Popeye Changed America, Part Two: Popeye Ain't Perfect

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 53 minutes

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As Popeye's popularity continued to skyrocket through the Great Depression and the second World War, his pantheon of related characters only grew. And, spoiler: not all of the characters aged well. In the second part of this special two-part episode, Ben, Noel and Max explore how Popeye created a surprising amount of American slang, became a propaganda tool for the allies, and finally answer the question: Does Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen have anything to do with Popeye the Sailor Man?

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0:00.0	Ridiculous history is a production of I Heart Radio. The Welcome back to the show Ridiculous Historians. Thank you as always so much for
0:31.1	tuning in. This is part two part two to two of our ridiculous history of
0:35.9	Popeye the sailor yeah the sailor the sailor man know, he's a seaman.
0:44.3	Wow, yeah, if you must.
0:47.0	If I ever sing and he, um...
0:50.0	Abba covers, yes, you're correct, he did.
0:53.0	Dancing Queen primarily.
0:55.0	Oh yeah, of course.
0:56.0	No, but like, you know, like we like talking about sea shanties and stuff, like is there any parts where you seeing sea shanties?
1:02.0	Dada da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da da.
1:07.2	But yes, he would definitely.
1:08.2	Sometimes toots out of his pipe, like a wind instrument.
1:10.1	Yes, he absolutely toots out of his pipe.
1:12.4	That's how the song goes.
1:14.1	It goes, da da da da da da da da da da.
1:16.3	B.
1:17.3	It's, you know, could.
1:18.3	I'm thinking it was like Stan Hugo, like who was, we did a little second about,
1:22.4	like, who's like the father of the sea shanty he tracked them all out
1:26.0	He's around the exact same time period as pop-by a hundred percent also that's our super producer mr. Max Williams
1:32.7	I've been Bullen.
1:34.7	You are Mr Noel Brown.
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