A Hull of a Mess(1942)

Name: A Hull of a Mess
Director: Izzy Sparber
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Released: 1942-01-01
Duration: 6 min
Cast: Jack Mercer, William Pennell

Jack Mercer William Pennell

Popeye and Bluto own adjacent shipyards. They are given the plans for a battleship; whichever finishes first gets the contract for the fleet. Bluto does his patriotic duty by refraining from his usual sabotage; his own incompetence provides much of the entertainment, until the end, when Popeye finishes first. Bluto, invited to help launch the ship, provides a bottle of champagne filled with nitroglycerine. Popeye's ship is destroyed, but after his spinach, he manages to turn out a ship every 5 seconds or so, launching an entire fleet for the war effort.