Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves (1937)

As others have written, the restored episode is a beauty to behold, with complete titles and fabulous Technicolor! With the classic voices of Jack Mercer, Mae Questel and Gus Wickie, Popeye takes an action-packed and chatty romp through the desert with the usual cast of suspects.My favorite gags are the thieves' chants during the raid, the horses' answer in the chorus and of course Popeye's reply to Abu Hassan: "Ahh, nature beat me to it!" I'm still waiting to use that last one in conversation ;)By now you must have guessed my favorite episode is "Sindbad." But that's for another comment.

In a vast Abrabian desert there's a group of thieves lead by Bruno(Ali Baba) and the 40 thieves. As they rob and steal everything in site. Popeye, Olive, and Wimpy run a coast guard post. When they got word to be on the watch for thieves. Which takes them on an air travel towards the Abrabian desert. After traveling for many days and nights, they finally made it to civilization which is one of the sites that Ali Baba has set his eyes on. And it's up to Popeye to fight and take down this aggressive thief.Like "Popeye meets Sinbad" this one is worthy of being one of the best Popeye cartoons ever made.It's original, it's humorous, and it has plenty of great moments with your spinach loving sailor.Highly recommended to those who liked the Popeye meets Sinbad one.

Popeye goes to capture Abu Hassan and his 40 thieves ,along with Olive and Wimpy. Their plain (which was originally a boat which transformed into plane) crashes into desert ,and they arrive at the town ,which is about to be attacked by 40 thieves. The inhabitants are scared and they run for their lives ,accept for Popeye who stayed to deal with the thieves. He confronts Abu Hassan and after some hilarious gages ,Popeye end up stocked on a ceiling (don't ask how),while the 40 thieves are escaping with Olive and Wimpy and prisoners (my ,what a surprise!) ,Popeye manages to follow the thieves on a fully charged camill and infiltrates their cave. He fights the thieves ,then eats his spinach and beat the hell out of them. Everybody are celebrating ,and Popeye is a hero. The End.One of three Popeye 16 minutes cartoons in which he is in some Arabian Nights story. This time he have to deal with 40 thieves and their leader Abu Hassan (who ,of course ,looks like Bluto). The entire cartoon is full of things because of which Popeye is a favorite character to one entire generation. Despite the fact that it has been made 70 years ago ,it never lost it's touch. No matter how much you're old ,you can always laugh yourself to death watching this cartoon which is a masterpiece (animation ,storyline ,everything). It's a classic ,no doubt about that.

When this show was on I watched it every time I could! I thought that the characters were really funny and all had great personalities. The animation in My opinion was crisp, clean, and really clear. Not to mention beautiful! Most of the characters in this show are hilarious like the Looney Tunes characters that we all love. in My opinion these characters are the funnies and talented ever seen. In fact, The things that goes on in this series' cartoons are in My opinion nuts which that is what makes them hilarious! There are so many to like and laugh at and the silly things they do! If you like the original Looney Tunes then I strongly recommend that you watch this show!