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Director:
Seymour Kneitel
Writer:
Jack Mercer (story)
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Release Date:
21 June 1957 (USA) more
Plot:
Popeye opens a diner; Bluto pulls one up right across the street. Wimpy comes along, and they compete for his business... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Wimpy Wins In the War Of The Diners more

Cast

 (Cast)
Jackson Beck ... Bluto (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Mercer ... Popeye (voice) (uncredited)
Mae Questel ... Olive Oyl (voice) (uncredited)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
6 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (certificate #5969) | Australia:G
Company:
Famous Studios more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The final appearance of both J. Wellington Wimpy and Bluto in a theatrical Popeye cartoon. more
Movie Connections:
References We Aim to Please (1934) more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Wimpy Wins In the War Of The Diners, 26 April 2007
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Author: ccthemovieman-1 from Lockport, NY, United States

Popeye's singing while he sweeps away the dirt on the sidewalk-entrance of "Popeye's Diner."

As he finishes, he hears an obnoxious horn blasting, signaling the arrival of Bluto who is pulling his brand new "Bluto's Diner" into the parking lot across the street. "Bluto," says Popeye, "that is un-etical!"

"Listen, runt, a little competition never hurt anybody," responds Bluto. Popeye answers, "I says ya gotta move that chow wagon." It gets heated and the war of diners is now officially on when the first customer - "Wimpy" - walks down the street.

The two do everything they can to have Wimpy as the customer and some of the gags are clever, such as the Mexican jumping beans, the underground magnet and the pepper spray. All these are used by one of the combatants to draw Wimpy back to their diner. The ending was clever, too, with both of the hot-tempered macho men winding up losers to the inventive (and always hungry) Wimpy.

This was the final cartoon in a nice two-disc DVD collection of Popeye cartoons from the '30s through the '50s. It was called the "75th Anniversary Collector's Edition" and it wasn't expensive. It was well worth the money.

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