The wait for Popeye is over, as Warner Home Video (WHV), Hearst Ent. and King Features Syndicate release POPEYE THE SAILOR 1933-1938 VOLUME 1 on July 31, 2007, for $64.92.

These classic POPEYE animated shorts made Popeye, Olive Oyl and Bluto national pop icons and the four-disc authorized edition DVD collection includes 60 original remastered and unedited theatrical shorts created by the legendary Max Fleischer.

Popeye The Sailor was introduced to the American audience in 1933 and became one of the most endearing and successful characters in animation history, mainly because of his unique vernacular and hilarious catch phrases. His adventures were strange, humorous and often supernatural as he traveled all over the world to resolve conflicts with enemies. With his enormous muscular forearms and corncob pipe in mouth, Popeye was always victorious after he ate his spinach.

POPEYE THE SAILOR 1933-1938 VOLUME 1 includes more than nine hours of cartoons: 58 (7- to 10-minute) theatrical black-and white-shorts and two two-reeler 20-minute color cartoons. Some of the most memorable shorts from the DVD are the remastered "Blow Me Down!" and a cameo appearance by Betty Boop dressed as a hula dancer in the 1933 POPEYE THE SAILOR cartoon, the short in which Popeye made his first animated appearance. The set also includes the Academy Award-nominated POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR and more than five hours of informative bonus features, including:

Disc 1

Commentaries:
* POPEYE THE SAILOR by Michael Barrier with animator Dave Tendlar
* I YAM WHAT I YAM by animator Mark Kausler
* BLOW ME DOWN! by animators Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua
* I EATS MY SPINACH by Michael Barrier with Dave Tendlar
* WILD ELEPHINKS by Jerry Beck
* SOCK-A-BYE, BABY by Glenn Mitchell
* CAN YOU TAKE IT by Greg Ford
* A DREAM WALKING by Eric Goldberg

Full Length Doc
I YAM WHAT I YAM: THE STORY OF POPEYE THE SAILOR

Popumentaries
* MINING THE STRIP: ELZIE SEGAR AND THIMBLE THEATER
* ME FICKLE GOYL, OLIVE OYL: THE WORLD'S LEAST LIKELY SEX SYMBOL

From the Vault
* COLONEL HEEZA LIAR AT THE BAT short
* DOMESTIC DIFFICULTIES short

Disc 2

Commentaries:
* BEWARE OF BARNACLE BILL by Jerry Beck
* CHOOSE YER WEPPINS by Greg Ford
* FOR BETTER OR WORSER by Greg Ford
* YOU GOTTA BE A FOOTBALL HERO by Jerry Beck
* KING OF THE MARDI GRAS by Michael Barrier with Jack Mercer
* ADVENTURES OF POPEYE by Glenn Mitchell
* THE SPINACH OVERTURE by Daniel Goldmark

Full Length Docy
FORGING THE FRAME: THE ROOTS OF ANIMATION, 1900-1920

Popumentaries
* WIMPY THE MOOCHER: ODE TO THE BURGERMEISTER
* SAILOR'S HORNPIPES: THE VOICES OF POPEYE

From the Vault
* BOBBY BUMPS PUTS A BEANERY ON THE BUM short
* FELINE FOLLIES short
* THE TANTALIZING FLY short

Disc 3

Commentaries:
* A CLEAN SHAVEN MAN by Paul Dini
* I-SKI LOVE-SKI YOU-SKI by John Kricfalusi, with Eddie Fitzgerald and Kali Fontecchio
* POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR by John Kricfalusi, with Eddie Fitzgerald and Kali Fontecchio
* THE PANELESS WINDOW Washer by Mark Kausler

Popumentaries
* BLOW ME DOWN! THE MUSIC OF POPEYE
* POPEYE IN LIVING COLOR: A LOOK AT THE COLOR TWO-REELERS

From the Vault
* MODELING short
* INVISIBLE INK short
* BUBBLES short
* JUMPING BEANS short
* BED TIME short
* TRAPPED short

Disc 4

Commentaries:
* LOST AND FOUNDRY by John Kricfalusi, with Eddie Fitzgerald and Kali Fontecchio
* PROTEK THE WEAKERIST by Jerry Beck
* POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS ALI BABA'S FORTY THIEVES by John Kricfalusi, with Eddie Fitzgerald and Kali Fontecchio

Popumentaries
* ME LIL' SWEE'PEA: WHOSE KID IS HE ANYWAY?
* ET TU, BLUTO? CARTOONDOM'S HEAVIEST HEAVY

From The Vault:
* A TRIP TO MARS short
* KOKO TRAINS 'EM short
* KOKO BACK TRACKS short
* LET'S SING WITH POPEYE short