Out to Punch Popeye Cartoon 1956

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This episode about a boxing championship fight opens with a scene of a speedbag being worked tightly. As the view pans outward we see an overconfident Bluto ensconced in a hammock, languidly hitting the bag with his foot. He chuckles, "When I get that runt in the ring tonight, I'll moider 'im!" Next we see the exterior of the adjoining "Popeye's Training Camp". Inside, in contrast to Bluto's indolence, we witness Popeye skipping "rope" with an immense iron chain as Olive recites a jumprope ditty. Bluto skulks up to the window of Popeye's camp and mutters to himself, "I better check up on 'Livermuscles'...there's no sense in overtraining." Witnessing Popeye's efforts, Bluto exclaims, "Wow!! I gotta slow that monster down, or he'll moider me!"

Olive instructs Popeye "Now, to punch the sandbag", and Bluto proceeds to make good on his scheme. Unseen, he hurriedly empties the bag's content, replacing it with a conglomeration of heating radiators and other heavy metal objects. After a blow from Popeye's Twisker Sock, Bluto gets buried by the product of his own nefarious handiwork. Undaunted, Bluto attempts to pull Popeye's shoulder-developer with the help of a motorcycle; it, too, fails, and sends the big man hurtling into a well in a scene that was copied from Lunch with a Punch.

Olive announces, "Popeye, we'll wind up training with road work all the way to the fight arena." The invigorated sailor steps smartly behind Olive's automobile as heroic music plays while a frustrated Bluto vows, "I gotta slow him down!" Hiding behind a rock, the big bruiser squirts a grease gun onto the roadway in Popeye's path. Popeye redoubles his efforts, but is unable to escape from Bluto's slippery trap until he is rescued by Olive. Seemingly learning from his mistake, Bluto next pours a bag of cement into a puddle as Popeye approaches. This does the trick, as Popeye is frozen in place and exclaims, "Oh, my gorshk!"

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