Product Review

TOP TEN FORGOTTEN CARTOONS (from GTV) features magnificently hued and animated "It's Spring" (directed by William Hanna), plus several more unusual shorts. FRIGHT TO THE FINISH (1954) - Bluto plays mean tricks on Popeye and tries to scare Olive on Halloween. THE CRYSTAL BRAWL (1957) - A disguised-as-a-fortuneteller Popeye scares Olive away from Bluto when he predicts her future. I DON'T SCARE (1956) - Bluto changes the calendar to Friday the 13th so superstitious Olive won't go out with Popeye. FLOOR FLUSHER (1954) - Popeye repairs Olive's leaky faucet until Bluto sabotages the pipes. ANCIENT FISTORY (1953) - Popeye (as Cinderella) is transformed by a Fairy Godmother. He pursues and wins Princess Olive from Bluto. ALADDIN AND HIS WONDERFUL LAMP (1939) [fl] - Olive dreams that Popeye is Aladdin. His magic lamp transforms Popeye into a prince BRIDE AND GLOOM (1954) - Bride-to-be Olive gets cold feet after some nightmares of a future with Popeye. ASSAULT AND FLATTERY (1956) - Judge Wimpy watches scenes from earlier shorts to determine if Popeye is guilty of beating Bluto up. BIG BAD SINDBAD (1952) - Popeye and nephews see a Sindbad statue in a museum. Popeye tells the boys of his battle with Sindbad, the evil pirate. COOKIN' WITH GAGS (1955) - Bluto goes too far with his April Fool's jokes. PATRIOTIC POPEYE (1957) - Popeye takes away his nephews' 4th of July fireworks and they scheme to get them back. PARLEZ VOUS WOO (1956) - Bluto adopts a fake French accent to lure Olive from Popeye. OUT TO PUNCH (1956) - Bluto tries derailing Popeye's training regimen for their big boxing match. NEARLYWEDS (1957) - Popeye and Olive's wedding plans are ruined when he shows up at the ceremony wearing a barrel. The sole FLEISCHER-made title, "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp," a 21 minute in-color special release, has Popeye uttering the legendary words, "I don't know what to say... I've never made love in Technicolor before."