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Podcast: How's It Hold Up?
Episode: Shorts! Popeye: Lost & Foundry
Description: In this Popeye short, Swee'Pea gets into a dangerous factory and nearly dies many times! When people say things like 'you couldn't make this today' they usually seem to be referring to provocative content like Blazing Saddles, but the phrase could also be used for something like this: a cartoon where the central crux of most of the jokes is a baby in life-threatening danger. Modern audiences are not generally accustomed to seeing a baby almost get split in half by a buzz saw. But does that make this old cartoon bad? Not necessarily! Listen to find out our...