Popeye beats out Bluto for a date with Olive Oyl, so Bluto changes the calendar from Thursday the 12th to Friday the 13th. Superstitious Olive won't go out, so Popeye tries to convince her not to be superstitious. Bluto interferes.
The usual good gags of this Famous Studios cartoon war not only with the inevitable Popeye-vs-Bluto plot -- and raises the question of why Olive is such an in-demand girl, which doesn't speak well to her character -- but the simplified artwork that the shrinking budgets of the late Popeye cartoons demanded. It's particularly evident in the simplified background work.
The usual good gags of this Famous Studios cartoon war not only with the inevitable Popeye-vs-Bluto plot -- and raises the question of why Olive is such an in-demand girl, which doesn't speak well to her character -- but the simplified artwork that the shrinking budgets of the late Popeye cartoons demanded. It's particularly evident in the simplified background work.