Radio’s most famous feud was a fraud. Jack Benny and Fred Allen had both worked on the Orpheum circuit in the vaudeville days (though there...

Earlier this year the world lost June Foray, considered the Grand Dame of Cartoon Voice Acting. There were many other women who lent their v...

Porky Pig modestly started his life at the Leon Schlesinger studio as part of the cast I Haven’t Got a Hat (1935). Helped by the stutteri...

Nothing But the Tooth was written by Dave Monahan, but he isn’t the only story man mentioned in the cartoon. There’s a billboard with anoth...

Hiding in a TV, escaped con Spike realises he hasn’t escaped from prison at all. He’s been transported right to the warden’s office. Some re...

TV bandleaders, at one time, all had to flashy dressers. Jackie Gleason made fun of Sammy Spear’s outfits. Merv Griffin exhorted Mort Lindsa...

Yet another butt-piercing gag from Joe Barbera can be found towards the end of Cue Ball Cat (1950) when Jerry ties a pin to the end of a cu...

Cartoons at Ub Iwerks’ studio started out just like the Silly Symphonies that Iwerks had made for Walt Disney—lots of dancing and singing, n...

Eddie Cantor’s daughters. Bob Hope’s nose. Bing Crosby’s Hawaiian shirts. Al Jolson and Larry Parks. Jack Benny being cheap. Radio columnist...

You probably think of Pinto Colvig as the voice of Goofy, but he was so much more than that. Without further ado or sidebar trivia about Co...