Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter

*Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter*
Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter
Genre	Television film
Based on	Popeye; by E.C. Segar, among others.
Story by	Lou Silverton
Directed by	Hal Seeger; Jack Zander
Voices of	Bob McFadden; Jack Mercer; Corinne Orr;
Theme music composer	Elliot Chiprut
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producer	Al Brodax
Running time	60 minutes
Production companies	King Features Syndicate ; Hal Seeger Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	October 7, 1972
Related
	Nanny and the Professor; Willie Mays and the Say-Hey Kid;
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Popeye Meets the Man Who Hated Laughter, also known as The Man Who Hated Laughter, is a 1972 American animated one-hour television special that was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie.^[1] This film united characters from almost every newspaper comic strip then owned by King Features Syndicate in one story. The show aired on October 7, 1972, and was repeated in February 1974.^[2]

This film marked the first time that Steve Canyon, The Phantom, Tim Tyler, or Flash Gordon appeared in animation. In the 1980s, the cartoon series Defenders of the Earth would feature Flash Gordon, Mandrake the Magician, and The Phantom as freedom fighters united against a common enemy, Ming the Merciless.

^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 55. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 310. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

[1] Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 55. ISBN 978-1476665993.

[2] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 310. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.

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