When Jack Benny arrived in Vancouver in 1954, he did more than perform on stage. He decorated a horse in the 5th race at Lansdowne Park (the...

For every Walt Disney, there’s an Ub Iwerks. And for every Ub Iwerks, there’s a Tommy Hill. Disney, of course, was animation’s superstar pr...

Art Davis exhibits some masterly gag timing in Bye Bye Bluebeard , the last cartoon made by his unit at Warner Bros. before it was disbanded...

The hobo cat in King-Size Canary gallops to a fridge (the Coldernell model) that he envisions is full of food. Afraid not. Here are ...

Many people tried to solve the mystery surrounding Jimmy Durante’s Mrs. Calabash. Only one person—Durante—knew the answer, and he wasn’t tel...

Tim Conway’s career may have been overshadowed by an outtake. Conway spent a number of years on a successful sitcom, starred in several uns...

Flies frolic in a home in Walt Disney’s The Spider and the Fly (1931). But wait! The camera turns. It turns out the opening shot was up...

Bosko the Lumberjack begins chopping down a tree, not realising someone is living inside it. It’s a skunk! And you know what that means i...

A charity event could be a jumping off point for any kinds of questions to Jack Benny. Benny did dozens upon dozens of musical benefits over...

One of the cartoon series that made the transition from silent to sound was Aesop’s Fables. It started in 1921 with Paul Terry animating. Te...