Episode

Popeye the Sailor: The Billionaire

Name: Popeye the Sailor: The Billionaire
Released: 1961-09-17
Duration: 5 min
Cast: Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, Jackson Beck

Popeye the SailorSeason 21961-09-17

Overview

Billionaire Popeye gives a million dollars to each of his friends to see who will spend the money the wisest way. When they squander all their money and ask for more, Popeye decides to give all the rest of his money to the Poor Sailor Fund.

Details

Series: Popeye the Sailor
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 40
Air date: 1961-09-17
Runtime: 5 min

Episode context

The Billionaire is Episode 40 in Season 2 of Popeye the Sailor. It aired on 1961-09-17. The runtime is 5 min.

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Episode 43: Disguise the Limit 1961-09-18 | 5 min Popeye the Detective is called on to find a gorilla that has just escaped from the Zoo. He an Olive devise a plan to re-capture the gorilla which involves Popeye disguising himself as a female gorilla and luring it back into it enclosure.

Episode 36: Seer-ring Is Believer-ring 1961-09-16 | 5 min Olive Oyl buys a ring that allows her to see the immediate future; but it really belongs to Evil Eye, a red-bearded foreign hypnotist with supernatural powers.

Episode 44: Spoil Sport 1961-09-19 | 5 min Popeye has got himself a scooter, Olive Snubs him for Brutus and his fast, shiny, new, fast sports car. The ride turns out to be far too fast and dangerous for Olive and it's not long before she is in need of help from Popeye.

Episode 35: Sneaking Peeking 1961-09-16 | 5 min Christmas Eve is here, with Popeye and Olive Oyl trying to stop Swee'pea from peeking into the Christmas presents. Popeye tells him a fable; something like Pandora's Box. Will Swee'pea learn?

Episode 45: Have Time Will Travel 1961-09-19 | 5 min Popeye, who is presumably bored of living in the 1960, decides to build Olive a time machine, luckily the dinosaur populated prehistoric time they visit has plenty of spinach.

Episode 34: Robot Popeye 1961-09-15 | 5 min Brutus buys a Popeye robot to cause friction between Popeye and Olive.

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