Popeye 30's Gem-Can you take it?

 I bought the GIGABYTE EAGLE RTX 4080 GPU finally.

Just wanted to point that out.

Anyhow, no further sidetracks, lets get on to the main attraction:

POPEYE's "Can you take it?"

Released in April 27 1934, this is another Popeye short that's for sure a gem to us all.

It has all the bells and whistles of cartoony goodness, as well as Masculine Ironies that would seriously impress Dr. Livesey(Evgeniy Papernyy version that is).

But what's most interesting is that this cartoon is recycled. No seriously, it is recycled!!!

I read that this particular Popeye Cartoon took inspiration from the Betty Boop's BIMBO'S INITIATION.

The core idea was that in BIMBO'S INITIATION, Bimbo wants to join a club but in order to do that, he has to endure multiple life-threatening situations.

Pretty basic plotline eh.

Popeye does it a little differently.

Here, he wants to join a Bruiser's Club because he's already a manly sailor who take the pain.

Except, these Bluto copycats fiercely believe that to be manly, you've got to be big, rotund, muscular, and have the voice of a bear just like William Pennell (Bluto's original voice).

The trouble is, these Bluto copycats fail to realize that back in the original POPEYE from 1933, the titular sailor doesn't need a fat stomach or a bear's voice to be manly. You just need to work out from time to time.

And you don't need spinach 24/7 just to have that strength, as a matter of fact, Thimble Theatre didn't use spinach excessively like the cartoons have.

Anyhow, the parts of CAN YOU TAKE IT? that make it so different from 

BIMBO'S INITIATION

is that Popeye can actually fight back with his own methods and this is further exemplified with the both the handshake and cigar scenes right here.

SHAKE!!!

OW!!!!

HAHAHAHAHA!!!!

SHAKE AGAIN!!!

OWWWWWW!!!!!!

DIRTY POOL POPEYE!!! DIRTY POOL!!!!

NOW THE SMOKE TEST!!!

THANKS FOR PROVIDING A MATCH!!!

NOW I BLOW AT YOUR FACE!!!

I CAN'T STANDS THE SMOKES NO MORE!!!

Now here comes the unexpected. I can hazard a guess that Popeye's gonna bite back back puffing smoke at Bluto's face and he does but instead of his mouth, he becomes creative:

I can pretty much guess people will laugh their ass off with this unexpected smoke gag because you were made to expect that Popeye will huff and puff like Mr. Big Bad Wolf but instead, he lets out smoke out of his good eye. And it works perfectly because you can't puff out smoke from your eye holes in real life.

The smoke gag however is my own personal allegory, especially with all the vapers out there. 

Someone actually vaped on my face back in High School at that was not pretty.

Here are some other Popeye gems to show you that Popeye really can take the pain like a real man.

As usual, I will have to stop here due to risks of spoiling for you guys. If you're wondering where you can find this cartoon? It's in the public domain so the Internet Archive is a great place to find Popeye cartoons to tickle your fancy and in much higher quality MP4 files too.