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8/10
Any sport with referees, umpires or line judges . . .
pixrox130 April 2023
. . . is susceptible to nefarious corruption, pernicious manipulation and outright rigged outcomes, RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS reveals. As is generally the case in Real Life, America's pestilent gambling disease infects J. Wellington Wimpy, prompting him to insinuate himself into the sports world as a crooked boxing referee. Though several science fiction writers have imagined breeds of humanoids who are incorruptible, in Real Life such beings are nonexistent. From the umpires who conspired with New York gamblers to fix the 1919 World Series to the many referees bribed by Chrysler and Cadillac to make up new bogus "rules" to forever prevent the Ford-owned Lions from getting a sniff of the Super Bowl, Real Life is rife with examples of blatant wrong-doing on a par with Wellington's RAGS misconduct.
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8/10
This instructive animated short teaches young viewers . . .
oscaralbert23 November 2019
Warning: Spoilers
. . . that the mere possession of ungainly, ill-proportioned and inhumane wealth corrupts, and that once a person's stash tops a million bucks, it corrupts absolutely. "Wellington J. Wimpy" inherits in excess of a not-so-cool million as RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS begins. The first thing he does is to acquire an obscene mansion capable of sleeping 500 people--JUST FOR HIMSELF. His next gambit is to employ a nefarious greed-head enabler, in the form of a foreign butler. As his third move, Wimpy gorges on a platter of more than nine hamburgers--enough to feed a whole caravan! After thusly stuffing himself, the bloated buffoon then plots to betray his life-long patron, "soft-touch" working stiff "Popeye." Now that the Corrupt Corporate Capitalist Cabal has shown its true colors by merging with the Red Commie Kremlin KGB, the current White House occupant is desperately trying to ban Truth, Freedom, Equality, and Free Speech across America, so that we'll be no different in the future than godless amoral "anything goes" oligarchical Russia. On the verge of counting his life-long friend Popeye down for the final count, Wimpy closes out RAGS TO RICHES TO RAGS by tearing up and renouncing his evil filthy money mounds and leaving the demonic forces to return to The People. The ONLY way to make the USA "great again," therefore, is to permanently outlaw the treasonous Pachyderm Party, liquidate its top million ringleaders, and deport the remaining 100 million "core supporters" to Siberia (after confiscating all their assets to pay off their share of the national debt that THEY created with "Reverse Robin Hood" tax "cuts")!
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9/10
Introducing J. Wellington Wimpy - Millionaire
ccthemovieman-125 July 2007
"Despite my sudden wealth, I will still be my plain, humble self," declares Wimpy to Popeye after hearing news that's he is going to be a millionaire, thanks to inheritance from Wimpy's relative

Next we see this huge house and grounds. The sign outside the mansion says "J. Wellington Wimpy, esq." Our old hamburger moocher is awakened by a butler, named "Jeevee." After his morning hamburgers, Wimpy asks Jevee to " turn on the teevee."

He watches a sports report about the big upcoming boxing match between Popeye and Kid Nitro. Wimpy decides it would be a good idea to bet his entire fortune on Kid Nitro. "Why shouldn't I double my money," says the obviously- stupid Wimpy. I guess he never observed anything in all his years as friends of the sailor man. Wimpy isn't all that dumb, however. He made arrangements for he to be the referee of the match!

The final minutes of this are very good, very entertaining with humor and an unexpected, sentimental twist at the end that will leave a smile on your face.
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