WFMU: Merrily We Roll Along with MHLee: Playlist from January 17, 2025

Merrily We Roll Along with MHLee: Playlist from January 17, 2025

Merrily We Roll Along is a mish-mash of high energy lunacy, reverence, and irreverence for forgotten pop stars, love for Saturday morning cartoons, and exploration of the side of Bandcamp where I seem to be the only one purchasing. Bringing to you the odd and the upbeat from a growing collection of pre-rock novelties, classic and neo-Vaudeville, jug bands, polka, klezmer, and more at the convenient hour of 8-9 AM EST, Merrily We Roll Along starts the day off with a little light-hearted musical tomfoolery cut with an occasional comedy sketch. It's organic, free-range, cheese with the occasional onion thrown in.

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January 17, 2025: Merrily We Roll Along: Episode 134 - "The Delayed Popeye One"

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Artist	Track	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
MHLee	Merrily We Roll Along Theme			0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Captain Allenswift	Official Popeye TV Album (Side 1)	1957		0:03:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Allenswift	Official Popeye TV Album (Side 2)	1957		0:08:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Karl-Afred	Blow The Man Down "Blow The Man Down" by "Karl-Afred"	1936		0:13:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, The Seaweed Singers and The Jimmy Carroll Orchestra	Never Pick A Fight With Popeye	1959		0:15:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, The Seaweed Singers and The Jimmy Carroll Orchestra	Help! Help!	1959		0:17:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I'm Popeye the Sailor Man	1959		0:20:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	The Looney Goon	1959		0:22:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Olive Oyl's Family Reunion	1959		0:24:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I Want What I Wants When I Want It	1959		0:26:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	The Land of Popeye	1959		0:28:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I'm Sinbad the Sailor	1959		0:30:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Sing a Song of Popeye	1959		0:32:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I Wanna Be A Life Guard	1959		0:34:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Hamburger Mine	1959		0:37:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Popeye On Parade	1959		0:39:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Strike Me Pink Do I See Red	1959		0:41:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I'll be Seeing You In the Movies	1959		0:43:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Eddie Bo	Check Mr. Popeye "Check Mr. Popeye" by "Eddie Bo"	1962		0:46:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Leroy Jones	Now Let's Popeye "Now Let's Popeye" by "Leroy Jones"	1962	Alias of Herbert Hunter	0:49:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns	Pop-eye	1962		0:51:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Stone Country Band	Silly Tunes	1983		0:53:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Listener comments!
	7:51am MHLee: Hello all. New schedule. New shows following!
	8:02am Mr Fab: Hey Perfesser Lee! Let's try this Popeye jive again.
	8:04am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:02 Professor Lee is my father. He's a professor but not a doctor, I'm a doctor but not a professor.
	8:09am Mr Fab: Ok well then you’re the Perfesser of Peculiar Popsongs!
	👻 8:10am WR: Hello Dr Lee. 5 year old me seems to know this Popeyes record.
	8:10am MHLee: Mae Questel is on the album but I don't see anyone else credited for voices.
	8:18am Mr Fab: I think the Bran Flakes sampled that "hamburger dream" line.
	8:19am MHLee: Sorry Mic was hot there, I had to turn up that track
	8:22am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:18 We might hear it again
	8:27am Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "I Want What I Wants When I Want It" by "Captain P... so weird how this guy sounds nothing like Popeye!?
	8:29am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:27 Golden Records did that sort of thing a lot but this isn't them and golden records had actual voice actors this time
	8:31am MHLee: Tho there is an alternative popeye theme on beware of the blog which was produced by golden records... cheap cash grab probably
	8:31am MHLee: en.wikipedia.org...
	8:32am MHLee: Mitch Mitchell was the house band on golden records
	8:33am MHLee: It's also crazy ever song on this album starts with a sad version of the popeye theme. I don't think you'd ever listen to it again all the way thru.
	8:39am MHLee: They didn't cheap out on studio effects
	8:42am MHLee: ↳ Song: "Strike Me Pink Do I See Red" by "Captain Paul and... "Just kinda scream off mic"
	👻 8:49am WR: ↳ MHLee @8:39 Yes, the sounds effects were plentiful, all production values good, but the tie to Popeye cartoons was weak.
	👻 8:50am WR: ↳ Song: "Now Let's Popeye" by "Leroy Jones" nice, know the Eddie Bo recording but this one is new to me.
	8:52am MHLee: ↳ WR @8:49 I think they just played the songs published in 1936 because they were out there.
	8:52am MHLee: Popeye seems to have been quite big in the late 50s
	8:53am Mr Fab: So when the Beastie Boys sang "I can do the Popeye, and The Jerry Lewis", they were talking about a real dance. Something I Learned Today.
	8:54am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:53 It's mentioned in the land of 1000 dances too
	👻 8:55am WR: ↳ Song: "Pop-eye" by "Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns" The chorus call outs by The Clowns making me home sick for New Orleans.
	8:56am Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Silly Tunes" by "The Stone Country Band" that album cover - Moe from the 3 Stooges as Frankenstein...or vice versa.
	8:56am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:56 The Curly Shuffle was the hit on it
	8:57am MHLee: That ran short. My computer said that was 59.49 in length
	8:58am Mr Fab: Oh ok, Wonderful stuff, thanks!
	👻 8:58am WR: Thank you, quite a nostalgia hit for me today.
	8:59am Webhamster Henry: I have to catch the beginning of the show! I love those Popeye songs!

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Artist	Track	Year	Comments	Approx. start time
MHLee	Merrily We Roll Along Theme			0:00:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Captain Allenswift	Official Popeye TV Album (Side 1)	1957		0:03:31 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Allenswift	Official Popeye TV Album (Side 2)	1957		0:08:18 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Karl-Afred	Blow The Man Down "Blow The Man Down" by "Karl-Afred"	1936		0:13:00 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, The Seaweed Singers and The Jimmy Carroll Orchestra	Never Pick A Fight With Popeye	1959		0:15:21 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Jack Mercer, Mae Questel, The Seaweed Singers and The Jimmy Carroll Orchestra	Help! Help!	1959		0:17:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I'm Popeye the Sailor Man	1959		0:20:26 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	The Looney Goon	1959		0:22:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Olive Oyl's Family Reunion	1959		0:24:04 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I Want What I Wants When I Want It	1959		0:26:24 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	The Land of Popeye	1959		0:28:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I'm Sinbad the Sailor	1959		0:30:17 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Sing a Song of Popeye	1959		0:32:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I Wanna Be A Life Guard	1959		0:34:52 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Hamburger Mine	1959		0:37:12 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Popeye On Parade	1959		0:39:15 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	Strike Me Pink Do I See Red	1959		0:41:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Captain Paul and The Seafaring Band	I'll be Seeing You In the Movies	1959		0:43:35 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

Eddie Bo	Check Mr. Popeye "Check Mr. Popeye" by "Eddie Bo"	1962		0:46:46 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Leroy Jones	Now Let's Popeye "Now Let's Popeye" by "Leroy Jones"	1962	Alias of Herbert Hunter	0:49:02 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns	Pop-eye	1962		0:51:28 (MP3 \| Pop-up)
The Stone Country Band	Silly Tunes	1983		0:53:43 (MP3 \| Pop-up)

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Listener comments!
	7:51am MHLee: Hello all. New schedule. New shows following!
	8:02am Mr Fab: Hey Perfesser Lee! Let's try this Popeye jive again.
	8:04am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:02 Professor Lee is my father. He's a professor but not a doctor, I'm a doctor but not a professor.
	8:09am Mr Fab: Ok well then you’re the Perfesser of Peculiar Popsongs!
	👻 8:10am WR: Hello Dr Lee. 5 year old me seems to know this Popeyes record.
	8:10am MHLee: Mae Questel is on the album but I don't see anyone else credited for voices.
	8:18am Mr Fab: I think the Bran Flakes sampled that "hamburger dream" line.
	8:19am MHLee: Sorry Mic was hot there, I had to turn up that track
	8:22am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:18 We might hear it again
	8:27am Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "I Want What I Wants When I Want It" by "Captain P... so weird how this guy sounds nothing like Popeye!?
	8:29am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:27 Golden Records did that sort of thing a lot but this isn't them and golden records had actual voice actors this time
	8:31am MHLee: Tho there is an alternative popeye theme on beware of the blog which was produced by golden records... cheap cash grab probably
	8:31am MHLee: en.wikipedia.org...
	8:32am MHLee: Mitch Mitchell was the house band on golden records
	8:33am MHLee: It's also crazy ever song on this album starts with a sad version of the popeye theme. I don't think you'd ever listen to it again all the way thru.
	8:39am MHLee: They didn't cheap out on studio effects
	8:42am MHLee: ↳ Song: "Strike Me Pink Do I See Red" by "Captain Paul and... "Just kinda scream off mic"
	👻 8:49am WR: ↳ MHLee @8:39 Yes, the sounds effects were plentiful, all production values good, but the tie to Popeye cartoons was weak.
	👻 8:50am WR: ↳ Song: "Now Let's Popeye" by "Leroy Jones" nice, know the Eddie Bo recording but this one is new to me.
	8:52am MHLee: ↳ WR @8:49 I think they just played the songs published in 1936 because they were out there.
	8:52am MHLee: Popeye seems to have been quite big in the late 50s
	8:53am Mr Fab: So when the Beastie Boys sang "I can do the Popeye, and The Jerry Lewis", they were talking about a real dance. Something I Learned Today.
	8:54am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:53 It's mentioned in the land of 1000 dances too
	👻 8:55am WR: ↳ Song: "Pop-eye" by "Huey "Piano" Smith and The Clowns" The chorus call outs by The Clowns making me home sick for New Orleans.
	8:56am Mr Fab: ↳ Song: "Silly Tunes" by "The Stone Country Band" that album cover - Moe from the 3 Stooges as Frankenstein...or vice versa.
	8:56am MHLee: ↳ Mr Fab @8:56 The Curly Shuffle was the hit on it
	8:57am MHLee: That ran short. My computer said that was 59.49 in length
	8:58am Mr Fab: Oh ok, Wonderful stuff, thanks!
	👻 8:58am WR: Thank you, quite a nostalgia hit for me today.
	8:59am Webhamster Henry: I have to catch the beginning of the show! I love those Popeye songs!

Merrily We Roll Along with MHLee: Playlist from January 17, 2025

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