The Island Fling is a 1946 Popeye the Sailor cartoon directed by Bill Tytla and John Gentilella.
Summary[]
Robinson Crusoe (Bluto) and his man Friday welcome the shipwrecked duo of Popeye and Olive to their island.
Plot[]
Bluto is Robinson Crusoe; Popeye and Olive approach his island on a raft. This is Bluto's excuse to break out the romance: he gets his etchings from his "Hope" chest (next to the "Crosby" chest) and lays out a feast. But Olive is more interested in the food than the woo, and Popeye keeps getting in the way. Bluto tries sending him on some fool's errands. First, he decks Popeye out as a hunter, but Popeye returns with a lion, tiger, elephant, and a sea monster. Next, he starts Popeye digging for a phony treasure, then buries him in rocks, but Popeye surfaces with a chest full of gold coins. Bluto's had enough; he stuff Popeye in the chest, mashes it flat, and tosses it in the alligator pit. Olive's screams get Popeye's attention; he eats the spinach and bursts out. He socks Bluto into the gorilla's lair, where he finds himself chased by an eager female gorilla.
Voices[]
- Harry Foster Welch, Jack Mercer - Popeye
- Mae Questel - Olive Oyl
- Jackson Beck - Bluto
Trivia[]
- No longer airs on American television due to the offensive depiction of Friday and the other island natives.
- Herman the Mouse from the Noveltoons series makes a cameo early on as Friday cleans up.
- Although Popeye is mostly voiced by Harry Foster Welch, Jack Mercer performs some of his lines.
- Jackson Beck uses the voice he would later use for Buzzy the Crow for Friday.
