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Tuesday, 24 September 2013

Necking By the TV

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No more dragging dad away from the set for dinner, thanks to the “T.V. of Tomorrow.” There’s actually more black between the two rooms, n...
Monday, 23 September 2013

Clobbering Elmer

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Daffy Duck—okay, Chuck Jones—doesn’t waste time bashing clueless Elmer Fudd with a large mallet in “To Duck or Not to Duck” (1943). Daffy pu...
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Sunday, 22 September 2013

TV Without Mary

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Stories abound about Jack Benny’s wife, Mary Livingstone, and not all of them are pleasant. All I know is from a radio listener’s standpoint...
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Saturday, 21 September 2013

To Make a Terrytoon

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Frank Moser may be known for two things in the animation world—he was an incredibly fast drawer and he lost a lawsuit against former partner...
Friday, 20 September 2013

Piggie Pick-Up

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The Oswald cartoon “Oh, Teacher” (1927) is mainly about a cat trying to take Oswald’s girl away from him. But the plot’s interrupted by a sc...
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Thursday, 19 September 2013

Eyes and Noses of Tom

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Multiple eye and nose take from “The Bowling Alley-Cat” (1942). Only directors Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera are credited.
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Wednesday, 18 September 2013

Atsamatter With Luigi

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Radio situation comedy in the ‘40s was filled with befuddled or bullheaded men, long-suffering wives, ditzy dames, earnest would-be suitors,...
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Tuesday, 17 September 2013

No Vacancy

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Here’s Fred Brunish at work in the opening of “Woody the Giant Killer.” Bugs Hardaway (Woody), Harry Lang (Buck Beaver) and Jack Mather (...
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Monday, 16 September 2013

Escape From Grandma

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Faster and more outrageous. That’s the difference between Tex Avery’s work at Warners and the cartoons he directed at MGM. It was an inevita...
Sunday, 15 September 2013

No Wire Hangers

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No, it’s not Bette Davis. Or Tallulah Bankhead. It’s Joan Crawford. Another great bit of artwork advertising an MGM film by Jacques Kap...
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