On this day in 1939, Jack Mercer and Margie Hines—the cartoon voices of Popeye and Olive Oyl, respectively—wed at a private ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. For their first breakfast as a married couple they ate—what else?—spinach. It wasn’t the only romance forged in the voiceover studio. In 1991, the voice of Mickey Mouse (Wayne Allwine) married the voice of Minnie Mouse (Russi Taylor) in Hawaii.
Ramblings of an unkempt man
