Episode 513: Popeye
Added 2023-02-06 12:42:00 +0000 UTCAg gag gag gag gag! Right, that's it—no more Popeye impressions. Except, of course, the impressions of the Popeye games covered by myself (Stuart Gipp) and my nemesis-cum-pal, the hilarious Dave Bulmer. We talk about Nintendo's brilliant arcade title as well as subsequent handheld efforts, not to mention an extended digression to talk about Don Priestly's utterly amazing ZX Spectrum title. Plenty of Popeye memories, childish jokes and general retrogaming silliness abound, including a live discovery so earth-shattering that I cannot bring myself to spoil it here.
There are plenty of genres here, though we make it all the way from 1983 to 2022 somehow, thanks to an extremely recent release that puts a perfect little pin on Popeye's gaming career, as he fades into Twitter influencer ignominy. Imagine Popeye using THAT word. He'd struggle, wouldn't he? Ag gag gag gag gag gagnominy.
Art by Leeann Hamilton and edits by Greg Leahy. As for the music:
- 14:52 - Popeye and Son: Intro Theme
- 27:03 - Popeye (Arcade): Title
- 42:09 - The All-New Popeye Hour: Credits
- 52:20 - Count Duckula (TV Series): Theme Song
- 1:01:48 - Popeye and Son: Credits
- 1:08:36 - Chas & Dave: "Bangers & Mash" (Record Version)
- 1:21:50 - Zygott & The Ghost Chasers: "Trap Door" (Record Version)
- 1:36:25 - Popeye: Ijiwaru Majo Seahag no Maki: Water
- 1:44:24 - Popeye: Rush for Spinach: The Moon
- Closing - Popeye (Motion Picture OST): End Title Medley
Comments
This has to be the most British episode yet, quite a feat to eclipse the Dizzy episode.
Wood Duck
2023-02-11 09:30:17 +0000 UTCHands down the best joke I've ever read involving the word "ignominy".
Luis Guillermo Jimenez Gomez
2023-02-09 22:01:38 +0000 UTCYou went a whole Popeye episode without (I think?) mentioning Poopeye.
littleterr0r
2023-02-08 09:25:11 +0000 UTCThe Bangers and Mash theme is my Manchurian Candidate-esque trigger tune.
thatcamjones
2023-02-08 08:16:45 +0000 UTCI feel like Gipp is feeling self-conscious about the delete the ROMs after 24 hours joke, but I also feel like it's become a part of the retronauts lexicon. Loud and proud, Stuart! Like Parish and his xevious and heiankyo alien references. Nobody is tired of it.
Raven
2023-02-07 21:53:51 +0000 UTCI think Stuart is experiencing some apprehension about the Mario movie based on Illumination fatigue, he references "Well that just happened" as a tired line in these kinds of movies. But the thing people are excited about in regards to the various trailers for it, is so far all of them have explicitly NOT had any material in them like "He's right behind me isn't he", "THAT just happened", any hint of a pop soundtrack, or any of the dreadful tropes of modern kids movies.
Paul
2023-02-07 13:08:41 +0000 UTC"....There was no expectation that you'd complete a game" Okay! that clears things up. Childhood friend had a C64 with a copy of Head Over Heels* - Isometric maze action title ala Knight Lore by the same people that made Batman. engrossing to explore, but huge and no saves. It was months before we got through maybe a third of the game. Knowing that gettig to the top of that particular mountain is an Achievement in Itself makes me feel better. * https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Head_over_Heels_(video_game)
John Simon
2023-02-07 03:45:13 +0000 UTCGreat episode. I’d listen to Stuart and Dave talk about anything.
2023-02-07 00:31:42 +0000 UTCI knew Dave and I would bleat on ceaselessly about the Spectrum game and I wanted to spare Bob the tedium
Stuart Gipp
2023-02-06 23:15:07 +0000 UTCAny reference to Popeye instantly makes me think of Franklin Sherman from The Critic.
Craig
2023-02-06 22:29:06 +0000 UTCIt looks like the Dokapon series may explain the Popeye/Flintstones mechanic...
Adam Elmahdi
2023-02-06 22:03:47 +0000 UTCMy biggest take is I don't fuck with any Popeye after Fleischer
Bob Mackey
2023-02-06 21:50:10 +0000 UTCthank you!
Faizel Razak
2023-02-06 16:15:15 +0000 UTCClick the 3 dots underneath the post, it's been moved to a dropdown item.
Sibyl Arnett
2023-02-06 16:09:41 +0000 UTCI can't believe the Macster wasn't invited. I'm starting to think that he and Stugip are the same person.
shea dewar
2023-02-06 15:52:03 +0000 UTCcan we no longer download the mp3 file?
Faizel Razak
2023-02-06 15:49:38 +0000 UTC
