Gopher Spinach
| Gopher Spinach | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Seymour Kneitel |
| Produced by | Seymour Kneitel Isadore Sparber |
| Written by | Carl Meyer |
| Starring | Jack Mercer |
| Music by | Winston Sharples |
| Animation by | Robert Connavale John Gentilella Tom Johnson |
| Studio | Famous Studios |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 10, 1954 |
| Running time | 6:00 |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Private Eye Popeye |
| Followed by | Cookin' with Gags |
| IMDb profile | |
Plot
Popeye takes on a thieving gopher who keeps trying to steal spinach plants from his garden. The sailor tries various traps to catch the gopher, but the wily rodent outfoxes him at every turn and interferes with every attempt Popeye makes to stop him from stealing the spinach. Popeye soon has enough of the gopher's antics and he gets a shotgun from inside his house to chase after the gopher, but he cannot bring himself to shoot the gopher and he throws away the shotgun, which accidentally strikes and angers a bull nearby. After skipping away, the gopher sees Popeye being chased by the furious bull, and remembering how his life had been spared earlier, he rushes to the spinach patch and eats some spinach to gain super strength and stop the bull from harming Popeye. Afterward, the gopher assists a grateful Popeye in planting new spinach plants by digging holes for the plants.
Production notes
- Gopher Spinach is one of a number of Famous Studios-produced Popeye the Sailor cartoons in the public domain in the United States.
External links
- Gopher Spinach public domain cartoon at the Internet Archive
