It was sixty years ago, in the comic book pages, a famous villain lost his name! Paramount Pictures believed Bluto was a creation of The Fleischer Studios used in their animated films. Jackson Beck, ...

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“I’m strong to the finish ’cause I eats me spinach.” Popeye sang that lyric in many of the cartoons starring the super-strong Sailor Man. Indeed, he is so synonymous with spinach that he is still used ...

Well shiver me timbers. Poor Popeye the sailor man is about to be the latest victim in the swirling scarlet-tinged scandal that has outraged Hollywood. He’s going to be colorized. Ted Turner, the ...

This just in from Popeye fan and historian Leonard Kohl: “A few weeks ago, I was asked to help “unveil” a statue of “Bluto the Terrible” in E.C. Segar’s hometown of Chester, Illinois during the annual ...

Jackson Beck, a master of voice-over who bellowed "It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" to introduce the Superman radio show, and who used his versatile voice to promote everything from ...