One of the things that really bothered Jack Benny was that people might really think he was a cheapskate. Why it would bother him, I don’t ...

Hollywood is a hype machine, and there’s no end of press agents, handouts, interviews, leaks to gossip writers. It’s been a part of the movi...

Not one but two toothpastes are parodied in Tex Avery’s “Batty Baseball” (1943). The batter bashes a long fly to centre field towards an adv...

Corny visual puns are handled several ways in old cartoons. Bugs Hardaway just plastered one in front of viewers and let it stand on its own...

Two groups loved the Quiz Show scandals. Politicians were ecstatic. It gave them something to denounce and talk about high-road stuff like “...

Woody Woodpecker was remarkable in the hands of Paul J. Smith. He could change size throughout the cartoon just to accomodate a gag. Take “...

A basic, but neat, little trick is used in a fight scene in the Popeye cartoon “Shiver Me Timbers!” (1934). Popeye, Olive and Wimpy mix it ...

Isn’t it great to hear stories from people who worked on the old theatrical cartoons, especially before World War Two? Some people have had ...

As the television years wore on, Jack Benny’s gang that made his radio show so great slowly broke up. Phil Harris left the show before it ev...

No, the title of this post has nothing to with Jerry Beck’s wonderful web site , which is putting up a lot of fine historical information ab...