Plumbing Is a 'Pipe'

Jun 17, 1938

0h 7m

★ 6.7

Overview

Olive has a small leak in a pipe; she makes the mistake of calling Wimpy to fix it, and the even bigger mistake of asking Popeye to help her do something until Wimpy can arrive. Meanwhile, Wimpy keeps realizing he's forgotten his tools, his gloves, etc. and going back. Popeye finally eats his spinach and manages some fixes to the system.

Genres

Animation

Comedy

Production Companies

Fleischer Studios

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Cast

Popeye (voice) (uncredited)

Jack Mercer

Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)

Margie Hines

Stefano, a philosophy grad student without a future, tries to commit suicide after his girlfriend leaves him. He is saved by Giulio, a wisecracking plumber who takes him home and teaches him the tricks of the trade. When Lucia, a woman disappointed in both men and conventional jobs who has started to work as a prostitute, calls them to repair a sink, for Stefano it's love at first sight.

7.8

Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves

Nov 26, 1937

Popeye the Sailor, accompanied by Olive Oyl and Wimpy, is dispatched to stop the dreaded bandit Abu Hassan and his force of forty thieves.

4.0

Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter

Oct 7, 1972

Popeye, Olive Oyl and all other King Features comic strip characters are invited on a cruise hosted by Professor Grimsby, a man who hates laughter

6.9

Goonland

Oct 21, 1938

Popeye sails to Goon Island in search of his Pappy. He finds the place populated by the imposing, but ugly, goons, and a "no humans" sign. His imprisoned pappy at first ignores him, but when Popeye is caught by the goons and carried off, his can of spinach lands near Pappy and it works just as well on him as it does on Popeye.

7.3

I Eats My Spinach

Nov 17, 1933

Popeye and Olive Oyl visit a rodeo.

5.4

Let's You and Him Fight

Feb 15, 1934

Bluto is the boxing champ, Popeye his challenger, Wimpy the timekeeper. Popeye is pounded mercilessly until Olive comes by with a can of spinach.

4.5

Assault and Flattery

Jul 6, 1956

In Judge Wimpy's courtroom, Bluto accuses Popeye of assault and battery; he claims to have been attacked by him on several occasions, without provocation. Popeye then tells his side.

6.8

Wild Elephinks

Dec 29, 1933

Popeye and Olive, adrift on a raft, land on what apparently is Africa, and are immediately battling elephants and gorillas (also a moose!). Popeye eventually battles an entire menagerie at once - after first gulping down a can of spinach, of course.

6.5

I-Ski Love-Ski You-Ski

Apr 3, 1936

Popeye takes Olive mountain climbing. Bluto sets various traps for them along the way.

5.0

Brotherly Love

Mar 6, 1936

Olive preaches the need for brotherly love on the radio. Popeye, hearing this, does a number of good deeds: helping two workmen raise a safe, straightening a wrecked car, and helping two boys sneak into a baseball game. But when he tries to break up a fight, it's more than he can handle alone. Olive and her followers come along and try to help, but it's too much for them, too. Of course, once Popeye has his spinach...

6.3

Bridge Ahoy!

May 1, 1936

Popeye and Olive are taking a ferry run by Bluto. When they find out the fare, they decide, with Wimpy, to build a bridge. Bluto does what he can to sabotage this plan - until spinach time, of course.

6.5

Little Swee'pea

Sep 25, 1936

Popeye takes Swee'pea to the zoo and spends most of his time rescuing the tot from the various animals.

6.0

What -- No Spinach?

May 7, 1936

Wimpy is working for Bluto in his diner and trying to filch all the food he can eat. Popeye comes in and orders roast duck, but Wimpy grabs the drumsticks, then coats it with pepper sauce. Popeye walks out in anger and Bluto comes after him. Wimpy takes advantage of the resulting battle to load up on hamburgers.

6.6

Never Kick a Woman

Aug 28, 1936

Popeye teaches Olive the art of self-defense, which comes in handy when a woman boxer flirts with him.

7.7

Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky

Jan 3, 1936

Popeye is running a women's gymnasium next door to Bluto's cabaret. Seeing Popeye's greater success with women, Bluto dresses in drag and challenges Popeye to various feats of strength.

6.5

The Spinach Roadster

Nov 26, 1936

Popeye drives up to take Olive for a ride, but Bluto in his much fancier car does what he can to spoil their jaunt.

5.8

I'm in the Army Now

Dec 25, 1936

Olive tells Popeye and Bluto that she loves a man in a uniform, so they try to sign up at the recruiting station - that can only take one of them.

5.5

A Date to Skate

Nov 18, 1938

Popeye takes Olive roller skating in a rink. She's never skated before, so he has to teach her, and she's not a quick learner. Before long Olive ends up outside the rink, rolling wildly out of control.

7.1

Fowl Play

Dec 17, 1937

Popeye gives Olive a parrot that he's trained. Bluto sets the bird free and then tries to kill it.

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