http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005-2007 by the authors Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:35:28 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-643868 just would like to set the record straight. Crystal City Texas does not call it self the "world spinach capital. This community was honored with the Title "Spinach Capital of The world" Sometime during 1936 Ernest Mortenson of the Winter Garden Chamber of Commerce suggested sending a note of appreciation to E.C. Segar for his promotion of spinach through his Popeye cartoons. E.C. Segar was the originator of the famous spinach-eating hero of the high seas. He replied to the Chamber letter, assuring them that spinach was his favorite food and that he wanted all his children to enjoy eating this nutritious food. His letter was printed in the local paper the Zavala Sentinel and eventually found its way to the San Antonio Express News. A reader of that paper, O.P. Schnabel, suggested that a Popeye statue be built funded by public donations. Plans for the statue were made and sent to Segar for approval; he loved the idea of having a statue that would symbolize the nutritional value of his beloved spinach. Mr. Segar-the cartoonist that drew popeye-sanctioned the creation of the statue in Crystal City, and drew a special cartoon with Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy coming to the Crystal City Spinach Festival. On March 26, 1937 the Popeye statue was dedicated and Schable visited to help dedicate the scultpture "To All The Children Of The World." Two local beauties, Marion Brennan and Doris Williams, posed on the Popeye statue for National Geographic Magazine issue of this month and year. 643868@blogcritics.org Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:35:28 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-643867 just would like to set the record straight. Crystal City Texas does not call it self the "world spinach capital. This community was honored with the Title "Spinach Capital of The world" Sometime during 1936 Ernest Mortenson of the Winter Garden Chamber of Commerce suggested sending a note of appreciation to E.C. Segar for his promotion of spinach through his Popeye cartoons. E.C. Segar was the originator of the famous spinach-eating hero of the high seas. He replied to the Chamber letter, assuring them that spinach was his favorite food and that he wanted all his children to enjoy eating this nutritious food. His letter was printed in the local paper the Zavala Sentinel and eventually found its way to the San Antonio Express News. A reader of that paper, O.P. Schnabel, suggested that a Popeye statue be built funded by public donations. Plans for the statue were made and sent to Segar for approval; he loved the idea of having a statue that would symbolize the nutritional value of his beloved spinach. Mr. Segar-the cartoonist that drew popeye-sanctioned the creation of the statue in Crystal City, and drew a special cartoon with Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy coming to the Crystal City Spinach Festival. On March 26, 1937 the Popeye statue was dedicated and Schable visited to help dedicate the scultpture "To All The Children Of The World." Two local beauties, Marion Brennan and Doris Williams, posed on the Popeye statue for National Geographic Magazine issue of this month and year. 643867@blogcritics.org Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:35:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-643866 just would like to set the record straight. Crystal City Texas does not call it self the "world spinach capital. This community was honored with the Title "Spinach Capital of The world" Sometime during 1936 Ernest Mortenson of the Winter Garden Chamber of Commerce suggested sending a note of appreciation to E.C. Segar for his promotion of spinach through his Popeye cartoons. E.C. Segar was the originator of the famous spinach-eating hero of the high seas. He replied to the Chamber letter, assuring them that spinach was his favorite food and that he wanted all his children to enjoy eating this nutritious food. His letter was printed in the local paper the Zavala Sentinel and eventually found its way to the San Antonio Express News. A reader of that paper, O.P. Schnabel, suggested that a Popeye statue be built funded by public donations. Plans for the statue were made and sent to Segar for approval; he loved the idea of having a statue that would symbolize the nutritional value of his beloved spinach. Mr. Segar-the cartoonist that drew popeye-sanctioned the creation of the statue in Crystal City, and drew a special cartoon with Popeye, Olive Oyl and Wimpy coming to the Crystal City Spinach Festival. On March 26, 1937 the Popeye statue was dedicated and Schable visited to help dedicate the scultpture "To All The Children Of The World." Two local beauties, Marion Brennan and Doris Williams, posed on the Popeye statue for National Geographic Magazine issue of this month and year. 643866@blogcritics.org Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:35:09 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-603051 Iron shmiron. Spinach is the food of the gods. I'll eat it no matter what minerals are in it... possibly excepting highly enriched plutonium. 603051@blogcritics.org Tue, 19 Jun 2007 02:16:37 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-602963 ......... but there IS a Spinach Santa, who crawls through your central air conditioning on the 35th of July and sets a delightful spinach salad with mayonaise dressing at your breakfast table for when you get up. 602963@blogcritics.org Mon, 18 Jun 2007 20:00:13 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-602861 I'm disappointed - this is worse than discovering there's no Santa. :( 602861@blogcritics.org Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:36:21 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-602819 "You won't get Popeye-like forearms from it, though." Thank goodness! 602819@blogcritics.org Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:39:47 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-602786 But spinach is still good for you. It's rich in a lot of different vitamins, including folic acid. You won't get Popeye-like forearms from it, though. 602786@blogcritics.org Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:33:15 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/18/102353.php#comment-602775 This just goes to show you that humans do make mistakes from time to time. 602775@blogcritics.org Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:53:21 EDT