The forgotten US burger chain that still has branches in Scotland and is planning huge comeback

WIMPY was once the go-to grub stop in the 70s. The US chain took the UK by storm, boasting more than 1,500 branches worldwide ...
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Paul Dooley remembers Altman's 'Popeye'

While cartoonist E.C. Segar's Popeye commits superhuman feats, thanks to his performance-enhancing spinach, fellow "Thimble Theater" character J. Wellington Wimpy often steals the show by bumming ...
Forbes

Celebrating ‘Popeye’ At 40: Paul Dooley Revisits The Cult Classic And Talks About Working With Robin Williams

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Simon is a Los Angeles-based journalist who covers film and TV. Dec 01, 2020, 05:00pm EST This article is more than 5 years old.
Denton Record-Chronicle

As ‘Popeye’ turns 40, actor Paul Dooley remembers playing Wimpy

In a newly commissioned bonus feature located on Paramount Home Entertainment’s 40th anniversary Blu-ray release of Popeye, director Robert Altman called his Robin Williams-starring picture “America’s ...
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Wimpy's Sandwich Shop

Remember when Popeye was funny? I don't. Yet, for my grandparents' generation, it took little more than Popeye thwarting Bluto as he made the moves on Olive Oyl to get their funnybones tickled.
World Trademark Review

Owner of Popeye and Wimpy figurative marks prevents registration of combined mark

Tthe State Office for Inventions and Trademarks has rejected an application to register the combined trademark POLDO, which contained a representation of the cartoon characters Popeye the Sailor and ...