Comments on: Buzzing on the Green

By: FK3

FK3 — Sat, 25 Sep 2021 21:25:29 +0000

No mention of Popeye’s start in a newspaper strip? Created by E. C. Segar, “Thimble Theatre” introduced him many years into the run. First he got strength from a “whiffle hen,” and later spinach. It was exaggerated in the animated shorts, but it wasn’t like Popeye was getting high from it.

When has cocaine never been popular, in one way or another?

This article makes it sound like there was a group of people controlling the Popeye strip, but it was just one guy.

https://www.geekslop.com/features/entertainment/comic-books/2020/before-popeye-gained-superhuman-strength-by-eating-spinach-he-became-strong-by-rubbing-a-whiffle-hen

By: RW

RW — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:24:08 +0000

Just curious, what is the source for the article’s claim that the real source of Popeye’s strength was cocaine and the spinach was intended as some sort of inside joke by the artists that created Popeye?

By: JarvisLoop

JarvisLoop — Sat, 13 Mar 2021 03:11:24 +0000

JD:

I’m glad that you liked the link – and thanks for letting me know!

By: JD

JD — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 03:47:38 +0000

JarvisLoop – loved the link. So I searched “Why does Popeye eat spinach” and found dozens of hits propagating the error that is described in your link.

By: JarvisLoop

JarvisLoop — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 01:34:44 +0000

I was one of those fifties children who ate spinach because of Popeye and truly thought that it would give me the power to beat my dad in a wrestling match. For some reason, it never worked, but I still love spinach to this day.

In regard to the cocaine metaphor, I had never heard of this before – highly (dare I say “damn”) interesting, and I was drawn to check it through Duck, Duck Go. I did indeed find a reference to cocaine but more to marijuana and hemp.

This one, though, I found to be the most humorous: https://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2011/12/06/3384516.htm

By: Meanbeagle

Meanbeagle — Tue, 12 Jan 2021 18:35:47 +0000

First, must be the spinach!