon Lagoon at Universal Studios Florida boasts a white-knuckle raft ride named for Bluto & this sailor
  • In 1937 the spinach-growing town of Crystal City, Texas erected a statue of this animated character
  • The cartooning gods smiled on Dec. 8, 1894, which produced James Thurber & Elzie Segar, creator of this sailorman
  • Poopdeck Pappy is the papa of this comical chap
  • Robin Williams "sail"ed into movie stardom as this title character in a Robert Altman film
  • The nickname of Detective Eagan, who inspired "The French Connection", & of Detective Doyle in the film
  • It was the nickname of Eddie Egan, the cop whose life was the basis of "The French Connection"
  • "What am I? A barnacle on the dinghy of life?"

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