Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor

Popeye Meets Sindbad the Sailor
Popeye the Sailor series
Theatrical poster.
Directed by	Dave Fleischer
Produced by	Max Fleischer Adolph Zukor
Voices by	Jack Mercer Mae Questel Gus Wickie Lou Fleischer
Music by	Sammy Timberg Bob Rothberg Sammy Lerner
Animation by	Willard Bowsky George Germanetti Edward Nolan Orestes Calpini Lillian Friedman
Studio	Fleischer Studios
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date(s)	November 27, 1936
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	16:33 (two reels)
Language	English
Preceded by	The Spinach Roadster
Followed by	I'm in the Army Now

Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor is a two-reel animated cartoon short subject in the Popeye Color Feature series, produced in Technicolor and released to theatres on November 27, 1936 by Paramount Pictures. It was produced by Max Fleischer for Fleischer Studios, Inc. and directed by Dave Fleischer, with the title song by Sammy Timberg. The voices of Popeye and J. Wellington Wimpy are performed by Jack Mercer, with additional voices by Mae Questel as Olive Oyl, and Gus Wickie as Sindbad the Sailor.

In this short, Sindbad the Sailor (presumably Bluto playing a "role") proclaims himself, in song, to be the greatest sailor, adventurer and lover in the world and "the most remarkable, extraordinary fellow," a claim that is inadvertently challenged by Popeye as he innocently sings his usual song while sailing by within earshot of Sindbad's island with Olive Oyl and J. Wellington Wimpy on board. Sindbad orders his huge Roc, to kidnap Popeye's girlfriend, Olive Oyl, and wreck Popeye's ship, forcing him and Wimpy to swim to shore. Sinbad relishes making Olive his trophy wife, which is interrupted by Popeye's arrival. Sinbad then challenges the one-eyed sailor to a series of obstacles to prove his greatness, including fighting the Roc, a two-headed giant named Boola (an apparent parody reference to The Three Stooges), and Sindbad himself. Popeye makes short work of the bird and the giant, but Sindbad almost gets the best of him until Popeye produces his can of spinach, which gives him the power to soundly defeat Sindbad and proclaim himself "the most remarkable, extraordinary fella."