Thursday, March 31, 2011

Popeye Land

Chicago World's Fair - 1933

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  1. Segar goes for the early franchise and merchandising. You think they would have at least done his forearms up right but no; waaay too cheap.
    The Blimps are named for real US Navy ones, all of which eventually were destroyed in uh,lets just call them "Post Traumatic Event Gravity Surges".

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  2. Some ride as well... it's only about six-inches off the ground.
    I'd say the scariest part about the blimp ride was having to look at those Popeye masks - especially the one on the left, which oddly resembles a nut-sack.

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  3. "This is totally better than Disneyland."

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  4. I bet they found all sorts of baby biscuits in that tanker...

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  5. Nice "Apocalypse Now" quote.

    Hahaha - Drewsus, you're right - this ride was probably terrifying to youngsters back then.

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