Foghorn Leghorn swats the barnyard dog in “All Fowled Up” (released 1955). These are consecutive drawings; the second, fourth, fifth and six...

I first saw “Magical Maestro” in a theatre. It’s even better there than on TV or a computer screen because of visual perspective is differen...

“The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins” (1943) brought George Pal an Oscar nomination (it lost to MGM’s “Yankee Doodle Mouse”) and lots of pra...

Some time ago, I spotted several references to a column by Robert Ruark during the Golden Days of Radio, quoting a line that completely dism...

Dr. Seuss was more than a children’s author who didn’t talk down to children. During World War Two, he was a political cartoonist for the Ne...

Sureshot the exterminator shows up to help Porky Pig with the termite problem in “The Pest That Came to Dinner.” The animation of the smili...

You wouldn’t think of having a beer with Perry Como, let alone a double scotch. Maybe a chocolate malted. He was the most easy-going, non-th...

George Burns played practical jokes on Benny for years. Benny put up with it because he and Burns were old friends and Burns could make him ...

Until Mel Blanc and his agent came along, actors in cartoons were anonymous, so it’s interesting seeing a reference to them in the pre-Blanc...

Waves crash over Tom and Jerry on their wrecked ship in “Polar Pals” (1932). All kinds of sea creatures that began lodges in their clothes ...