"Pilgrim Popeye": Thanksgiving Cartoons

I want to bring together a string of Thanksgiving cartoons we watched as kids, and thought I'd start with Pilgrim Popeye. I like the somewhat bleak November backgrounds in the first part as being very atmospheric, along with Popeye's little hymn to nippy weather. What annoys me now about most of these old cartoons is the assumption that all "Injuns" are Plains Indians (or perhaps I should say Plains Native Americans) and portrayed as simply enemies. Favorite quote from this cartoon: "What! No toikey?!"

More Pipe-Smoking Action Figures

A couple of days ago I got the figure of "Albert" from The Corpse Bride in the mail. He comes with a most elegant pipe. The character, whose name is never mentioned in the movie, was actually listed on e-Bay as "Albert the Pipesmoker." It got me to thinking about a couple of other pipe-smoking action figures I hadn't listed in my previous posting.

Of course there is Popeye from Mezco. He is part of a very good line that came out a few years ago. One of the great imaginary pipe-smokers of popular culture.

Then there is Captain McCallister from The Simpsons, from the line put out by Playmates. The good Captain has the distinction of having been created for the series by Conan O'Brien.

I think I forgot about these two because their pipes are actually stuck in their mouths, more a part of their figure than an accessory to me.