5.9K views · 347 reactions | The Classic Cartoons POPEYE Little Swee'pea (1936) - 1st SWEE' PEA Appearance in POPEYE Cartoon - Dave & Max Fleischer Little Swee'Pea is an American animated short film, released September 25, 1936 and featuring Popeye the Sailor. Initial release: September 25, 1936 Director: Dave Fleischer Production company: Fleischer Studios | Because We Love Classic Cinema | Facebook

The Football Toucher Downer - Popeye E52 (1937) an account of Popeye's youth that, as with other like-themed cartoons, ignores the comics' mythology as it shows him already knowing Olive Oyl, Bluto and Wimpy as a child. Popeye is unsuccessful in trying to feed Swee'Pea his spinach lunch. After a demonstration of the vegetable's benefits fails, he tells his adopted son a story about how he was a weak boy until, during a football game on a field, he first ate the vegetable. As the flashback begins