Popeye the Sailor
originally aired on TNT
Popeye the Sailor is an American animated series of short films based on the Popeye comic strip character created by E.C. Segar. Fleischer Studios adapted Segar's characters into a series of theatrical cartoon shorts for Paramount Pictures. The Fleischer Popeye cartoons proved to be among the most popular of the 1930s, and would remain a staple of Paramount's release schedule for nearly 25 years.