KevBot
Popeye was invented by Big Spinach to boost sales of their floppy bitter slop.
Feb 22 at 2:03amWeb
Show threadThe Right IrreverendFeb 22
@KevBot Hey, when I was a kid, I loved the old Popeye cartoons made by the Fleischer Brothers. So much, that I asked my parents to get me some spinach. They did. It tasted yuck. But as an adult I learned to really like it, mainly in its creamed form.
Show threadInfrogmationFeb 22
@KevBot @dadakopf. Fleischer Popeye is the best animated Popeye but still far inferior to the Segar original.
Show threadjonsjavaFeb 22
@KevBot canned spinach is a war crime.
Show threadSpockoFeb 22

@KevBot as a kid I experienced spinach as seen in the attached photo, a square block of frozen bitter, stinky, slimy slop. It was prepared by putting it in a pan of water & boiling the shit out of it.

It wasn't until I was a teen and my mom used it raw in a salad that I could eat it.

Show threadInfrogmationFeb 22
@KevBot co-opted not created, to his deterrent
Show threadMarc EtienneFeb 22
@KevBot you're not far off. It wasn't in the original Popeye strips, but yes, an advertiser was responsible for spinach being added to the animated cartoons.
Show threadsuper famichad Feb 22
@KevBot when the world needed him most, he returned