This led King Features Syndicate, who owned the rights to the characters but not the theatrical shorts, to have 220 new Popeye cartoons produced in color. King Features reaped the financial gain these films would achieve in syndication. They made millions of dollars and were enjoyed by children. Today adults have an intense hatred for them or remember the cartoons as a source of enjoyment during their youth.<\/p>\n The cartoons were rushed into production. King\u2019s executive producer, Al Brodax, hired several different animation studios to create on these new Popeye adventures in record time. <\/p>\n I was asked to come up with, what I feel, are the ten best Popeye cartoons from this series. I included at least one from each studio. The animation, in the episodes selected, won\u2019t cause the viewers to cringe. Each contain entertaining stories and no audio or visual errors. <\/p>\n #10-Caveman Capers<\/strong> (Larry Harmon, 1960)- While picnicking Olive Oyl notices all the food contains some kind of spinach. She asks Popeye how his spinach diet started and he spins a tale regarding his great, great, great grand-pappy, Prehistoric Popeye. Popeye fights caveman Brutus to win the affection of cavegirl Olive Oyl. During the battle Popeye discovers a dinosaur eating green weeds. It turns out to be spinach! He consumes it and ends up defeating Brutus. At the conclusion of Popeye\u2019s story Olive Oyl likes the idea of hitting someone over the head with a club to catch their mate. She bops Popeye and says, \u201cThat\u2019s one way to get a man!\u201d<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cartoonresearch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/KFS-Popeye-190.jpg\")
<\/a>In September of 2026 the theatrical Popeye cartoon series celebrates the 70th anniversary of its television debut. These films, produced by Fleischer and Famous Studios, were an overwhelming success. They have never been off the air and continue to play somewhere<\/a> in the world.<\/p>\n