One of the few times Bluto/Brutus is seen without his trademark beard, for obvious reasons.
Bluto cleverly breaks the fourth was in several ways during this short.
The idea of ladies keeping fit became popular in the 1920s and '30s. Films such as The Women (1939) showed modern (for the time) fitness gyms. Several types of fitness equipment of the time are shown here; many are still in use.
One of a number of Popeye shorts that were sent to Asia in the 1980s to undergo a redraw and colorization process.