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The character of Popeye was originally voiced by William "Billy" Costello (Red Pepper Sam). When Costello's behavior became a problem, he was replaced by former in-between animator Jack Mercer, beginning with King of the Mardi Gras in 1935 . Olive Oyl was voiced by a number of actresses, but by far the most notable was Mae Questel, who ... voiced Betty Boop. Questel eventually took over the part completely until 1938. Various actors provided the voice of Bluto, including Gus Wickie, William Pennell, Jackson Beck, and Pinto Colvig. Other characters from the strip would appear briefly in the shorts, including Poopdeck Pappy, Eugene the Jeep, George W. Geezil, and the Goons.
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There have been a number of Popeye comic books, from Dell, King Comics, Gold Key Comics, Charlton Comics and others. In the Dell comics, Popeye became something like a freelance police assistant, fighting the Mafia and Bluto's criminal activities. The new villains included the Ming dwarves, who were identical. A variety of artists have created Popeye comic book stories since then; for example, George Wildman drew Popeye stories for Charlton Comics from 1969 until the late 1970s.
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Popeye was voiced in the film shorts from 1933 to 1935 by William Costello and by Jack Mercer from 1935 to 1957. Mercer did the voices for both Popeye and Poopdeck Pappy.
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The Nintendo arcade game Donkey Kong was originally to feature Popeye as the hero, Bluto as the villain, and Olive Oyl as the damsel in distress. But due to licensing disagreements with King Features, this idea was scrapped. When Donkey Kong went on to have great success, King Features agreed to license the characters to Nintendo.
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In 1980 someone in Hollywood thought that Popeye would make a good movie (big mistake), so Nintendo decided to make a game to coincide with the release of the movie. While it didn't exactly take the arcades by storm, it was a big enough hit for Parker Brothers to port Popeye to just about every system they could think of including the 2600. The 2600 version plays pretty close to the arcade game, but as is the case with most 2600 arcade ports, it was watered down severely.
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Port of Friday Harbor Commissioners selected San Juan Island sculptor Matthew Palmer as the artist for the "Popeye" sculpture project. The life-size granite sculpture will be placed on port property. Palmer was one of six artists who responded to the port's request for proposals.
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