After a brief interruption (one week) it’s time to return to the subject at hand: Popeye. The sailorman has been a POPular figure in the public EYE for decades, so naturally there have been many songs written about him. And what better time to present these songs to you, the loyal ITCH readers, than right now when “Popeye: The Great Comic Book Tales of Bud Sagendorf” is finally in comics shops and bookstores. (If you don’t have a comics shop or a bookstore nearby, you can always order the book from Amazon.)

Here’s a tune you weren’t expecting. It’s “I Yam What I Yam” by with a vocal by Robin Williams. And if that’s not enough, the music was written by Harry Nilsson and arranged by Van Dyke Parks. Wow!

Click the link below to listen.

I Yam What I Yam - Robin Williams