Watch Popeye and Bluto in the cartoon “Taxi-Turvy”

Watch Popeye and Bluto in the cartoon “Taxi-Turvy”

The cartoon Taxi-Turvy (1954), featuring the characters Popeye and Bluto.
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Transcript

[Music]

POPEYE: [Singing]

BRUNO: This spot is taken, Bub. Ha! Ha! Ha!

GENTLEMAN: Taxi! Hey, taxi!

BRUNO: Comin' right up, Bub.

GENTLEMAN: The Ritz Hotel, son, and step on it.

BRUNO: Taxi, mister?

GENTLEMAN: I said the Ritz Hotel, dag nabbit.

POPEYE: Yikes!

BRUNO: That rube was a healthy tipper.

OLIVE OYL: Taxi. Yoo-hoo, taxi!

POPEYE: Well, I'm gettin' this fare.

OLIVE OYL: 23 Skidoo Street, driver.

POPEYE: Upsy-daisy.

BRUNO: Why, that double-crossin' fare snatcher.

OLIVE OYL: Whoa!

POPEYE: Uh, oh! A train's comin'.

Hm, there's somethin' fishy goin' on around here.

OLIVE OYL: I've had enough.

BRUNO: No fare is gettin' away from me.

Oh no. You ain't eatin' no spinach in this picture.