Tuesday, 19 February 2019
Dancing Dachshund
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Plot? In a Van Beuren cartoon, who needs it? Just toss in a fish singing to a cheese, a pig on a fire escape clouting a pail and a parrot w...
Monday, 18 February 2019
Punny! Punnn-y!
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The purpose of the 1938 Warner Bros. cartoon You're An Education is two-fold: a) to see how many songs can be fit into one animated sh...
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Sunday, 17 February 2019
Backswing Benny
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Several episodes of the Jack Benny radio show, and at least one on his television show, involved golf with the plot showing Jack was a prett...
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Paul Terry's Got Rhythm
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Movie producer Amadee Van Beuren interrupted his honeymoon in June 1929 for one thing—to fire Paul Terry. It was probably the best thing tha...
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Friday, 15 February 2019
You Win A Cigar, Elmer
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A joyous Bugs Bunny carefully and deliberately takes aim as Elmer Fudd sobs uncontrollably, thinking he’s killed the wabbit. Now the seq...
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Flying Pluto
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By May 1931, Mickey Mouse was domesticated. In The Moose Hunt , he’s basically a boy with a dog. The cartoon ends improbably with Mickey li...
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Wednesday, 13 February 2019
Queens and Teens
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The Golden Age of Radio had more than comedians fronting variety shows, noir-ish detectives, kid adventure stories, adult mysteries, soaps a...
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