You’ll recall the gag in the 1956 Warner Bros. cartoon Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z where Wile E. Coyote wore a Batman costume, turned to the camer...

Glow worms lose their heads in the Silly Symphony Night (1930). This was back when Disney animation was still full of rubber-hose fun. Tw...

“People You Didn’t Expect to Meet.” “The Average Man’s Round Table.” “Town Hall News.” No, those aren’t the things you remember if you remem...

The three little pigs (they're in the Army now) fire at Adolf Wolf, who ridicules them. "You didn't even touch me!" he yel...

Some cartoons were shown over and over and over on The Bugs Bunny Show and its various Saturday morning incarnations, but you could never g...

Jack Benny was a proud cheapskate on his radio show. In real life, he was generous. But he was only indirectly involved in one of the nicest...

Not too many comedians were shot during the Watts riots in 1965. Dick Gregory was. He survived to live 52 more years. Gregory has died a...

He’s the guy Carl Stalling didn’t talk about. Stalling told Milt Gray in an interview published in 1971 that he composed for the Ub Iwerks ...

“Hey, Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat,” says Bullwinkle. You know the routine. Anything but a rabbit comes out. If you watch ...