Popeye – Taxi-Turvy (1954) Popeye and Bluto compete as rival taxi drivers, leading to a chaotic battle for fares—especially Olive Oyl. Director: Seymour Kneitel, Thomas Johnson Screenplay by: Irv Spector Produced by: Famous Studios Starring: Jackson Beck as Bluto (voice) Jack Mercer as Popeye (voice) Mae Questel as Olive Oyl (voice) Production Company: Famous Studios Distributed by: Paramount Pictures Release Date: June 4, 1954 Runtime: Approximately 6 minutes Country: United States Language: English Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family ------------------------------------------------------------ Synopsis - Popeye polishes his old-fashioned taxi cab at a taxi stand when Bluto arrives in a modern taxi and shoves Popeye’s out of place. - Popeye gets a customer, but Bluto sabotages his cab by cutting off the rear section and stealing the fare. - After repairing his taxi, Popeye competes for the next client—Olive Oyl—but Bluto bumps his cab out of the way again. - Popeye steals Olive back, leading to a tug-of-war over her, which ends with Olive trapped in a traffic signal. - The battle escalates, with Bluto using a train crossing to steal Popeye’s cab and bury him in the dirt road. - Bluto tries to stop Popeye from eating his spinach, but his own taxi is hit by a train. - Popeye eats his spinach, punches Bluto into the train’s smokestack, and rushes Olive to her destination on his shoulders. ------------------------------------------------------------ Key Themes & Highlights - Taxi Rivalry Popeye and Bluto’s competition leads to slapstick chaos. - Olive Oyl’s Misfortune Olive gets caught in the middle of the battle, enduring multiple mishaps. - Public Domain Status *Taxi-Turvy* is widely available due to its public domain status. - Technicolor Animation One of the later Popeye cartoons, featuring vibrant color animation. ------------------------------------------------------------ Trivia - Bluto wears a blue shirt in this cartoon, similar to Brutus in the 1960 TV series. - Some public domain versions replace the original Paramount logo with the a.a.p. logo. - The cartoon humorously exaggerates taxi competition, turning it into an all-out brawl. - Olive Oyl takes several hits throughout the cartoon, including getting stuck in a traffic signal and hit by a train. ------------------------------------------------------------ Hashtags #PopeyeCartoon #TaxiTurvy #ClassicAnimation #BlutoVsPopeye #OliveOyl #PublicDomainCartoon #FamousStudios #TechnicolorAnimation #ParamountPictures #TaxiRivalry