Jack Benny’s name appeared in guest columns from time-to-time, especially after he moved to the West Coast. The major columnists, and a few ...

Jack Mercer was the long-time voice of Popeye in animated cartoons, both for movies and radio. A couple of others played the role but it’s g...

A little flame jaunts from one side of the screen to the other after each failed attempt to capture him in Tex Avery’s “Red Hot Rangers.” ...

Have you ever heard of Arthur Kay? He was the voice of Gandy Goose and Sourpuss. And a number of Bert Lahr-sounding lions and wolves that sp...

There were seven stranded castaways on “Gilligan’s Island” who appeared every week. But there was one semi-regular who never credited at the...

Frank Tashlin and his unknown writer pull off an inside reference that turns out to close to the truth in “Porky’s Railroad” (1937). Porky a...

Woody Woodpecker’s reaction to what’s on the eyeball of a sleeping giant in “Woody the Giant Killer” (1947). Eventually, the girl slaps h...

The gossip magazine Radio Mirror came up with an interesting idea: take a bunch of scripts from a radio show during the regular season, the...

This is not an animated cartoon. This is a house in Richmond, Virginia. It was designed by architect Harvey L. Page, who was based in Washin...

“Pandemonium and puns” doesn’t begin to describe The Gong Show . To be honest, The Gong Show defies description. Years ago, Jim Backus an...