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Popeye wants to have a backyard barbecue with Olive Oyl, but is continually interrupted by a scheming Brutus, a hungry Wimpy and a crying Sweet Pea. Popeye, Olive and Wimpy end up on the moon with ...

I had forgotten all about Wimpy, Popeye’s round-bellied, hamburger-loving sidekick. Or was he Popeye’s antagonist? No matter … today’s generation of cartoon watchers are unlikely to have had much ...

In a newly commissioned bonus feature located on Paramount Home Entertainment’s 40th anniversary Blu-ray release of Popeye, director Robert Altman called his Robin Williams-starring picture “America’s ...

Tthe State Office for Inventions and Trademarks has rejected an application to register the combined trademark POLDO, which contained a representation of the cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor and ...

While cartoonist E.C. Segar's Popeye commits superhuman feats, thanks to his performance-enhancing spinach, fellow "Thimble Theater" character J. Wellington Wimpy often steals the show by bumming ...

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” That was the catchphrase of J. Wellington Wimpy, simply known as just “Wimpy” on the “Popeye” cartoon show. For good reason, the proprietor of the ...

“I’ll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today.” That was the catchphrase of J. Wellington Wimpy, simply known as just “Wimpy” on the “Popeye” cartoon show. For good reason, the proprietor of the ...