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The "kinder, gentler" Popeye of the mid-1930s begins to emerge in this cartoon, which takes place at a children's health farm run by Olive Oyl. When her charges turn down a lunch consisting of a huge bowl of spinach, Popeye takes it upon himself to prove to the kids that the leafy vegetable is good for them. After several demonstrations of the "stren'th and vitaliky" brought about by spinach, the kids feed a can of the stuff to a pair of docile cows--who immediately morph into a brace of enraged bulls, necessitating a last-minute rescue courtesy of the one-eyed sailor man. Background-music selections in this one includes "The Old Gray Mare", "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree" and "You Gotta Be a Football Hero".