In “The Great Piggy Bank Robbery,” a wrinkled hand (missing a little finger) of a mailman delivers letters to Daffy Duck. Or does he? Wai...

When you hear the name “Gene Rayburn,” two words come to mind. They’re not “Broadway actor.” It’s a shame because I suspect those are the w...

You know how Wile E. Coyote used to paint a tunnel on the side of the rock and the Roadrunner would be able to go through it but Wile E. sma...

Hugh Harman left MGM in 1941 to set up his own studio which, despite hopes of a deal with a major studio to make cartoons, ended up making i...

Pretty much every obituary about Jack Benny after his death in 1974 mentioned the gag about his age being 39. Not generally known was the “3...

Walt Disney got most of the publicity when it came to animated cartoons—first Mickey, then Flowers and Trees, then Pigs, then Snow White, t...

Cartoon actors get typecast, too. Witness this review in Variety of August 21, 1934. Betty Boop “Poor Cinderella” 10 Mins. Paramount, ...

Bugs Bunny and a mouse play boogie woogie in “Rhapsody Rabbit.” I like how Boogie Woogie Bugs sticks out his tongue (Virgil Ross animation?)...