It's been awhile since I saw the Popeye movie and I can't say that I remember it all that well, but one thing I didn't much care for was the portrayal of G. Wellington Wimpy. Back when the mists of antiquity, when I was listening to the late afternoon radio serials (Jack Armstrong, Captain Midnight, etc.), there was a short lived attempt at Popeye, and the voices stuck in my mind.

Robin Williams and Shelly Duvall were spot-on with their characterisations, but the actor who played Wimpy didn't get the character at all. Much too rough around the edges. The voice and style of expression I remember on the radio and in movie cartoons was a dead ringer for W. C. Fields (it may even have been Fields doing a voice-over). After all, Wimpy did make an attempt to come off as a cultivated gentleman. He was just suffering a long bout -- a very long bout -- of finacial embarrassment. I found the portrayal of Wimpy in the movie -- well -- fruskerating!

Don Firth