This is NOT Billy Costello doing the "Popeye" voice. IT IS POLEY McCLINTOCK, who co-founded the band with Fred Waring's brother Tom at Penn State. He was doing this voice on records in the mid-to-late 1920s, several years before the first Popeye cartoon. It is likely that Billy Costello, aka "Red Pepper Sam," was trying to imitate Poley McClintock (who remained with Waring's Pennsylvanians long past the group's transformation into a large chorale).
I would like to congratulate "bixfan78" for an immeasurable contribution to the history of this bizarre and very rare snippet from history. I consider myself a Popeye expert - and if not for bixfan78 - I'd be a scramblin' to put some sense into this indescribable piece of cinematic " must see"! Thanks again sir for a massive contribution to not only MY personal understanding of Popeyes history, but the early animation scene..Bravo.....!!!
Billy Costello, AKA Red Pepper Sam, was long before Jack Mercer. He began doing the Popeye voice in 1933 and started working for the Fleischer Studios even earlier. However, I am positive that this is not Billy Costello at all. Anyone who's heard any of his great scat records from the 1920s would be able to tell the difference. This is not the man who was the original voice of Popeye.
@@thefinalthefirst5638 But he was a percussionist, singer, and uke player. Could be him, just a bad recording... he's not close miked, so you're missing frequencies.
Have you heard any of the recordings I mentioned? He did nobody sweetheart, Dinah, and others... This just doesn't sound like him... Costello when he was singing scat would make his voice sound like a musical instrument somewhat more similar to Cliff Edwards in the 20s but way more radical. It doesn't look like him, it doesn't sound like him, it isn't done in his style... It's just not Billy Costello.
Hey Sergeant, I suggested you do a search on red pepper Sam on RUclips music. It will bring you not only Billy Costello's recordings but also the recordings he did in the 1920s under that pseudonym. If you listen to them you'll understand what I mean about the far greater range that Billy Costello had in his scat singing only some of which he used when he performed as Popeye. Thanks for the feedback, it's great to run into someone who is enthusiastic about this subject matter!
This short film with a band member has nothing to do with cartoons. The fellow with the gruff voice is not Billy Costello. nor is this the soundtrack to the animated cartoon.. however, your comment is very accurate in the general sense.
Hate to tell you there's NEVER been a time without the inequality and shit. It's just that the inequality RATIO got too much in favor of the ultra-wealthy - and you Trumpers are just helping the rich get richer. You know, when you're at the carnival and you smack the mallet down to eject the metal cylinder that flies high up to ring the bell to see how 'strong' you are? - 'cept you can't hit any higher than 30 (out of 100). And I won't get into sex, drugs, and the fact Nat King Cole (or any other black performer or musician STILL couldn't stay at a whites only hotel in the South until the 1960s and had to sleep in 'safe houses (friends)'...
@@MarcoGamer640Productions2012 I think he meant a general feeling of innocence felt as children. As such, most of us weren't aware of the terrible things that were happening. Don't ridicule a person for the "ambiance" they remember experiencing. I don't mean to speak for Sheldon Rose, just my read on it.
Hello friends, growing up I lived next to an old man that said he was the original popeye voices and he would do them for us. We thought he was full of it but fun none the less, until I saw him on a talk show and in the paper for signing autographs at the Oregon state fair. For the life of me I can’t remember his name. Any ideas? He lived in clackamas Oregon at the time. Late 70s
No, this isn't the first Popeye voice. That kind of voice was used in minstrels and vaudeville long before this. Billy Golden was using it on records by the aughts of the 1900s and possibly 1890s. Gene Greene was using it by the teens.
According to the information beneath the video, this singer is Poley McClintock. But Popeye's first voice was William Arnold Costello who appeared in Popeyes first animated cartoon in 1933
That's incorrect. He appeared in 1919, when he,and several other characters were created. They were all added into thimble theatre strips by 1920, however , these strips were rejected because they didn't include ham gravy. By 1929 though, they were finally able to rerelease these stories that were already created back in 1919.
Where do you work-a, John? On the Delaware-Lackawann; What do you do-a, John? I push-a, push-a, push. What do you push-a, John? I push-a, push-a the truck. Where do push-a, John? On the Delaware-Lackawanna, wanna, wanna, wanna, The Delaware-Lackawann!
My papa use to sing this song all the time when I was small. He started it off as a story and then ended with the song. ....A long time ago, a John and a Joe, and John he came from Italy and when they met up the other day here is what they had to say... Now sing what you wrote! Perfect 🥰 Childhood memories thank you for writing the lyrics.
That is not Billy Costello, Bevis! And you damn well should know. Furthermore, there's no mention anywhere a billy Costello ever working for Fred Waring. You just made that up. Fake!
This is absolutely not Jack Mercer because Jack Mercer and Billy Costellos Popeyes sound VERY different; Mercer's was a long more sing-songy and happy, whereas Costello's was a lot more beat-up and angrier sounding And THIS voice IS COSTELLO'S voice. Not that I think it was Costello either; I think this was just one of those weird vocal effects jazz singers used to do
Here's a comparison I did of Costello's Popeye VS Mercer's impression of Costello, VS the time Costello came back for a couple cartoons and did a PERFECT impression of Mercer's impression of him twitter.com/everyfan3417/status/1106648439507611649
It sounds like Popeye but I wouldn't count on it BEING Popeye. I actually have this record! (Just not this version.) Now I have visuals to connect it to! BRUNSWICK / 3408 / BILLY HARPER / WHERE DO YOU WORK-A, JOHN? (PUSH-A PUSH-A PUSH)
I don't know why it says "Poley McClintock - Vocal". That's Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, behind the drum set. Isn't it? (He even does Mercer's "train whistle", which mercer later did on a tv game show.
Mercer was a teenager at the time this film was made. He was born in 1910. This was (as many have already stated) Poley McClintock. McClintock never actually voiced Popeye AFAIK, but he came up with the "gravelly" voice that William Costello and, later, Jack Mercer used as Popeye.
For about 3 years. Jack Mercer took over after Costello was fired. But neither had anything to do with this film. Costello had his own career, and Mercer was 17 at the time this film was made.
I’m Popeye the sailor man, I’m Popeye the sailor man, I ain’t like Bluto, I’m smarter, cause I eat spinach for dessert, main dish and starter, I’m Popeye the sailor man.
I thought the same thing. 1927 was I think the first year sound was introduced to film, starring Al Jolson, so I thought this would be later, like maybe early 30s.
@@leeschloss4840 -- There were experimental sound films going back to the early 1900s. The process was being perfected well before The Jazz Singer, and some musical films and cartoons, especially by Max Fleischer, go back to 1925.
@@rufust.firefly2474 It IS sound-on-film. The date might be more like 1929 judging they the technique. It appears that there were three cameras in a booth, each focused on three different angles and distances to allow for cutaways.
yes, Paramount distributed to Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons from the very beginning in 1933. officially, it's claimed that Costello was very hard to work with and that he was fired when he demanded a vacation in the middle a production. This is it hard to believe because the Fletcher Popeye's or post recorded ( the animation was done first, then the soundtrack) and rehearsals and recording time will probably minimal. Although castello's Gravely tones will forever be imitated by anyone doing a pop by voice, somebody Ali ministration didn't like him personally. Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, claimed that she did the Popeye voice for a couple of cartoons and the tech crew slowed her down. Then Mercer came in to take over the voice. One of, if not the only, interim cartoon was, "Be Kind to Aminals" (1935) in which obviously neither Costello nor Mercer is present.
Turn to Jesus today repent and turn away from the world and unto the Father in a beautiful you which he made for you to become repent and turn to Jesus and ask for forgiveness in his name and read his parables lest Satan takes it all away from you in your Heart about Jesus
None of this crazy ranting has anything to do with Popeye or Popeyes first voice or Billy Costello or Jack Mercer anything pertinent to what is being commented upon! So shut up all of you!
what a marvelous time capsule!
This is NOT Billy Costello doing the "Popeye" voice. IT IS POLEY McCLINTOCK, who co-founded the band with Fred Waring's brother Tom at Penn State. He was doing this voice on records in the mid-to-late 1920s, several years before the first Popeye cartoon. It is likely that Billy Costello, aka "Red Pepper Sam," was trying to imitate Poley McClintock (who remained with Waring's Pennsylvanians long past the group's transformation into a large chorale).
Correct.
Yes
It also says it in the description
This song was used in a Betty Boop cartoon 1931 that’s where Max Fleischer. Got the idea !!
I would like to congratulate "bixfan78" for an immeasurable contribution to the history of this bizarre and very rare snippet from history. I consider myself a Popeye expert - and if not for bixfan78 - I'd be a scramblin' to put some sense into this indescribable piece of cinematic " must see"! Thanks again sir for a massive contribution to not only MY personal understanding of Popeyes history, but the early animation scene..Bravo.....!!!
This was a talented man. Drums and Popeyes voice. Give him a pay raise.
I really enjoy seeing the faces behind the voices of the characters.
well, you're not seeing it now because this ain't him
This is incredible quality for a 92 year old clip. How did they preserve it?
Pretty good if it’s in this quality
@@huntersvideos905 lmao nice answer bro
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Spinach
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I love this human entertainment pinocle
I thought William Costello came before Jack Mercer, but regardless, this was a real treat. Thanks for posting.
I'm pretty sure he did come before Mercer.
Billy Costello, AKA Red Pepper Sam, was long before Jack Mercer. He began doing the Popeye voice in 1933 and started working for the Fleischer Studios even earlier. However, I am positive that this is not Billy Costello at all. Anyone who's heard any of his great scat records from the 1920s would be able to tell the difference. This is not the man who was the original voice of Popeye.
@@thefinalthefirst5638 But he was a percussionist, singer, and uke player. Could be him, just a bad recording... he's not close miked, so you're missing frequencies.
Have you heard any of the recordings I mentioned? He did nobody sweetheart, Dinah, and others... This just doesn't sound like him... Costello when he was singing scat would make his voice sound like a musical instrument somewhat more similar to Cliff Edwards in the 20s but way more radical. It doesn't look like him, it doesn't sound like him, it isn't done in his style... It's just not Billy Costello.
Hey Sergeant, I suggested you do a search on red pepper Sam on RUclips music. It will bring you not only Billy Costello's recordings but also the recordings he did in the 1920s under that pseudonym. If you listen to them you'll understand what I mean about the far greater range that Billy Costello had in his scat singing only some of which he used when he performed as Popeye. Thanks for the feedback, it's great to run into someone who is enthusiastic about this subject matter!
Amazing how much effort and talent went into making a cartoon back then as opposed to the computer garbage they churn out today!
This short film with a band member has nothing to do with cartoons. The fellow with the gruff voice is not Billy Costello. nor is this the soundtrack to the animated cartoon.. however, your comment is very accurate in the general sense.
This may not be William Costello, but he does a pretty impressive Popeye voice.
It's Poley McClintock.
Cute inclusion of another popular favorite "Horses" around 1:53 when it comes to brushing the city street!
I have a recording of this song by The Six Jumping Jacks, on the Brunswick label
Makes me wish times were still like this. Without the inequality and shit. These things bring me comfort
Hate to tell you there's NEVER been a time without the inequality and shit. It's just that the inequality RATIO got too much in favor of the ultra-wealthy - and you Trumpers are just helping the rich get richer. You know, when you're at the carnival and you smack the mallet down to eject the metal cylinder that flies high up to ring the bell to see how 'strong' you are? - 'cept you can't hit any higher than 30 (out of 100). And I won't get into sex, drugs, and the fact Nat King Cole (or any other black performer or musician STILL couldn't stay at a whites only hotel in the South until the 1960s and had to sleep in 'safe houses (friends)'...
@@MarcoGamer640Productions2012 I think he meant a general feeling of innocence felt as children. As such, most of us weren't aware of the terrible things that were happening. Don't ridicule a person for the "ambiance" they remember experiencing. I don't mean to speak for Sheldon Rose, just my read on it.
Bless your heart. @Louis Reyna
There was a lot MORE inequality then. It just seems that the balance has shifted in recent years.
These videos bring me comfort as well!!
this is amazing thank you
Funny to hear how Fred Waring started out compared to what he later became.
Love it!
so this was the inspiration for the Popeye voice then
What a gem ty
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love these!!!
Hello friends, growing up I lived next to an old man that said he was the original popeye voices and he would do them for us. We thought he was full of it but fun none the less, until I saw him on a talk show and in the paper for signing autographs at the Oregon state fair. For the life of me I can’t remember his name. Any ideas? He lived in clackamas Oregon at the time. Late 70s
Are you Jim Nance?
How about Jack Mercer.....!
Waring entertaining band.. Collegiate another good video
No, this isn't the first Popeye voice. That kind of voice was used in minstrels and vaudeville long before this. Billy Golden was using it on records by the aughts of the 1900s and possibly 1890s. Gene Greene was using it by the teens.
According to the information beneath the video, this singer is Poley McClintock. But Popeye's first voice was William Arnold Costello who appeared in Popeyes first animated cartoon in 1933
l love it❤️❤️❤️❤️
Love it
that is not Billy Costello
Happy Birthday to the late great William Costello(February 2,1898-October 9,1971)😀👍🏿🎊🎉🎆🎂
Wow!!!
Billy Costello first....then Jack Mercer......
اللهم صل وسلم وبارك على عبدك ورسولك محمدﷺ
The character "Popeye the Sailor" didn't appear until 1929.
That's incorrect. He appeared in 1919, when he,and several other characters were created. They were all added into thimble theatre strips by 1920, however , these strips were rejected because they didn't include ham gravy. By 1929 though, they were finally able to rerelease these stories that were already created back in 1919.
Esto es una obra maestra que grandes músicos 😱🙈🙈🙈
I thought that was froggy from the little rascals.
I love Popeye!
0:53 Pizza Time
This is not Billy Costello, It's Poley McClintock.
Where do you work-a, John?
On the Delaware-Lackawann;
What do you do-a, John?
I push-a, push-a, push.
What do you push-a, John?
I push-a, push-a the truck.
Where do push-a, John?
On the Delaware-Lackawanna, wanna, wanna, wanna,
The Delaware-Lackawann!
My papa use to sing this song all the time when I was small. He started it off as a story and then ended with the song.
....A long time ago, a John and a Joe, and John he came from Italy and when they met up the other day here is what they had to say...
Now sing what you wrote! Perfect 🥰
Childhood memories thank you for writing the lyrics.
@@chrisbenevides67 Did he also sing to you in a Popeye voice?
No he sang in his own voice. In fact I just learned today that the song was related to Popeye lol 🥰
o g poley McClintock is the best Popeye
Anyone here know who the trombone players are? One may be my grandfather. Not sure as I have no pictures that far back
wow is that billy costello ? if it is that is the original voice of popeye who did work for fred waring at one point
It’s Poley McClintock, read the description you dope.
That is not Billy Costello, Bevis! And you damn well should know. Furthermore, there's no mention anywhere a billy Costello ever working for Fred Waring. You just made that up. Fake!
This is absolutely not Jack Mercer because Jack Mercer and Billy Costellos Popeyes sound VERY different; Mercer's was a long more sing-songy and happy, whereas Costello's was a lot more beat-up and angrier sounding
And THIS voice IS COSTELLO'S voice. Not that I think it was Costello either; I think this was just one of those weird vocal effects jazz singers used to do
Here's a comparison I did of Costello's Popeye VS Mercer's impression of Costello, VS the time Costello came back for a couple cartoons and did a PERFECT impression of Mercer's impression of him twitter.com/everyfan3417/status/1106648439507611649
How is this a “Popeye“ voice?
It’s 2 years BEFORE his debut in the Thimble Theatre newspaper strip and a decade before the first cartoon.
Well. 5 or 6 years
It sounds like Popeye but I wouldn't count on it BEING Popeye.
I actually have this record! (Just not this version.) Now I have visuals to connect it to!
BRUNSWICK / 3408 / BILLY HARPER / WHERE DO YOU WORK-A, JOHN? (PUSH-A PUSH-A PUSH)
This is not Billy Costello, who was the first voice of Popeye.
It's Poley McClintock.
So funny!
Was the P for Popeye or Penn State?
Pennsylvanians
Jack Mercer was born in Jan of '10, so he was only 17 years old, here.
well since this is NOT Jack Mercer there's no reason for your calculation in the first place.
I don't know why it says "Poley McClintock - Vocal". That's Jack Mercer, the voice of Popeye, behind the drum set. Isn't it? (He even does Mercer's "train whistle", which mercer later did on a tv game show.
That's not Jack Mercer you dimwit...
Mercer was a teenager at the time this film was made. He was born in 1910. This was (as many have already stated) Poley McClintock. McClintock never actually voiced Popeye AFAIK, but he came up with the "gravelly" voice that William Costello and, later, Jack Mercer used as Popeye.
Who is giving voice for popeye in this video ...?
Popeye didn't exist yet. He was added to the Thimble Theater comic strip in 1929, and his first Max Fleicher cartoon was in 1933.
Omg
wild n out but in the 20th c
Jack mercer
How long did Billy Costello voice Popeye for?
For about 3 years. Jack Mercer took over after Costello was fired. But neither had anything to do with this film. Costello had his own career, and Mercer was 17 at the time this film was made.
Did he eat his spinach
Is he Billy Costello?
This is corn right off the cob...but entertaining, nonetheless.
when college guys could do something? shrug
We are living in shit now.
Not popeye just a guy with a gravely voice . Fun video but click bait .
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Jack mercer always be Popeye and Felix the cat ♥️💜💜💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Who Is That Guy?
Zachary Saulness jack mercer
Elijah The Grim no there was another guy before him
Zachary Saulness and this was 2 years before popeye even became a franchise
The original guy was William Costello aka Red Pepper Sam. If this is the original guy, then that's him.
It’s Poley McClintock, read the description you dopes.
That's Billy Costello?
Mike bRavo no jack mercer
It’s Poley McClintock, read the description you dopes.
It's not Jack Mercer and it's not Billy Costello
You think he's a dope... How about the guy who posted the video and also provided the information on the Fred Waring band's personnel?
I’m Popeye the sailor man, I’m Popeye the sailor man, I ain’t like Bluto, I’m smarter, cause I eat spinach for dessert, main dish and starter, I’m Popeye the sailor man.
Are you sure about the date of 1927 on this?
I thought the same thing. 1927 was I think the first year sound was introduced to film, starring Al Jolson, so I thought this would be later, like maybe early 30s.
It's definitely not a vitaphone short... It sounds like sound on film. I think it's later than 1927
@@leeschloss4840 -- There were experimental sound films going back to the early 1900s. The process was being perfected well before The Jazz Singer, and some musical films and cartoons, especially by Max Fleischer, go back to 1925.
@@rufust.firefly2474 It IS sound-on-film. The date might be more like 1929 judging they the technique. It appears that there were three cameras in a booth, each focused on three different angles and distances to allow for cutaways.
he was the first Popeye but he was to loud when Paramount took over so they fired him
That's just a cover story, classic spin. They stole his creation and paid someone to do it cheaper.
yes, Paramount distributed to Max Fleischer Popeye cartoons from the very beginning in 1933. officially, it's claimed that Costello was very hard to work with and that he was fired when he demanded a vacation in the middle a production. This is it hard to believe because the Fletcher Popeye's or post recorded ( the animation was done first, then the soundtrack) and rehearsals and recording time will probably minimal. Although castello's Gravely tones will forever be imitated by anyone doing a pop by voice, somebody Ali ministration didn't like him personally. Mae Questel, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, claimed that she did the Popeye voice for a couple of cartoons and the tech crew slowed her down. Then Mercer came in to take over the voice. One of, if not the only, interim cartoon was, "Be Kind to Aminals" (1935) in which obviously neither Costello nor Mercer is present.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie incorrect.
@@thefinalthefirst5638 -- Mae Questel took over as the voice of Popeye during the war, while Jack Mercer was in the service.
Turn to Jesus today repent and turn away from the world and unto the Father in a beautiful you which he made for you to become repent and turn to Jesus and ask for forgiveness in his name and read his parables lest Satan takes it all away from you in your Heart about Jesus
None of this crazy ranting has anything to do with Popeye or Popeyes first voice or Billy Costello or Jack Mercer anything pertinent to what is being commented upon! So shut up all of you!