Creator Backlash: Culhane disliked his sole Popeye directorial effort Popeye Meets William Tell, citing it as "an interesting failure" in his book. He was also not proud of his early Fleischer work, considering it primitive compared to his later work.
What Could Have Been: Shamus originally wanted to direct a cartoon centered around the Popeye character Wimpy, centered around his obsession with hamburgers, with no interest in making a typical Popeye short. The Fleischers didn't allow it, feeling that the proposed premise would be "too psychological".