7.3/1065 votesLoading...#1 - Abdominal Snowman
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/4/1960
Popeye hears talk of abominable snowman sightings and so decides to take it upon himself to investigate.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.3/1069 votesLoading...#2 - Seeing Double
Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 9/10/1960
Popeye is jailed for committing a bank robbery which he insists he didn't commit. He must prove he didn't do it. In a seemingly unrelated subplot, two thugs build a Popeye robot to do their bidding.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
7.1/1059 votesLoading...#3 - The Lost City of Bubble-Lon
Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 9/11/1960
The Professor, Popeye and their assistant Brutus are searching for the lost city of "Bubble-On". Popeye is suspicious, he thinks Brutus is more interested in taking the cities treasure than documenting scientific discoveries.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
7.1/1056 votesLoading...#4 - Where There's a Will
Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 9/15/1960
Popeye is called by a lawyer who tells him that he and Brutus are the beneficiaries of someone they know. And that he'll be reading the will at noon. And if one of them is not there at noon they will forfeit the inheritance. So Brutus tries to keep Popeye from getting there at noon.
Director: Bob Bemiller
Writer: N/A
7.1/1052 votesLoading...#5 - Skinned Divers
Season 1 Episode 49 - Aired 9/23/1960
Popeye and Brutus are diving for buried treasure, Brutus however has more than sunken treasure in his eyes, he spies the lovely mermaid Olive Oyl.
Director: Jack Kinney
Writer: Jack Kinney
7.0/1081 votesLoading...#6 - Hoppy Jalopy
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/2/1960
Popeye in his junk-pile jalopy competes with Brutus in his slick race car to win a cross-country race. Brutus employs a series of dirty tricks to keep ahead, while keeping Olive Oyl trapped in his trunk.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1074 votesLoading...#7 - Caveman Capers
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/3/1960
Popeye tells Olive the story of how his ancestor Prehesterical Popeye discovered the magical powers of spinach and stopped Prehesterical Brutus.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1067 votesLoading...#8 - Irate Pirate
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/5/1960
Popeye and Olive are out testing Popeyes new boat on a relaxing boat ride. When out in the ocean they meet Jolly Roger the pirate. Unfortunately Roger takes a fancy to Olive. The pirate kidnaps her and sets school of sharks after Popeye.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1060 votesLoading...#9 - Sheepish Sheep-Herder
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/8/1960
Popeye volunteers to stand guard to protect Poopdeck Pappy's ranch, a rustler tries to get rid of Popeye but is driven mad by his ability to reappear right after he's been lassoed, tied up and even thrown off a cliff.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1064 votesLoading...#10 - Interrupted Lullaby
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/9/1960
Brutus sinks to a new low in both greed and criminal activity by trying to abduct little Swee'pee from his family.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
7.0/1059 votesLoading...#11 - There's No Space Like Home
Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 9/12/1960
Brutus beats up an alien he sees walking down the street, thinking its Popeye on the way to Olive Oyl's fancy dress party. The alien retaliates by trying to blow up the earth, Popeye and Brutus team up to stop him.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
7.0/1058 votesLoading...#12 - Potent Lotion
Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 9/12/1960
Someone has sent Popeye a present, he opens it to find shaving lotion, thinking it's something Olive Oyl has bought for him he puts it on. From that moment everyone hates him.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
7.0/1058 votesLoading...#13 - Beaver or Not
Season 1 Episode 46 - Aired 9/22/1960
Popeye visits the local stream for a relaxing swim but is surprised to find a couple of dam-building beavers. A battle begins and eventually Popeye admits defeat and goes for a swim in the beaver's reservoir.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
7.0/1055 votesLoading...#14 - Popeye's Service Station
Season 1 Episode 50 - Aired 9/23/1960
Popeye is now the manager of a service station, he provides a good service with free extras. Brutus comes along only wanting the free extras, including free access to another customer, Olive Oyl.
Director: Jack Kinney
Writer: Jack Kinney
7.0/1057 votesLoading...#15 - Kiddie Kapers
Season 2 Episode 18 - Aired 6/3/1961
Brutus goes to see the Sea Hag in the hopes that she will make him a youth potion to impress Olive. The potion changes his whole appearance and everything goes to plan until Olive finds out who he really is.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Joseph Gottlieb
6.9/1070 votesLoading...#16 - College Of Hard Knocks
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/4/1960
Olive the college student is infatuated with Professor Brutus and contemptuous of Popeye's lack of education, leading Popeye to enroll in college himself.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.9/1065 votesLoading...#17 - Foola-Foola Bird
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/5/1960
Popeye and Olive are searching the jungle for the rare Foola-Foola bird. Following close behind is Brutus, also hunting the bird as there is a reward of a million dollar for finding it.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.9/1062 votesLoading...#18 - Uranium on the Cranium
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/5/1960
Popeye and Olive set-sail to a desert island with a map citing the location of Uranium, unknown to them Brutus is already there, He plans on dressing like a gorilla and scaring them away.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.9/1063 votesLoading...#19 - Track Meet Cheat
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/9/1960
Olive sees Brutus showing his athletic prowess at a track meet, Popeye gets jealous, runs on to the field and starts competing himself.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.9/1061 votesLoading...#20 - Astro-Nut
Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 9/12/1960
Popeye is undergoing a series of government tests, one of which involves using spinach to travel in a rocket at the speed of light. Meanwhile at home Brutus moves in on Olive.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
6.9/1055 votesLoading...#21 - Jeopardy Sheriff
Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 9/17/1960
Poopdeck Pappy entertains Swee' Pea by telling him about his adventures in the old west. Popeye thinks he's lying and Pappy tries to prove it's true, which leads to Popeye rescuing him a lot.
Director: Tom McDonald
Writer: N/A
6.9/1058 votesLoading...#22 - Goon with the Wind
Season 1 Episode 41 - Aired 9/18/1960
Olive is captured and taken to Goonland to marry the Goonking, Popeye is caged and his can of spinach is taken from him. The situation is looking grim all round.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
6.9/1058 votesLoading...#23 - Battery Up
Season 1 Episode 47 - Aired 9/22/1960
It's a big Baseball game between Popeye's team and Brutus's team, with Wimpy as the umpire what could possibly go wrong. Olive is rooting for Popeye, at least she is at first.
Director: Jack Kinney
Writer: Jack Kinney
6.9/1063 votesLoading...#24 - Oil's Well That Ends Well
Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 1/4/1961
Brutus swindles Olive Oyl out of her game show winnings with a worthless oil well. It's up to Popeye to grease the path towards a happy ending.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.9/1065 votesLoading...#25 - Duel to the Finish
Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 1/12/1961
Brutus kidnaps swee'pee and sells him to an amusement park freak-show.
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Seymour Kneitel
The Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor
Every episode of Popeye the Sailor ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor!
Follows the adventures of the famed spinach-eating sailor man.
Popeye is one of the most popular cartoon characters of all time. This spunky but loveable spinach-eating...
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Best Episodes Summary
"Abdominal Snowman" is the best rated episode of "Popeye the Sailor". It scored 7.3/10 based on 65 votes. Directed by Paul Fennell and written by Charles Shows, it aired on 9/4/1960. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Seeing Double".