Olive Oyl

On a recent interview I had with Popeye I asked him.

Ido: “Are you a sailor?"

Popeye: "Ja think I'm a cowboy?"

(Pipes and Spinach, a Balanced Diet?)

Not many people know that Elzie Segar the creator of Popeye did not even intend to add him in the original cartoon (mistake baby?).

Ever since the first episode I saw, Popeye was my favorite cartoon character. He is what he is or in his own language "I yam what I yam" and he is the best!
A good hearted, short fused (though considering what Bluto did to him he is a Saint), tattooed, always sharp and funny sailor. Popeye, I miss you (don't worry he is not really dead).

For some reasons, Olive Oyl, Popeye’s love is one of T.V most boring characters.
Her personality is as thin as her body. She flirts with his sworn enemies, and is convinced that she is something special. There is nothing to her that I like, and in many respect she is the opposite of Popeye (and me ;-).

I never liked Olive Oyl and never will.
But one question still remains. Why did Elzie Segar name her Olive Oyl? Did he have a bad experience with olive oil?

DO YOU KNOW?

It is OK to admit you were singing this while reading:

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man,

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

I'm strong to the finich

Cause I eats me spinach.

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

I'm one tough Gazookus

Which hates all Palookas

Wot ain't on the up and square.

I biffs 'em and buffs 'em

And always out roughs 'em

But none of 'em gets nowhere.

If anyone dares to risk my "Fisk",

It's "Boff" an' it's "Wham" un'erstan'?

So keep "Good Be-hav-or"

That's your one life saver

With Popeye the Sailor Man.

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man,

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

I'm strong to the finich

Cause I eats me spinach.

I'm Popeye the Sailor Man.

And may I add “TUU TUU”

To this day my mother still reminds me that I only accepted to eat spinach after I watched Popeye.