 Jack Mercer, who had replaced William Costello (aka "Red Pepper" Sam) as the voice of Fleischer's Popeye, visited the show to recognize Hatten as the biggest promoter of the Max and Dave Fleischer Studio.The demise of "The Pier 5 Club" came in 1964 when Hatten left KTLA.In 1976, however, he returned to the station and revived the series as "Popeye and His Friends", which ran until 1988.