Jack Mercer Movies

A humorous look at the future of suburbia.

Bluto's in the Army; he tries to sneak off base, but can't. Popeye passes by, Bluto invites him in, then swaps uniforms. Popeye ends up in a tank...

A woodpecker keeps a man from sleeping at night in his own home.

It's the night of the Big Fight between Tommy Tortoise and Michael "Moe" Hare. Tommy takes a beating at first and "Moe" knocks him through the...

A jazzbo cat is playing jazz in his home when he is disturbed by the mouse orchestra hidden within his wall.

Popeye and Olive take his nephews on a picnic. They don't want to eat their spinach, so Popeye tells them about his school days, when Bluto...

Olive asks Popeye to walk her dainty new poodle Reggie, to his intense embarrassment. Bluto comes by with his bulldog, Killer, who tries to kill...

Popeye at the horse race track.

Herman tries to get fed but has to watch out for two crazy roosters.

Betty Boop emcees a show of pet-aid gadgets. Object: a "new deal for pets." Some ideas copied from Betty Boop's Crazy Inventions (1933).

Olive sends Popeye a puppy, Eugene the Jeep, for his birthday, but despite Popeye's best efforts to make it sleep outside, it keeps finding its way...

Popeye visits the bullfight only because of lovely Senorita Olive. He finds himself accidentally in the toreador box, even though he doesn't want to...

A classical music concert can't go on while neighboring Luigi the village blacksmith works his noisy trade. Eventually, the problem is worked out.

A humorous tour of Manhattan concludes with 3 bouncing-ball songs.

Two mice are hounded by a cat...

Popeye's been feeding a turkey in his backyard; it's Thanksgiving day, and his (3) nephews are all set to turn the turkey into the main course. But...

Popeye's 4 newphews try to sneak out instead of eating their spinach, so Popeye demonstrates some of the benefits: playing piano, dancing, shadow...

Popeye, adrift at sea on a raft, eventually comes to an island which, it turns out, is inhabited by cannibals.

A compilation of spot gags about tourists from earlier cartoons.

Popeye sits down to make a cartoon. He shows the results to Olive and his nephews: it's a damsel-in-distress scenario, starring him and Olive, with...