At 22 minutes, this is the longest theatrically released Popeye cartoon.
The third (and final) of the Technicolor two-reel "Popeye Specials".
The only Popeye Color Special not to feature Bluto and Wimpy.
The only Popeye Color Special where the story is within another story. In this case, it features a prologue and epilogue of Olive Oyl typing up a screenplay depicting Popeye as Aladdin.
The evil vizier here might have helped inspire the portrayal of the equally conniving Jafar in the feature Aladdin (1992).