A frying pan turns into lines as Nibbles accidentally bashes Jerry in The Milky Waif (1946). Mike Lah is part of the Hanna-Barbera unit ...

Jack Benny and George Burns may have been the biggest best friends in the comedy world in Hollywood. Burns was famous for breaking up Benny,...

This lengthy transcription from the National Board of Review Magazine of October, 1938 is self-explanatory. The date of the actual broadcas...

You can see how silent film stars influenced Chuck Jones. His work is brimming with great expressions. Here’s an example in Gas , a 1944 S...

“Shuddup! Quiet! Don’t knock so loud! There’s one thing I hate, and that’s NOISE!” yells Joe Bear at Spike after opening the door in Rock-a-...

News has to be factual. That’s a given. But it has to be something else. News is a story and it has to be told in a way—aurally or visually—...

Walt Disney sure did love those butt gags. Or, should we say, “shore did love” because The Beach Party (1931) has Clarabelle Cow on shore t...

Porky Pig is attacked by a fly in Porky and Gabby (1937). The tent collapses on the two of them and the fight continues. Bob Clampet...

Bob and Ray made fun of radio. Soap operas, crime shows, commercials, even station IDs. It got them from Boston to NBC in 1951. From radio, ...

You never know when a newspaper is going to need to fill its space with a story about a celebrity, so film studios and TV network publicity ...