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I yam what I yam!

By graphics_girl
It's Throwback Thursday, and for no particular reason, today's throwback is Popeye. I really don't know why I loved this movie so much, but it brings back great memories and even now I can watch this with my kids. Popeye stars Robin Williams as the spinach-eating sailor and Shelley Duvall plays the beautiful Olive Oyl. 

 While searching for his Pappy, popeye arrives in a seaside town and becomes a reluctant hero to the townspeople. Of course, he also has to save his love Olive Oyl from Bluto. Sounds like the cartoon, doesn't it? Not only does it play out like the old cartoons, but it really looks like the cartoon. I absolutely love the visuals and Robin Williams singing, "I yam what I yam"

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