Popeye the Sailor (TV Series) Egypt Us (1960) User Reviews

One Wrong Turn Deserves Another

[ccthemovieman-1 · 7/10 · 2 July 2007]

"I'm telling you, Olive, we made a wrong turn back there," says Popeye. We should have been to Coney Island by now," says Popeye.

Ya think?

Popeye, Olive and Wimpy are in a little convertible that is fast approaching Egypt - the African country. When the auto overheats and collapses, Wimpy characteristically suggests, "Let's take advantage of this catastrophe and eat lunch!"

The story then involves Popeye having to save Olive (again) from Egyptians who are going to cook her, and keep an eye on Wimpy at the same time, so he doesn't eat all the hamburgers

This was good episode with a few more clever gags than normal on the King Features 'toons of the '60s, which usually were geared for little kids. This had adult humor, such as Popeye turning to the director and saying, "what this cartoon needs is English subtitles." And, at the end, we had Wimpy instead of Popeye singing the finale which went, "It's bad to be tardy to a hamburger party, says Wimpy The Burger Man!"

Instead of a "toot, toot," two buttons pop out of his inflated stomach (after he had devoured all the hamburgers, as usual.)

When it comes to American's visiting Egypt . . .

[pixrox1 · 7/10 · 25 April 2023]

. . . the department of Homeland security has one word of advice: Don't. They recently backed a picture documenting some of the reasons that U. S. citizens should avoid the so-called "Land of the Pharaohs" like the Plague: it was called DEATH ON THE NILE. Decades prior to this feature-length public service announcement, the Popeye people carefully crafted a similar warning episode titled EGYPT US. America's favorite Naval Hero alerts viewers to the fact that this blood-thirty culture glorifies human sacrifice, as it's riddled with barbaric religious cults. If your day would be spoiled by watching Olive dangling while being slow-roasted over an open fire, you may want to skip EGYPT US.