Popeye 1960's TV cartoons

[trevthetoonfan]

Does anyone know if the Popeye cartoons from the 1960's produced by Al Brodax made it to DVD? I'm curious about those because some Pink Panther alumni worked on them, namely Joe Siracusa and Walter Greene. I seem to remember there was a Popeye 75th anniversary set with those cartoons released by some off-brand DVD company.

[Geezil]

I suspect this is the one you're looking for. (http://www.amazon.com/Popeye-75th-Anniversary-Collectors/dp/B0001BFDK0/sr=1-3/qid=1167949103/ref=pd_bbs_sr_3/104-6198236-5271926?ie=UTF8&s=dvd) :)

[trevthetoonfan]

Does it have every cartoon from that particular series?

[ltnut]

It has 85 cartoons on 3 discs. I can't remember the exact number but there were somewhere near 200 total in the KFS series.

[J Lee]

IIRC, there were 220 made, 65 of those by Paramount Pictures and the rest farmed out to five other studios. Jack Kinney Productions (Format Films) actually did the most of the KFS Popeyes, about 80, with the remaining 75 split between Larry Harmon Productions, TV Spots, Rembrandt Films and Halas and Batchelor, with Gene Deitch getting director's credit on both of the final two groups (which were actually made in three different countries -- Czeckoslovakia, England and Italy, while the voice tracks were donein New York and California. King Features was into globalization before anybody had ever heard of the concept ;) ).

[trevthetoonfan]

hmmm. Sounds like an interesting mix.

[Ray Pointer]

The entire POPEYE library is slated for DVD release from the Paramount theatricals to the television productions up to I believe the Hanna-Barbera series done for CBS, which was Jack Mercer's last effort before he passed away. The last incarnation, POPEYE AND SON (1987) was by his "imitator" Maurice La Marche, who to my ears was rather dreadful as POPEYE. I'm not sure if that series is to be included, but we shall see. According to Jerry Beck, the Fleischer shorts will be the first to be released this year.:sailor:

[Rusty0918]

The 1960's Popeyes? Weren't those done by Gene Deitch? (I know he had some Oscar-winners but his Tom and Jerry shorts were awful).

[trevthetoonfan]

Popeye and Son will be included eventually.