Barbecue for Two
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| Barbecue for Two | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Jack Kinney |
| Produced by | Al Brodax Jack Kinney |
| Written by | Dick Kinney Al Bertino |
| Starring | Jack Mercer Mae Questel Jackson Beck |
| Music by | Winston Sharples |
| Animation by | Bruce Bushman Eric Cleworth Jules Engel Volus Jones Bill Keil Abe Levitow Evelyn Sherwood Harvey Toombs |
| Studio | Jack Kinney Productions |
| Distributed by | King Features Syndicate |
| Release date(s) | June 10, 1960 |
| Running time | 6:00 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Spooky Swabs |
| Followed by | Hits and Missiles |
| IMDb profile | |
Plot
Production notes
- This was the second made-for-TV Popeye the Sailor short to be produced, but the first to be aired.
- This and the following cartoon, Hits and Missiles, used the 1950s Famous Studios (later Paramount Cartoon Studios) version of the Popeye the Sailor opening theme before switching to a re-recorded version made for the TV cartoons. In this cartoon, because of the length of its opening credit sequence, the opening theme was lengthened by simply restarting the song before it first ends.
- Bluto, the main antagonist in the majority of the theatrical Popeye cartoons, received an overhaul for the TV cartoons, being renamed Brutus and having his physical appearance changed from muscular to obese. This was done because King Features Syndicate, the owner of the rights to the Popeye characters and the syndicator of the TV cartoons, erroneously thought that Paramount Pictures (distributor of the theatrical Popeye cartoons), not King Features, owned the rights to the Bluto name as a result of lack of research leading to King Features not realizing that they actually owned the rights to Bluto, as he had originally been created for the Popeye comic strip.
- Popeye's outfit, which had been a white Navy sailor suit in the Famous Studios shorts and was also used in the majority of the TV cartoons, was reverted to its original appearance of a black shirt with red neckline and blue-hemmed sleeves, blue jeans and sailor's cap in this cartoon.
- Olive Oyl's appearance was reverted to her original Fleischer Studios/early Famous Studios design in this cartoon only; all her other appearances in the TV cartoons used her later 1940s/1950s Famous Studios design.
