Topic: Popeye The Sailor: The 1940s, Volume 3 Blu-ray

[metaldams]

I think people around my age are the last to have stuff like Popeye and Woody Woodpecker.  That stuff was on after school constantly for me - I think the Universal Walter Lantz stuff was shown in blocks as I also remember Chilly Willy.

[Umbrella Sam]

I think people around my age are the last to have stuff like Popeye and Woody Woodpecker.  That stuff was on after school constantly for me - I think the Universal Walter Lantz stuff was shown in blocks as I also remember Chilly Willy.

Yeah, I really think networks screwed that up when I was a kid. Even Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, which were on Cartoon Network, were usually shown around noon/1:00, which meant I couldn’t see them unless I was home sick from school. Thankfully, VHS’s, DVDs and On Demand cable services made them easier to access.

[Mark The Shark]

In Chicago the Popeye cartoons were occasionally combined with the Three Stooges on WFLD-Channel 32. In fact, the very first cartoon I ever saw played on late night television (circa 1980) was a black and white Popeye cartoon used to fill out a half-hour Three Stooges show. At the time, I thought it was a hoot for a cartoon to be shown on late night TV.