Tag: Popeye the Sailor

• This Day in Pop Culture for September 10

  

  You’ve seen the cartoons, but did you know that Popeye the Sailor once had his own radio show?

  Jeffrey Totey

  September 10, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  NBC, Popeye the Sailor, Radio, September 10

• This Day in Pop Culture for June 12

  

  1972: Popeye’s Opens Its Doors for the First Time Though not well-known in all 50 states, Popeye’s Louisiana Kitchen is America’s second-largest chicken fast food restaurant chain behind the Colonel’s. The chain has more than 1,800 restaurants in 40 states and also serves in 22 countries. It was established on this day in 1972. Despite…

  Jeffrey Totey

  June 12, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Indiana Jones, June 12, Popeye the Sailor, Popeyes, Raiders of the Lost Ark

• This Day in Pop Culture for January 17

  

  1929: Popeye the Sailor Man Makes His First Appearance King Features’ comic strip, Thimble Theatre by E. C. Segar had been in existence for ten years before Popeye the Sailor Man was featured on this day in 1929. His first line, “’Ja think I’m a cowboy?!” He quickly became one of the strip’s most popular…

  Jeffrey Totey

  January 17, 2020

  This Day in Pop Culture

  Animation, Clark Gable, Comic Strip, Gone with the Wind, January 17, Olivia de Havilland, Popeye the Sailor, Vivien Leigh