Hamburgers are Wimpy 's all - time favorite food, and he is usually seen carrying or eating one or more at a time -- e.g., in Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor he is seen grinding meat or eating burgers almost the entire time -- however, he is usually too cheap to pay for them himself. A recurring joke involves Wimpy 's attempts to con other patrons of the diner into buying his meal for him. His best - known catchphrase started in 1931 as, "Cook me up a hamburger. I 'll pay you Thursday. '' In 1932, this then became the famous, "I 'll gladly pay you Tuesday for a hamburger today. '' The phrase was also slightly altered in the episode "Spree Lunch '' to "I 'll have a hamburger, for which I will gladly pay you Tuesday. '' This phrase is now commonly used to illustrate financial irresponsibility and still appears in modern comedies such as The Drew Carey Show and The Office. The initial part of the phrase was even the title of Episode 6 of the fourth season of Cheers "I 'll Gladly Pay You Tuesday. ''
who says i'll gladly pay you tuesday for a hamburger today
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