''Me Musical Nephews'' is a 1942 one-reel

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directed by Seymour Kneitel and animated by Tom Johnson and George Germanetti. Jack Mercer and Jack Ward wrote the script. It is the 113th episode of the Popeye series, which was released on December 25, 1942.

Plot

One night, the nephews are practicing playing their music while Popeye is continually falling asleep. He tells them to get ready for bed so he can tell them a story. The nephews are unhappy with the short story but are sent to bed anyway. The nephews are not so tired and eventually start playing music with various objects (such as mattress springs, suspenders, medicine bottles, etc.), and Popeye eventually hears the racket and destroys the radio trying to find what's causing the noise. He soon finds out it is coming from the nephews and tries to catch them in the act. He fails however and tries to fall asleep anyway. He goes crazy and jumps out of the screen, leaving the film to end with the music playing.

Production notes

''Me Musical Nephews'' was remade in color as ''Riot in Rhythm'' in 1950. There were a few differences made for these cartoons; for example, an uncredited

Sammy Timberg Samuel Timberg (May 21, 1903 – August 26, 1992) was an American musician and composer for the stage, film studios, and television. Biography Timberg was born in New York City to a Jewish family originating in Austria, youngest son of Israel and ...

composed the music for ''Me Musical Nephews'', while the music for ''Riot in Rhythm'' was by

Winston Sharples Winston Singleton Sharples (March 1, 1909 – April 3, 1978) was an American composer known for his work with animated short subjects, especially those created by the animation department at Paramount Pictures. In his 35-year career, Sharples s ...

. There is also no mention of

Swee'Pea Swee'Pea (alternatively spelled Swee'pea and Sweapea on some titles and once called Sweep Pea) is a character in E. C. Segar's comic strip ''Thimble Theatre''/''Popeye'' and in the cartoon series derived from it. His name refers to the flower kno ...

. ''Me Musical Nephews'' is in the public domain in the United States, as the copyright was not renewed.

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* 1942 short films 1942 animated films 1940s American animated films American comedy short films American black-and-white films Popeye the Sailor theatrical cartoons Paramount Pictures short films 1942 musical films American musical films American animated short films 1940s English-language films Animated films about children {{short-animation-film-stub