So, You Got Pooped On, And No, You Don't Get Anything For Free!!

[GRUMPY PIRATE]

Oh, my bad, he DID have four nephews! GP, you are just full of random information. I guess that's why (or because) you are a professor.

no, its because I can seem to remember this trivia, and am an old movie buff!

hehehehehhe

[Big Wallaby]

Yeah, but at SeaWorld Shamu takes a vicious revenge on those flying poopers:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=52o5yV6G7tY

I loved the writeup on that video.

Best line:

Since the show had been cut short, the bewildered audience responded with clapping and cheering as each part of the Pelican was retrieved from the pool.

[Ms. Matterhorn]

^That truly is the best comment in the report!

[Ms. Matterhorn]

And weren't there some weird globby-looking guys from another planet?

Okay, since no one is going to touch this one, I googled it. The characters were called Goons, and they were not from outer space, but from Goon Island.
The website below says that the word "goon" soon became part of the American lexicon.

http://www.popeye.com/

[Zazu]

Ponderable: Why do cartoon characters always have THREE nephews?

They clearly do not. Besides Popeye's four already mentioned, Mickey has only two nephews.

Or maybe that's part of some comic-cosmic compensation system....

[Disneyguy85]

Toucan Sam has three nephews as well!

[Ms. Matterhorn]

They clearly do not. Besides Popeye's four already mentioned, Mickey has only two nephews.

Or maybe that's part of some comic-cosmic compensation system....

Do Minnie and Daisy have nieces?

[Disneyguy85]

Do Minnie and Daisy have nieces?

Indeed they do.

[JugglingFreak]

Yep, Melinda (sometimes called Millie) and Melody are Minnie's and April, May, and June are Daisy's.

[Mayonnaise]

Cartoon characters always seem to reproduce by having nephews and nieces... Goofy and Max to one side...