6.6/10124 votes#1 - Barbecue for Two
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/10/1960
Popeye wants to have a backyard barbecue with Olive Oyl, but is continually interrupted by a scheming Brutus, a hungry Wimpy and a crying Sweet Pea.
Director: Jack Kinney
Writer: Dick Kinney, Al Bertino
6.2/10117 votes#2 - Hits And Missiles
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/1/1960
Popeye, Olive and Wimpy end up on the moon with little cheese men. They meet some moon men who introduce the trio to their leader, "Big Cheese." Popeye asks for help in getting back to Earth, but the leader is an evil man and tries to imprison Popeye and his friends. However, the moon men have taken a liking to Popeye and don't like the way that their leader has treated him, so they help him escape by overthrowing "Big Cheese."
Director: Seymour Kneitel
Writer: Sid Marcus, Jack Mercer, Carl Meyer
6.6/1092 votes#3 - Muskels Schmuskels
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/1/1960
Popeye and Olive watch Brutus the strongman performing at the carnival. The two men quickly become rivals for Olive. But she makes Popeye promise not to fight.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1081 votes#4 - 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
6.8/1077 votes#5 - Dead-Eye Popeye
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/2/1960
Sheriff Popeye captures villain Brutus McBride and throws the scum into jail. His gang of thugs start a big shoot-out in an attempt to free their leader.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.8/1082 votes#6 - Muellers Mad Monster
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/2/1960
Popeye and Olive take shelter from a thunderstorm in Mad Mueller's castle. But Mueller's monster, Irving, takes a shine to Olive.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1074 votes#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
6.6/1065 votes#8 - Bullfighter Bully
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/3/1960
Popeye objects to how a bull is being treated by the matador in the bullring, then when Olive Is caught in the Bull, between the matador and the bull, he must use spinach to save the day.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.7/1068 votes#9 - Ace of Space
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/3/1960
Flying saucers have landed, Olive is unfortunate enough to be captured by a robot man looking for humans. Popeye must take control of the spaceship save Olive and get her home.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.9/1070 votes#10 - 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
7.3/1065 votes#11 - 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
6.7/1075 votes#12 - Ski-Jump Chump
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/4/1960
It's an ice cold winter, Popeye upsets a large hibernating bear while trying to impress Olive with his moves on the ski-jumps.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
- 7.0/1067 votes
#13 - 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
6.9/1065 votes#14 - 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 votes#15 - 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
6.6/1067 votes#16 - Two-Faced Paleface
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/8/1960
Brutus dresses as a native Indian and claims the land as an Indian Reservation after Popeye strikes it lucky searching for gold in the old west. Popeye tries to beat him at his own game by dressing as an Indian too, declaring all out war.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
6.3/1081 votes#17 - Childhood Daze
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/8/1960
Brutus forces Popeye into the professor's aging machine, turning him into a 2 year old.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1060 votes#18 - 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
6.9/1063 votes#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
6.7/1067 votes#20 - Crystal Ball Brawl
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/9/1960
Wimpy has acquired the SeaHags crystal ball, he is using it to bet on sporting events. Brutus realizes this and steal the crystal ball. Popeye gets suspicious, so sets a trap to get the ball back.
Director: Paul Fennell
Writer: Charles Shows
7.0/1064 votes#21 - 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
6.4/1074 votes#22 - Sea No Evil
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 9/10/1960
As Popeye and Olive relax on their new boat "The Miss Olive" someone swims beneath stealing items from right under their nose. Luckily Brutus's boating store has a seemingly endless supply of stolen item replacements.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
6.8/1074 votes#23 - From Way Out
Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 9/10/1960
A giant space magnet connected to the top of an astronomer's observatory pulls stuff from outer space to earth. One day it also pulls leather jacket wearing space greasers from Mars.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
7.3/1069 votes#24 - 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
6.8/1066 votes#25 - Swee'pea Soup
Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 9/11/1960
The citizens are revolting, they want a new king, someone sweet like Swee'pea! Professor Wotasnozzle suggests making a soup out of Swee'pea is the best way to become just like him.
Director: Gene Deitch
Writer: N/A
The Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor Season 1
Every episode of Popeye the Sailor Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Popeye the Sailor Season 1!
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Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Barbecue for Two" is the best rated episode of "Popeye the Sailor" season 1. It scored 6.6/10 based on 124 votes. Directed by Jack Kinney and written by Dick Kinney, Al Bertino, it aired on 6/10/1960. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Hits And Missiles".