A couple of inside references in Frank Tashlin’s Porky the Fireman . The cartoon plugs its own series in one shot. And in another scene, ...

Is Marvin Kaplan funny? The answer to the question can be found in Adam’s Rib (1949), where Kaplan plays a court reporter reading back tes...

“He stole our prettiest gals, too,” says narrator Tex Ritter about the title character of The First Bad Man (released in 1955). The Stone A...

Something had to be done about radio. Radio networks were set up to supply stations with comedy, drama, variety, mystery, soap operas, kids...

Fleischer cartoons always found time to stop the plot for a gag, sometimes quick, sometimes extended. Here’s a routine from “I Yam What I ...

A couple of perspective drawings from Just Mickey (1930). Suddenly, the curtain in the background changes. These are consecutive frames....

During World War Two, a reluctant Jack Benny handed over his beloved Maxwell car to the scrap drive. Of course, this was only a gag on the r...

If you’ve looked into the history of old animation, you likely know the story behind Oswald the rabbit. He was created by Walt Disney in 192...

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery is full of freeze-fame fun, like a lot of Bob Clampett’s colour cartoons for Warner Bros. Here’s Duck Dwacy a...