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Popeye sailor who owes his incredible muscle-power to a diet of canned spinach. [Comics: Horn, 658] See : Brawniness Popeye degenerate gangster and murderer who rapes Temple Drake. [Am. Lit.: Sanctuary] See : Evil Popeye murderer; hanged for murder he did not commit. [Am. Lit.: Sanctuary] See : Irony How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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The federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) temporarily ordered supermarkets nationwide to pull Popeye the Sailor Man's favorite vegetable from their shelves. Saturday is a slate of 13 animated shorts made by brothers Max and Dave Fleischer, best-known for the Popeye the Sailor and Betty Boop cartoons. Text explained, "It just can't be spinach that enables Popeye the Sailor to perform all those red-blooded feats in the movies" ("Spinach Over-Rated as Source of Iron," 8/17/35). |
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