by Hal Erickson
synopsis
While Popeye and Olive are peacefully feeding pigeons in the park, sadistic junk dealer Bluto is cruelly abusing his work-horse a few blocks away, urging the nag forward with a huge whip and refusing to allow the animal to drink from a public trough. When Popeye witnesses this sorry spectacle, he chastizes Bluto for mistreating a "dumb aminal", whereupon he himself becomes a target of the villain's wrath. Popeye's extremely strange voice in this episode is provided by Floyd Buckley, who later starred in the Popeye the Sailor radio show on CBS, and whose only cartoon "appearance" this was. The musical score includes selections from such standards as "The Last Roundup", "Love in Bloom" and "Yes, We Have No Bananas".
