Popeye and Son facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Popeye and Son
Show's title card featuring Popeye, Junior, and Olive
Genre	Sitcom Comedy
Directed by	Art Davis Connie Dufau John Kimball Don Lusk Paul Sommer Carl Urbano Ray Patterson (supervising director)
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin
Opening theme	"Like Pop, Like Son"
Ending theme	"Pop-a-Wheelie"
Composer(s)	Hoyt Curtin
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	13
Production
Executive producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera Bruce L. Paisner
Producer(s)	Charles Grosvenor
Editor(s)	Gil Iverson
Running time	22 minutes
Production company(s)	Hanna-Barbera Productions King Features Entertainment
Distributor	King Features Entertainment
Release
Original network	CBS
Audio format	Stereo
Original release	September 19 – December 12, 1987 (1987-12-12)
Chronology
Preceded by	The All New Popeye Hour (1978–1983)
Followed by	Popeye’s Island Adventures (2018)

Popeye and Son is an American animated comedy series based on the Popeye comic strip created by E.C. Segar and published by King Features Syndicate. Jointly produced by Hanna-Barbera and King Features subsidiary King Features Entertainment, the series aired for one season of thirteen episodes on CBS. It is a follow-up to The All New Popeye Hour. Maurice LaMarche performed the voice of Popeye in this series (succeeding Jack Mercer in that role), while much of the cast of The All New Popeye Hour reprised their respective roles with the exception of Daws Butler. It is also the first set of Popeye cartoons that were produced since Mercer's death in 1984. Following its original run on CBS, this series reran on the USA Network in the 1989–90 season and on The Family Channel from September 1994 to December 1995.

Overview

Popeye and long-time girlfriend, Olive Oyl, are married and have a son named Popeye Junior (or simply, "Junior"), who has inherited Popeye's ability to gain superhuman strength from eating spinach; however, Popeye Jr. hates the taste of spinach (preferring hamburgers, like Wimpy), much to his father's disappointment, although he eats spinach anyway to boost his strength. Popeye's long-time rival Bluto has a wife of his own and they also have a son named Tank. Like old times, Popeye and Bluto are rivals, as are their sons.

Voice cast

• Susan Blu -
• Nancy Cartwright – Woody
• Philip L. Clarke -
• Jeff Cohen – Francis Wimpy
• George DiCenzo -
• Richard Erdman -
• Ed Gilbert -
• Scott Grimes -
• Rebecca Gilchrist –
• Zale Kessler -
• Kaleena Kiff – Dee Dee
• Maurice LaMarche – Popeye, Poopdeck Pappy
• Allan Lurie -
• David Markus – Tank Bluto
• Allan Melvin – Bluto, J. Wellington Wimpy
• Scott Menville -
• Don Messick – Eugene the Jeep
• Howard Morris – Bandini the Genie
• Josh Rodine – Popeye Jr.
• Maggie Roswell -
• Marilyn Schreffler – Olive Oyl, Lizzie Bluto, Puggy, The Sea Hag
• Penina Segall – Polly
• Carl Steven -
• Jeffrey Tambor -
• Rip Taylor –
• B.J. Ward – Rad
• Frank Welker - Shelley's Father
• Patric Zimmerman -

List of episodes