To Tell the Truth - Jack Mercer (voice of Popeye) as a subject, 1974
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2014
- Here's a full episode of To Tell the Truth from 1974. In one of the two games, Jack Mercer, cartoon voice actor, is a subject. You may know him best as the voice of Popeye!!
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I knew it was number 2 the second I heard his voice. As someone who watched Popeye and Felix the Cat since I was a little kid in the late 60's, the voice was unmistakable!
Yep. He even looks like Popeye.
Yeah, it was pretty obvious to me, too. Crazy that anybody voted for either of the others!
As number 2 said his name I expected the audience to burst into laughter it was so obvious
Growing up, Gary Moore seemed like someone that would always just be around, like a favorite uncle. How time flies.
Huge Chain-Smoker
I think there were 2 R's in Garry's name.
Garry's smoking is what destroyed his throat and forced him to retried from "To Tell The Truth".
This is such a crazy experience. My mom used to tell me stories about her uncle Jack calling her to tell her to eat her spinach in the Popeye voice, and now I can see him, not just the cartoons!!
So that makes you Jack's great-niece? That's actually pretty cool! Popeye is the reason I joined the USCG. (Long story)
Wow, that's cool! 👍👍👍👍👍 😀😀😀😀😀
I love you!!
Danielle Raine his normal voice has similar tones to his character but pretty cool connection!
How cool! Popeyes my cartoon favorite 😉👍🏻
As soon as #2 talked I thought "well it's gotta be that guy, he sounds like Popeye". I can't believe nobody said that.
Indeed.
kitty carlisle said #2 sounded like popeye but picked #3. it was pretty easy to hear popeye in number 2, i thought it would be unanimous, but they sometimes outsmart themselves with their pick.
Same here. Seemed so clearly to have Popeye's voice the instant he spoke.
It's both shocking and amazing that Jack Mercer was able to fool three of the four panelists.
Garry Moore retired to Hilton Head Island, where my parents lived. My mother said he was the nicest man, and so down to earth.
You can help but get Goosebumps when you finally see the voice to a character after so many years!
Geese are getting mad at the loss of their goosebumps. How many do you have, 100 or 1000 or 10000 or 1?
I always liked Popeyes little mutterings in the toons.
Rest in peace, Jack. You're the voice of my childhood.
Way to ruin it for those of us that wanted to play along.
@@jimanders9971 - I purposely didn’t look at the comments first, for that reason.
They're all dead now. But in the long run, we're all dead.
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How can you not pick number 2 he sounds just like Popeye.
absolutely !!
He even looks like Popeye!
And his natural voice sounds cartoonish!
"I am what I am" and this is such a fun and eye/"voice" opening look into what our unforgettable voice actors do.🎯🎤💪🏾🌅
"I YAM what I YAM."
Jack Mercer was actually the second person to do the voice of Popeye. For the first few cartoons, William Costello (a/k/a Red Pepper Sam) was the voice of Popeye.
THANKS FOR ADDING THIS.I WENT INTO THE COMMENTS TO FIND THE NAME OF THE FIRST.THE REASON BEING IS THAT HE WAS FEATURED IN A SONG FROM THE 30'S THAT IS REAL COOL.HOPE I CAN FIND IT.THANKS
But Costello was fired on account of being an asshole to work with, so when the Fleischers saw how good Mercer’s voice was, they hired him on the spot.
There was one other person who did the voice of Popeye in between William Costello and Jack Mercer, in "Be Kind To Aminals". It's a really weird voice. I used to think that it was Disney voice actor Candy Candido because in a magazine interview he said that he did Popeye's voice in only one Fleischer Popeye cartoon (because his price was so high) and that "I was the lowest Popeye ever.". But now I think that he misremembered studios and actually did some of Popeye's voice in one of the Popeye cartoons released in 1946 (and made while Jack Mercer was serving in WWII), "Peep in the Deep", with some of Popeye's lines done by Jack Mercer, maybe while he was on leave. I think the oddball voice in "Be Kind To Aminals" is Floyd Buckley, who was one of the voices of Popeye in the Popeye radio series. I have a 78RPM record of "Floyd Buckley, Radio's Popeye" singing songs from the Fleischer cartoons like "A Clean Shaven Man" and "Brotherly Love", along with an original song, "Popeye on Parade".
I used to watch this all the time with my mom when I was little. Thank you so much for the memories.
This was back in the day when there was a proper order of questioning the contestants, no profanity or rudeness.
I thought when Gene Rayburn got the buzzer, he was going to say was going to say an expletive @ 15:01. God...
Snowflake
Weird to realize he also voiced Felix the Cat... His first wife Margie Hines was the original voice of Betty Boop, and later voiced Olive Oyl and SweePea for several years
Classic cartoon voices no matter what!
How excellent. Such a talent!
She only voiced Olive Oyl when production of Popeye moved to Miami (circa 1939-1943). When it returned to New York, Mae Questel reprised the role of Olive Oyl.
@@theodorecarter6601 Yes! Questel was later well known for being Aunt Bluebell in the paper towel TV commercials for several years, and she also had a small part in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Utterly charming to see/hear the man behind Popeye...
Civility, it’s gone. These tapes are a map for a way back.
WOW ! After all these years I finally found out who did the voice of Popeye the Sailor! My childhood revisited. I’m DEFINITELY keeping this video!
Back when everyday folks -- the audience in this case -- dressed up for a special outing such as this. Same thing with traveling. You wouldn't think about getting on an airplane without a suit or sport coat and nice slacks. People took pride in their appearance.
BACK WEN YO MOTHER GAVE ME SUM
He rests his case
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I used to watch this show with my dad. I was only 7 in 1974, but I loved it. Same with Truth or Consequences, Beat the Clock and a couple of others I can't remember. Good memories.
Were the same age! Did you watch Hee Haw?
Number 2 was so obvious, I expected him to have spinach stuck between his teeth.
;-);-)
I love how he wasn’t the slightest bit hesitant to do the voice. Nowadays you get an eyeroll, a sigh and “I guess I could” before any voice actors give demonstrations of their characters’ voices. I wish more famous people were like that now.
No actors today !!! Reality shows, because the IDIOTS CAN NOT ACT !!! Only trash and coke heads in corrupt Hollywood
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@@TWayneD1020 OK Boomer
I wouldn't say that. These are human beings. They aren't deity to be worshiped, or machines where you stick a coin in and pull a lever to expect a programmed-response. They have feelings and moods just like you do. Maybe you've had a bad experience, but I suggest that you confine the criticism to THAT or THOSE individuals and not lump everyone in the same basket because it's easier.
I've met celebrities at conventions where things were the greatest. For instance, Taimak who played Bruce Leroy in _The Last Dragon._ That meeting was uncomfortable because he lied to me about something and even before that if felt like he didn't want me at his table, but he did sign two autographs for me. Always choose to look at the positive even when acknowledging the negative.)
99% of all famous-people I have met have been gracious, warm, and friendly. In 2019 I, met Cam Clarke, Townsend Coleman, Barry Gordon, and Rob Paulsen. The original voice-actors of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. They were all fantastic.
No, I didn't ask them to "do the voices" because it was enough for me just to meet them. I already know what the voice sounds like. I'm there to meet the PERSON behind the voice. Not the character that they voice. Townsend Coleman did his Michelangelo voice without me even _having_ to ask for it. I talked to Barry Gordon about him voicing the Nestle Quik rabbit back in the day. He was engaging about that history.
These are people. Treat them as such.
In Jack's case he had never gotten screen credit as the voice of Popeye for the 22 years he's done his voice for the theatrical cartoons. Not an expert on the 60s and 70s TV cartoons though... He also was not the original voice actor, as Billy Costello was the VA from 1933 to 1935. And later on in Costello's life, he claimed to have always been the voice of Popeye, even though that is very much not the case and very obvious when you listen to Popeye's voice prior to "King of the Mardi Gras" and compare it with the aforementioned cartoon and onwards
As soon as #2 opened his mouth, Popeye jumped out.
Yeah I think the panel deliberately threw the game. There is no way anyone who isn't deaf could have gotten that wrong unless they just never heard Popeye before and when this show was taped everyone had heard Popeye.
Yes. I had the real Popeye pegged right away. With all the Popeye cartoons I watched as a kid, I'd have punched myself in the face if I had gotten it wrong.
@@nunyabiznez6381 popeye was gay
@@lendrury2771 if you mean happy and care free, yes. Cause thats what gay meant back then before the LGBT community claimed it
Sure did!
What a voice. It's radioactive. And gentle too .
when he did the woo woo at the end I about feel off my couch LMAO oh boy that was awesome
The host is Garry Moore, who was also the host of "I've Got a Secret" and his "The Garry Moore Show."
Mercer, who was the son of actors, wanted to pursue a career in art, beginning as an animator at Fleischer Studios. Beginning in late 1934, the original voice of Popeye, William Costello, became difficult to work with. The Fleischers came across Mercer mimicking Popeye and hired him to replace Costello. Mercer did the voices of Popeye and several other characters for the series, through production at Fleischer, Famous Studios, and King Features Syndicate. He also voiced the opening lines to the 1980 "Popeye" movie. Mercer's other work included "Felix the Cat," for which he voiced all of the characters, and "The Mighty Hercules."
They forgot to mention; Jack Mercer was also the head writer of the entire Popeye series.
Well, I have seen Jack Mercer's face before, so I recognize him. But there were a couple of moments where Popeye's craggy voice comes out quite clearly.
Any voice actors on this show can’t get by my ears! I know immediately every time.
I would gladly pay Jack Mercer Tuesday for a hamburger today.
Fond, funny memories.
Wow this is so cool - as a kid in the 60s I watched this when it was originally aired. I knew immediately who the real Popeye was because I recognized the voice!
+vegaslover777 lol me too!
What a voice and what a man
Jack Mercer was one of the greatest. No one could scat like he did as Popeye walked down the street, his Wimpy voice also was the greatest and is SO missed by all. A gentile GIANT. No one will ever compare.
When I first saw this in 1974, I KNEW which one of them was Jack. He voiced so many cartoons (including ALL the voices for "Felix the Cat"), I could tell what his "normal" voice sounded like.
+Barry I. Grauman jack sounded like popeye the moment he stared talking causw i imnaged popeye in the show
Never thought of that, but yeah, Popeye was a great scatter.
Better than scatman ;)
Mel Blanc's the best ever.
He was the voice of Popeye for almost 50 years.
Yes until his death , and if you watch the end of the Popeye movie starring Robin Williams, the coda, which is the summation at the end of the film before the credits, dedicates the film to him.
@@the9-2-5outlawdoestech9 Thanks; I didn't remember that. Of course, I only saw that movie once. It was cast well, but it had some of the most godawful songs I've ever heard.
@@the9-2-5outlawdoestech9 Jack Mercer died on December 7, 1984 4 years. Why would they dedicate the movie to him before he died?
❤the original Popeye the sailorman
@@lloydkline6946 Actually, he was the 2nd voice. Billy Costello voiced Popeye for the first 2 years before being fired for becoming impossible to work with. He was replaced by Mercer in 1935. If you watch some of the earliest Popeye shorts (like "Axe Me Another"), you'll notice the difference between their voices. Costello was somewhat brassier.
I knew it was number 2. Voice said it all. One very talented man for sure.
Loved it. Loved it. Used to watch that show all the time with my mom and dad.
Widowhood is an extremely important subject Thank Goodness in this day and age Professor Lopata's pioneering groundbreaking communication about widowhood is quite the topic of conversation among all walks of family and social gatherings. Thank You Professor Lopata..
Bill Cullen was a sharp game player as well as a game show host.
Loved 'Popeye' as a kid. So neat now after all these years to see the man, or should I say...the voice behind 'Popeye'
Interesting that Jack looks a bit like Popeye the way Allen Reed looked like Fred Flintstone.
MJ C or Jackie Gleason....
MJ C Alan Reed was on The Addam's Family episode- Cousin Itt Visits The Addams Family.
I met a following voice of Popeye at Comic Con in San Diego. He gave a talk on voice acting and demonstrated his two level voice at the same time trick for Popeye. His name is Maurice LaMarche.
ruclips.net/video/bF6q2LYOBI8/видео.html
(Though Maurice LaMarche is best-known as the voice of "The Brain".)
I always loved the little mumbling, skiddly-doo words he constantly uttered. So funny!
Childhood memories....great show...'Concentration', 'Truth or Consequences', and 'Password' were also favs..... 'Jeopardy' today is still my all-time favorite,-- even if I only get around 40% correct! Lol.
11:34 unbelievable that Jack is able to hit two different notes at the same time with his throat, wow.
You probably know, but I think that one of the notes is from whistling. 👍🏻
Superb! Thanks so much for sharing this. The syndicated TTTT was always one of my favorite shows and this is a reminder of the good old days of GSN
THANK you so much my friend for posting this. So awesome and he was the greatest!
This is a pure classic treasure.
The one who looked the least like Popeye in real life. But I've seen pictures of Jack Mercer, so I recognized him. He played Popeye for so many years.
I knew which one was Mercer immediately, when #2 spoke his name at the introduction.
if you look at number 2 contestant popeye he really does have that look of robin williams (popeye movie) almost uncanny
Come on number 2 is so obvious.
#2 was Popeye as soon as he spoke; and with some resemblance too. God bless you sir, for all of the childhood memories.
That's the one I was picking with number two he just had that voice after all these years it was good to see who he was
Could you imagine being in a room with him, Mel Blanc, plus a case of beer?? Lol
he did Popeye as well as Felix the Cat. "Righty O" "Felix's Laugh.
Also he did the voice for Poopdeck Pappy, Popeye's nephews, and J. Wellington Wimpy.
@@pernelldh He also did the voice of Bluto in some of the Popeye cartoons released in 1940 like "Fightin' Pals" and "Nurse Mates". For some reason he did the voice of Brutus in one of the made-for-TV Popeye cartoons from the early 1960's, "Sea No Evil", instead of Jackson Beck. And he did the voice of Brutus in the Saturday Superstar Movie "Popeye Meets The Man Who Hated Laughter" from the early 1970's.
Geeez! Number 2 was so obvious. Sounded like Popeye.
Yeah, you got that right, it's obvious indeed.
cutemimi25 That's exactly why I didn't vote 2 -.-
***** yeah...this was the most obvious one in the history of the show...no one could disguise that voice...they are idiots for not guessing it
+Paul Wardle I agree. How they couldn't tell by that voice from the opening, I'll never know. Maybe it really was so obvious.
Yeah, and when he said he had been an inbetweener, it showed that he had knowledge of animation.
I love this , this should definitely come back if it could somehow
I thought it was obvious once they talked.
Gene Rayburn made the best 4th member of the panel for me. Joe Garagiola is also quite good in that regard too. Thanks for sharing this episode with us.
Jack Mercer and many others are the cartoon voices that entertained generations of children . We thank them for the good memories that will live forever .
This should never have been in doubt. You can hear Popeye the instant the real Mercer speaks. I've seen many early images of him. What a schnozola he had.
How I wish I could have been in that audience! Would have loved to give Jack a standing O!
Fact: Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen was named after Jimmy 'Popeye' Doyle from the movie, "The French Connection," but not from the cartoon sailor.
Pernell Harrison However, the Popeyes franchise near Times Square, a few decades ago, had a big likeness of the sailor man near the entrance.
As for Popeye, "Ida says it was number two, Ug, ug ug ug!!!".
That was mentioned in a recent episode of "The Food That Built America" on the History Channel. (I think the restaurant was originally named Chicken on the Run.) But they eventually used Popeye the Sailor in their advertising. I have a set of 4 glasses from Popeye's Fried Chicken (Popeye; Olive Oyl; Swee'pea; Brutus) that I bought at a flea market in 1987. I think they're from the late 1970's
In the 1930s cartoons Popeye made all kinds of hilarious ad libs under his breath.
I watched Popeye the Sailor Man when I was real young as long as I can remember I loved the cartoon and I still do it was a good old days back then when things were nice and not so bad like Bob Hope said Thanks for the Memories
His voice overs were great too. One of a kind.. That's why they gave Popeye the pipe- so they wouldn't have to always animate his mouth to match Mercer's streams of hilarious ad libs.
On #2, I thought the voice was close enough, that I thought it was him but what sold it for me was when he mentioned being an "inbetweener." I know a little about classic animation and I know the best paid artists draw the "key frames" and other lesser paid technicians/artists draw the frames in between. But I had never heard the expression "inbetweener". The fact that he came up with a word I had never heard and used it in a way I instantly knew was correct by context, I could tell he was an industry insider. Thats what really convinced me.
He also played a villain in one of the Max Fleischer "Superman" cartoons. I got the whole collection and recognized his voice immediately.
Actually..Jim? Jack did the voices of two villains in two"Superman"movie cartoons.."The Mad Scientist"(Where Jack performed the voice of the title character)and "The Japotuers"(In which he was the voice of the leader of saboteurs)...Ironically? the gentleman..who performed the voices of"Clark Kent & Superman"in those movie cartoons..would later become the first host/moderator of"To Tell The Truth"..Bud Collyer.
@@kevinbutler1955NYC I think Jack Mercer also voiced the villain in "The Mechanical Monsters".
I knew it was #2 the instant he spoke. When the character Popeye does those little asides it sounded exactly like #2's normal voice.
I heard popeye in Jack's voice, the instant he said hello. I thought the first game was an easy one.
I did too! I heard Popeye in his voice immediately. And I have not seen an episode for almost 30 years! It's a shame that it's not shown for today's kids to see.
I had the same experience with someone from the early days of KDKA in Pittsburgh. As soon as I heard his voice, I thought, "He should be in radio!" (He knew Bill Cullen, so Bill and Garry switched places for that game.)
Heck yeah I noticed the second he opened his mouth..
and four year later, jack mercer recreated the role of popeye in "the all-new popeye hour"
Reprised, not recreated.
Somebody needs to tell Kitty Carlisle that Jack Mercer never did the voice of Olive Oyl. She was voiced primarily (but not exclusively) by Mae Questel.
True...Margie Hines also did Olive and was the wife of Jack Mercer
Mae Questel also played Aunt Bethany in the National Lampoon Christmas Vacation... "Is this the airport Clark ?"
Mae Questel also provided the voice of Betty Boop.
Probably the most obvious one out of all of these I've seen. Loved Popeye as a kid
thank you for posting this I never knew what jack mercer even looked like and yeah childhood hero of mine up there with mel blanc, tom Cullen and others who worked on hb toons WAY before :D cartoon network and some of it's YOU CALL THESE TOONS.
Life must have been better back then. Nothing better to do but watch game shows like this.
I had to look this video up because my Mom was watching To Tell The Truth and was telling me about one of the gentlemen did the voice of Popeye. Unfortunately I needed to use the restroom so I didn't get to see which one it was although I heard Jack singing the Popeye song. Sooo here I am on RUclips and wasn't disappointed. Take care everyone 😊
Shows today dont compare with these old game shows...funny and thought proving
I picked number 2 when they introduced him.
Yup, me too
@Bill C.
Yeah that was pretty obvious.
Me as well!
Could tell it right off the bat......
If you want to jump to the best part at 11:17 and it's just so amazing to hear that voice coming out of somebody that doesn't look like the cartoon version of Popeye.
I was very surprised to see Bill Cullen actually walk on stage (albeit briefly) as he had contracted polio as a child and had a very pronounced limp that was usually hidden from TV audiences. I caught a brief glimpse of him on a show he hosted settling into his chair and it was obvious from what little I saw that he had great difficulty in walking at least some of the time.
As I remember, he usually walked in when he appeared on the 1969-'78 version.
Very accurate! The limp was usually well-hidden from the TV audience
I really enjoyed watching this video with Jack Mercer. The RUclips channel,Hoosier History Legends and Heroes, did a video of Jack Mercer and suggested watching this episode of To Tell The Truth with Jack Mercer on it. It was great putting a face with the voice. And yes, Jack was born in Indiana.
It's easy to know who the real Popeye is because of the voice.
Jack Mercer played Popeye and wrote story scripts for the Max Fleischer cartoons in the 1930s and 1940s, The Famous Studios/Paramount cartoons in the 1940s and 1950s, the King Features Syndicate cartoons in the 1960s directed by Gene Deitch, Jack Kinney, Larry Harmon, and William L. Snyder, and the Hanna-Barbera cartoons in the 1970s and early 1980s. Mercer died in 1984.
Maurice LaMarche played Popeye in Hanna-Barbera's "Popeye and Son" cartoons in 1986.
+artytoons Jack Mercer also did Popeye in that 1986 series
+WayBackMachineOne Mercer died in 1984. Maurice LaMarche played Popeye in "Popeye and Son" in 1986.
But for some reason they passed on Mae Questel for Olive in the HB series'. At least she was employed as "Aunt Bluebell".
Marilyn Schreffler played Olive Oyl in the Hanna-Barbera "Popeye" and "Popeye and Son" cartoons. Schreffler was a familiar voice performer for H-B having played Brenda the Teen Angel in the "Captain Caveman" cartoons among other roles. She died young from cancer at age 42 in 1988...when "Popeye and Son" was airing on CBS in midseason. (correction: "Popeye and Son" ran from September 1987 to September 1988. Schreffler died in January 1988) Jack Mercer played Wimpy in the 1950s Paramount cartoons. Daws Butler played Wimpy in the Hanna-Barbera cartoons
artytoons HB must have thought that Questel sounded too old for Olive.
The Hoosier History Legends and Heroes channel did a video about Jack Mercer. She suggested we check this out. I'm glad I did.
I realize it’s about 45 years since this show was taped. Some things are still the same now as they were then. Regarding widows. I’m a woman who used to work in a stock brokerage company. I was the assistant to a couple of brokers. Most of our clients were very well off. It always amazed me how many widows were unaware of their husband’s finances, even the finances of maintaining their house. These women were ashamed that they didn’t know, even though it was their husband’s fault for not sitting them down and showing them where things were. My father was one of these men. He had all money accounts in his name only, except a checking account he had with my mother.
I sat him down and asked him, if he died before Mom, how Mom was going to pay for his funeral. I asked him how she was going to pay the bills, buy groceries, etc. he never thought about that. He knew everything was going to her if he died first. He had set up a trust and put all his money in the trust, as well as his car and the house. But he had failed to make it so that Mom had access to all that now.
We changed his trust. I was appointed both of my parents legal guardian, just in case they became ill. He added Mom and me to his trust and worded it so that we all had access to the assets in his trust and that we could act independently of each other. They both added me to their checking accounts. It turned out to be a blessing. Soon after Mom died. Dad was a basket case and was unable to do anything. I was the one who took care of the funeral and everything. Dad never recovered from his grief. For 5 years he was inconsolable. I was so relieved to not have to ask him money matter questions. He developed Alzheimer’s, and finally was able to be with Mom again.
I strongly urge all of you to check your accounts and any other assets you may have. Get with your spouse, children, a family member or friend and make sure they will not have the burden of trying to figure out your estate.
I do have to say this. Check with an attorney or the IRS, etc. Since Dad had put all his assets into his trust’s name, his estate did not have to go to probate court and no estate taxes were paid. I think if you die with less than $10,000 in your individual name you don’t pay those estate taxes. Check with a CPA or someone who knows tax law.
When TV was wholesome and watchable, you kids wouldnt understand.
I understand I hear what you're saying I was born in 66 but grew up in the 70s awesome time
@@randybuchert3283 U GREW UP IN 1773
@@tankjohnson5857 I'm trying to figure out what you mean, I was born in 1966, and then I said I grew up in the 70s when this show aired it was 1974, so I was 8 years old that's what I'm trying to say I grew up in the 70s
Great episode, 2 of the Judges are 2 of the greatest game show hosts, Bill Cullen "known from Blockbusters, Child's Play, and Hot Potato", and Gene Rayburn "known from Match Game"
And the original Price Is Right!
+cutemimi25 And let us not forget: Mr. Cullen was the original host for the original "The Price Is Right" AND.... the game show that came later..."Eye Guess".
+cutemimi25 Please don't forget,Blankety Blanks,Three on a Match,Winning Streak.
Kurt Kauffman I didn't know about those shows...
I knew #2 was Mr. Mercer the second I heard him speak. I knew it couldn't be #3 because he said the voice came AFTER the animation which is incorrect. They do the voices first except maybe with low quality animation.
No, actually the technique Fleischer used when Jack Mercer started voicing Popeye WAS INDEED to lay down the sound last. That's how Mercer started ad libbing sotto voce for close-mouthed Popeye.
They couldn't get a vintage Fleischer clip (with Mercer ad-libbing while Popeye's mouth didn't move)?
Trivia Time: the real creator of Popeye's voice was William "Billy" Costello (1898-1971), a vaudeville scat singer. He made 26 cartoons for the Fleischer studio, from Popeye's debut in "Popeye the Sailor Man" (1933) to "You Gotta Be a Football Hero" (1935). Costello established all of Popeye's key vocal traits, including his gravelly tones, high staccato laugh, and under the breath mutterings. But he didn't handle fame well, and became difficult to work with. Actress Mae Questel, who voiced Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, said "Success went to his head so fast it was ridiculous". One day Costello showed up at the studio and announced he wouldn't work until he was given a raise and a vacation. He got the vacation - a permanent one. Jack Mercer was indeed an "inbetweener" (an apprentice animator) for Fleischer, and he landed the replacement gig simply because studio music director Lou Fleischer overheard him entertaining his fellow artists with a "really good" Popeye impression. This became a lifelong career for Mercer. As for Costello, he toured Europe as "The Original Voice of Popeye" and made some recordings doing the voice for British labels (which are available on RUclips), until the start of World War II drove him back to the states. He ended up managing a trailer park in San Jose, California, where he died. A picture of Popeye is engraved on his tombstone.
Regarding the Fleisher/Famous Studios & later Paramount (which is actually jointly owned by Warner Bros. & Viacom [parent company of Nickelodeon, CBS, MTV, QVC, Home Shopping Network, Game Show Network, etc.], which is ironic, since the later Robin Williams 1981 live-action film adaptation with the famous comedian in the title role was actually distributed by Disney in some aspects & all three networks of family entertainment have been rivaling competitors for many years) cartoons (now under the King Features Syndicate label), although William "Billy" Costello may have been the first voice actor for _Popeye_ in animation with Jack Mercer succeeding him, but E.G. Segar created Popeye as part of his Thimble Theater newspaper comic. In fact, the strip simply became _Popeye_ due to the one-eyed, anchor-tattooed sailor's popularity, despite being originally conceived as a one-off, since the strip initially focused on lanky Olive's family, her original beau Ham Gravy & the beefy, burly Bluto (later renamed Brutus briefly, due to copyright legalities), prior to Popeye & the hamburger-mooching J. Wellington Wimpy becoming far popular than Olive's soon-to-be-hapless ex Ham Gravy, her family (who were actually prominently featured in the live-action film, since it was based on Segar's strip far more than the rerunning cartoons) & the other Sweethaven townsfolk (for example, Roughouse, the local diner cook, Mr. Geissel, a bearded salesman who adamantly detests Wimpy's "I'll gladly pay you Tuesday" mooching so much that he makes it a point to state the portly burger-eater should "kilt [killed] to death", the various unnamed unruly patrons who ultimately raise Popeye's ire, bald boxer Ox Meat - whose depiction in the 1981 Robin Williams film calls to mind just recently deceased professional wrestler, King Kong Bundy, just like how the Dreamworks resident ogre Shrek voiced by Saturday Night Live alum Michael Meyers has his facial features & stock frame actually based on a real-life, long-since-passed pro wrestler of foreign background, which explains the pro wrestling handicap match Shrek & Donkey have against Lord Faarquad's knights in the first Shrek film - whom Popeye handily defeats after switching from rubbing the head of the mystical Whiffle Hen upon consuming a bit of garlic in favor of the more memorable & health-conscious spinach plant in canned form, as the primary go-to for the source of his untapped strength, as the Whiffle Hen is replaced in animation by doglike Eugene the Jeep & we're further introduced to other seemingly fantastical characters of Popeye's world, such as the witchy Sea Hag as Popeye's first major villain before regularly duking it out with Bluto/Brutus for stick-thin Olive's fickle affections & Missing Link-like Alice the Goon from the fitting isle of Goon Land, which is, obviously, full of giant humanoids beings with long noses like Alice (who actually has quite the soft spot for the wonky-eyed, butt-chinned sailor, although his devotion to Olive cannot be surpassed), as well as finally meeting Popeye's cantankerous father Poopdeck Pappy (who, as portrayed by Ray W. in the 1981 film, is "disgustipated" [disgusted] that his only "orfink oxspring" [orphan offspring] refuses to eat spinach, even though the leafy vegetable "is what kept our family strong for thousands of years. His mudda [mother] ups & dies? And he wouldn't eat his spinach. The whole country in a Depresskin [Depression]? And he wouldn't eat his spinach...") after his son "rescues" him from a island castaway prison (which the old sod was quite happily miserable being in, thank you, no thanks to his son & his so-called morality & "family values").
Fun Fact: Olive Oyl was voiced by Mae Questel who played Aunt Bethany in Christmas Vacation.
Mae Questel is Most Famous for voicing Betty Boop , She Reprised Her role in Who Framed Roger Rabbit
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Popeye was a childhood friend...so many memories awesome.
R.I.P Jack Mercer (1910 - 1984)
The voice of Olive Oyl is Mae Questel (Aunt Bethany from 'Christmas Vacation')
I loved this show when I was a kid
The funny thing was that Jack Mercer was married to Margaret Hines, who did the voices of Olive Oyl and Swee' Pea for many years, and the voice of Betty Boop earlier.
Mae Questel was the voice of Betty Boop, and Olive Oyl in the 1930's and 40's.
@@johnbockelie3899 Margie Hines did the voices of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl when the studio temporarily relocated to Miami for about 5 years. She did Olive's voice from "Cops Is Always Right" (the last Popeye cartoon released in 1938) until "The Marry Go Round" (the last Popeye cartoon released in 1943). Mae Questel resumed doing Olive's voice in the second Popeye cartoon released in 1944, "The Anvil Chorus Girl", which was also the first time Jackson Beck did Bluto's voice. (But I don't know who did Olive's deep "Latin" voice in the first Popeye cartoon released in 1944, "W'ere On Our Way To Rio". It must have been made while the studio was still in Miami because Dave Barry did Bluto's voice.)
(But I can't give you an exact timeline for Betty Boop.)
@James Feldman Supposedly there was newsreel footage of the wedding, with Jack Mercer saying his vows in his Popeye voice. But I think it's "lost" now.
Side note: When Jack was unavailable and in the military, Mae Questel the voice of Betty Boop did Popeyes voice.
I picked No2 as soon as he spoke. Body language also gave it away.
Judging by your icon pic you’d be justified saying “The new number two”.....
He does the voice at 11:15
Jack Mercer looked and sounded like Geddy Lee (I mean his speaking voice).
BTW Popeye was my favorite character when I was a child. :D
lol Geddy Lee ?! haha 🇨🇦
Fun fact: Jack Mercer's (Popeye) first wife was Margie Hines, who voided Olive Oyl from 1938-44.