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. . . now--that is, Kentucky Derby Week--or within any period which includes a window involving nags racing. You may wonder what POPEYE GOES SAILING has to do with the old gray mares trying to out-trot the other ponies. The point of congruence involves blinders, a frequent sight at the track. The primary purpose of blinders is to keep your ride from being distracted by superfluous happenings normally within the range of peripheral vision which are none of her business. After all, you're the pilot of her ship, and only trouble can result when she has free reins to steer herself. SAILING shows that blinders are essential when a dame asks a dude to take her shopping.

I much enjoyed this Popeye cartoon; even with my fondness for the oldies (Paramount/Famous Studios 1933-57), the new King Features made-for-TV package produced 1960-62 had some funny ones! Sale-ing was an excellent pun (considering Popeye was a born sailor); the cartoon was interesting hyperbole about the fondness that many women (not all) have for shopping. Popeye, taking Olive Oyl for drive, passed a store that caught Olive's fancy, saying Sale: One Half Off on Everything. She made outlandish purchases: left-handed monkey wrench, size 3 shoes that hurt her feet, some assorted next gunk, two grandfather clocks (for price of one). When Popeye sought to exchange these purchases for money, the customer service representative had him fill out forms in triplicate each time, which asked redundant questions. Olive found counter where dresses were sold mobbed; although having no penetrator, she found her way in and had Popeye catch dresses, which angered other customers. After Olive found gloves that were steal, and hats that were being given away, Popeye ate spinach and got her out, had her wear steel shield WORSE than welder's helmet as she could see nothing! Some of music was same as in Famous' Swimmer Take All. All in all, an amusing cartoon, both for the pun in its title AND its exaggeration of women's shopping love (even though I have met several women who do not care to shop at all, much less want to shop as Olive did in this cartoon)