Castor Oyl Has a Lot to Be Bitter About.
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place beside the fifth Beatle, LeToya and LeTavia (formerly of Destiny’s Child)
and Will Smith (who originally was offered the lead in The Matrix and turned it
down). Here are a few reasons why:
1. Before there was Popeye, there was
Thimble Theater, which began in 1919 and featured Olive, Castor and Ham Gravy
(Olive’s first boyfriend and Castor’s best friend). This motley crew made a name
for itself in the early days of Sunday strips, with a long and illustrious reign
which lasted ten years.
2. In 1929, Segar cleverly decided to have Castor
and Ham decide to seek the legendary Whiffle Hen on Dice Island. But because
neither loafer was much of a boatman, they headed to the docks in search of a
worthy seaman. Little did they know, that this seaman would steal all that
they’d worked to build.
3. The one-eyed pipe-smoker with an anchor on his
bulging bicep was Popeye. Though he was only meant to pass through the Thimble
Theatre cast, in a plot arc that would end shortly after it began, Popeye
promptly stole the show, as readers noticed that Popeye’s appearances in the
strip beginning to wane and complained to Segar about the spinach-chomping
sailor’s absence.
4. By 1930, Popeye beat up Ham Gravy, stealing Olive’s
heart in the process. Subsequently, with Ham out of the picture… and Olive in
Popeye’s arms, there was very little use for the previously pivotal Castor
Oyl.
5. Oyl has been left to toil in obsurity, with the occasional cameo
bone tossed his way, in the many decades since.
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