Bride and Gloom (Popeye the Sailor)

Bride and Gloom (episode 204)
This cartoon is nothing but "Gloom"
Directed by: Isadore Sparber Written by: Larz Bourne Release date: July 2, 1954 Franchise: Popeye the Sailor Prequel: Taxi-Turvy (previous short) Sequel: Greek Mirthology (next short)

Bride and Gloom is a 1954 Popeye cartoon made by Famous Studios and is the 204th cartoon in the series. It is a color remake of Fleischer Studios' 1940 short, "Wimmin Is a

Myskery".

Bad Qualities

1. This was a 7-minute torture Olive Oyl cartoon. Poor little Olive Oyl.
2. The cartoon is a watered-down and uninteresting color remake of Fleischer Studios' "Wimmin Is a Myskery".
3. Popeye's nephews are somehow now portrayed as Popeye and Olive's sons like they were in the original cartoon. However, they're also more unlikable and obnoxious than they were before, and, for some reason, there are only two instead of four.
   • However, sometimes it would feel as if the kids' designs were recycled from the nephews of Popeye, and to an extent, Popeye himself, since they look like younger versions of him just like the nephews, and the kids weren't meant to be Popeye's nephews.
4. The cartoon throws in poor excuses for comedy, such as Olive getting stuck headfirst in a stuffed moose head after sliding down the stair rails.
5. Olive gets constantly abused throughout the cartoon, even though she didn’t do anything to deserve it. Sure, it is a literal nightmare, but still. Geez...
6. Popeye is nowhere to be seen during the kids' rampage, and no explanation is given for it. You'd think he'd help deal with them!
7. Popeye is a very moronic goofball, as he wears Olive's hat, instead of his sailor hat. It just ends with Popeye just standing there while laughing and making silly sexist wisecracks.

Good Qualities

1. Jack Mercer and Mae Questel did a good job voicing Popeye and Olive respectively.
2. The first few minutes were good since it has a lot of cute moments in it until we get the part where Olive Oyl started to have the nightmare.
3. Good animation and music for its time.
4. Passable musical score.
5. Funny ending: Olive refuses to marry Popeye in the dream she had which she assumes might happen, then throws a drawer at him.
6. Olive Oyl is a likable, if not, a tolerable character in this short.

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