I might’ve been a strange kid growing up. My parents never had cable, I was an only child, and my biggest forms of entertainment were cartoons either purchased or recorded on VHS. My father put a lot of effort into recording cartoons on TV, and even went out of his way to ensure that I experienced some really old school culture like Charlie Chaplin, The Three Stooges, and Betty Boop.
One of my all time favorites was Popeye. I can still remember the bubble letter credits and hear the tooting whistle in the intro music now. I admit, I’d forgotten about it as I grew older in spite of my fierce love for older culture versus what’s on TV now, and it wasn’t until I saw a trailer of Genndy’s Tartakovsky’s Popeye animation test on youtube - that it all came rushing back to me.