A Balmy Swami

1949
7m

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Popeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto. Bluto spots Olive in her luxury box and immediately m... Read allPopeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto. Bluto spots Olive in her luxury box and immediately makes plans. First, he humiliates Popeye with a series of magic tricks. Next, he hypnotizes... Read allPopeye and Olive are taking in a variety show. Popeye enjoys the juggling seal very much, but he's followed by magician/hypnotist Bluto. Bluto spots Olive in her luxury box and immediately makes plans. First, he humiliates Popeye with a series of magic tricks. Next, he hypnotizes Olive, but while she's walking toward Bluto in a trance, Popeye points her the other way ... Read all

Directors
- Izzy Sparber
- Thomas Johnson
Writers
- Carl Meyer
- Jack Mercer
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6.5/10

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Directors
- Izzy Sparber
- Thomas Johnson
Writers
- Carl Meyer
- Jack Mercer
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Jackson Beck

Bluto
(voice)
(uncredited)

Jack Mercer

Popeye
(voice)
(uncredited)

Mae Questel

Olive Oyl
(voice)
(uncredited)

Directors
- Izzy Sparber
- Thomas Johnson
Writers
- Carl Meyer
- Jack Mercer
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A color remake of Fleischer Studio's The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist' (1935).

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Edited into Assault and Flattery (1956)

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Tragically, many if not most viewers have missed . . .

. . . the main message of A BALMY SWAMI: Pianos were virtually worthless in 1949, and are even less valuable in 2023. During her construction site peril toward the finale of SWAMI, Olive Oil swings into a high-rise window clinging to a hook at the end of a braided wire cable, and immediately emerges grasping a black Steinway Concert Grand Piano. After the Prussian Fuhrer intermarried his relatives with those of Franz Liszt, such keyboard instruments have been considered beyond the pale of civilization. From AMADEUS to FIVE EASY PIECES to SHINE to THE PIANO to THE PIANIST, Steinway's and such have been deemed tools of war and weapons of mass destruction. No wonder Olive destroys hers so quickly.