Just because some couples argue all the time doesn't mean they don't love each other. That seems to be the message here as this cartoon begins and ends with Popeye and Olive Oyl going at it tooth-and-nail.
"Women! Bah! I'm through with them for life!"
That's Popeye, racing to the airline terminal after he and Olive Oyl had the first spat. Popeye orders a one-way ticket to Algiers. (Yikes, I can think of friendlier places.) Popeye lands and heads to the Foreign Legion building where he wants to sign up.
That's where the humor starts. They discover Popeye has never "bumped anyone off" so this American "must be here because of a woman." The recruiter tells Popeye, "Go in the corner and have a good cry."
"I've never cried in me life,"" boasts Popeye. Seconds later, tears are flowing from his eyes. His first assignment was peeling onions!
At any rate, the Sultan sees Olive Oyl's picture and decides he wants her for his 75th wife. To make a long story short, he kidnaps here via magic carpet and Popeye, of course, has to save her in the end. In the middle, he has to fight the Sultan's top wrestler.
Overall, this is somewhat along the lines of many of these 1960 Popeye cartoons that are made for young kids. They are all short - in the five-minute range - and, except for the puns and sometimes-funny dialog, the stories are very juvenile.