Director: Dave Fleischer
Release Date: June 14, 1939
Stars: Popeye, Bluto, Olive Oyl
Rating: ★★
Review:
‘Ghosks is the Bunk’ is the second of four 1939 Popeye cartoon with alternate titles.
The cartoon starts with Olive reading a ghost story to Bluto and Popeye. When a storm wind makes Popeye hide beneath the couch, Bluto fakes tiredness, only to rush out to an abandoned hotel to play some ghost tricks on the sailor. However, he’s discovered all too soon, and with the help of invisible paint Popeye returns the trick on him.
‘Ghosks is the Bunk’ is the first cartoon to show the major weakness of invisibility gags: when invisible one becomes practically invincible, and the viewer’s sympathy soon goes to the poor ex-bully who gets clobbered. This problem would return in the invisibility cartoons ‘The Vanishing Private‘ (1942) featuring Donald Duck, and ‘The Invisible Mouse‘ (1947) starring Tom & Jerry.
Watch ‘Ghosks is the Bunk’ yourself and tell me what you think:
This Popeye film No. 72
To the previous Popeye film: Wotta Nitemare
To the next Popeye film: Hello, How Am I
‘Ghosks is the Bunk’ is available on the DVD Set ‘Popeye the Sailor Volume Two’
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April 16, 2018 at 16:52
mistermuse
The only time I laughed was when Popeye cracked “Farewell to arms!” while applying invisible paint. Other than that, the cartoon has little to recommend it.