Popeye’s plan for a romantic roller-skating date with Olive Oyl goes hilariously wrong when he discovers she can’t even stand up on her own. Once she gets moving, she can’t stop, leading to a wild chase through department stores and busy streets. The chaos reaches a new level when Olive ends up on a speeding fire truck, and Popeye must rely on a little help from the audience to get his spinach and rescue her. This classic tale of a date gone haywire is what makes “A Date to Skate” a timeless Popeye the Sailor cartoon.

Popeye the Sailor Man
A Date to Skate (1938)
- Aired: November 18, 1938
- 7:15