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I was a really picky eater as a child. Because I was obsessed by Popeye, my mum and aunts would put my food in a can to represent spinach and we'd hum the Popeye tune and then I'd happily eat it.

Most of us came out of Popeye, so turning Popeye into something believable was tricky enough.

I realised there were no good role models for kids. Popeye eats spinach, but also smokes and hits people.

The only thing that can ever make a Louisiana boy feel better is Popeye's.

My mom loved the old black-and-white films.

It's become normal for me to walk on set as Popeye, Frankenstein or an Elf or even a chicken.

I grew up with the television product being old Western serials like Roy Rogers, and John Wayne and Gary Cooper, and many others were my favorites when I was a young person going to films.

I loved old movies as a kid, so I always watched old movies.

I started watching 'The Stooges' religiously and obsessively when I was probably about four or five years old till around the age of 18.