Popeye the Sailor: Volume 1: 1933-1938 (DVD)

I yam what I yam, Popeye says. And what he yam is the greatest swabbie ever to sail the cartoon seas, a savvy old salt with outsized forearms and an even larger sense of fair play. Step aboard, mates, for the bestest with the mostest: 60 original (and uproarious) theatrical shorts from the innovative Max Fleischer Cartoon Studio. Here, you'll find spindly Olive Oyl, burger opportunist Wimpy, lil' Swee'pea, brooding Bluto and even a pair of rare, full-color, two-reel extravaganzas that received top billing in some movie houses. And you'll find Popeye in all his muttering, spinach-chomping, Bluto-bashing, crowd-pleasing greatness. He yam what he yam. He's Popeye the Sailor Man. Toot-Toot!

Rating: NR