"Popito" and "Olivita" are nightly dancers at Wimpy’s Café. Bluto gets his kicks by punching in Popeye's face from ads posted all over town. (Bluto heartily confesses, "I never did like that guy!" We never would have guessed.)
Bluto waits at Olive's stage door and tries to pick her up ("What a sweet momma!" he touchingly declares), but Olive snubs him, so Bluto decides...wait for it...to get revenge.
Olive’s opening number is "Why Am I So Beautiful?", which convinces us that Olive can sabotage her own act quite well without Bluto's help. Then comes the dance duet (far superior to Olive’s solo). When Bluto's machinations fail to ruin the act, Bluto pushes Olive aside and dances with Popeye himself. (One gets the impression that these guys are beating on each other to cover up how much they really enjoy dancing together.) Once Popeye downs the spinach, he gets happy feet, which he promptly uses to kick Bluto's butt (literally).
Something about music just revs these cartoons up. Beautifully animated and scored.
My rating:
© 2007, Steve Bailey.
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