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A Hull of a Mess, the 111th Popeye theatrical cartoon, was produced by Famous Studios and released on October 16, 1942.
Plot[]
Popeye and Bluto own adjacent shipyards. They are given the plans for a battleship; whichever finishes first gets the contract for the fleet. Bluto does his patriotic duty by refraining from his usual sabotage; his own incompetence provides much of the entertainment, until the end, when Popeye finishes first. Bluto, invited to help launch the ship, provides a bottle of champagne filled with nitroglycerine. Popeye's ship is destroyed, but after eating his spinach, he manages to turn out a ship every 5 seconds or so, launching an entire fleet for the war effort.
Trivia[]
- This is the first Famous cartoon to use an animated Popeye intro, a predecessor of the better-known one from later shorts. Instead of a spinning star, Popeye's face appears out of a porthole, with a different sound effect for his pipe as well as a different Famous Studios logo and music.
External links[]
- A Hull of a Mess at the Internet Movie Database