POPEYE
AXS TV, 9:00 p.m. ET
This 1980 movie musical is rarely televised, so take advantage of the opportunity. It’s quite an oddity. A live-action adaptation of a cartoon or comic is nothing rare in Hollywood terms, but one directed by Robert Altman? With music and lyrics by Harry Nilsson? With Robin Williams in the title role? This eye-popping Popeye also stars Shelley Duvall as Olive Oyl, Ray Walston as Popeye’s Pappy, and Paul Dooley as Wimpy. And look hard enough, and closely enough, and you’ll catch appearances by everyone from Dennis Franz, Bill Irwin and Linda Hunt to Donald Moffat, Van Dyke Parks and Klaus Voorman.