With the sound of Raymond Scott’s “Powerhouse” in the background, Wellington the cat stamps dog paw prints all over the room, as he tries to...

Ask anyone who has been in radio any length of time, especially before two or three ice-cold and antiseptic corporations took over the indus...

Ambulance chasers Tom and Jerry think they have an accident victim they can sell insurance to in Trouble , but when he floats harmlessly to ...

The Warner Bros. brought the world the feature film Dames (1934), with Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Hugh (Woo-Hoo) Herbert and the songs “I Only...

Why did Jack Benny lie about his age? He did it for you. Well, he did it to help others have fun and get laughs by pretending to be 39. I...

Some time in December 1956, the top people at MGM decided to close their cartoon studio. You won’t find the news in the Hollywood Reporte...

A squid decides to surface under Farmer Al Falfa’s raft in Robinson Crusoe (1933). There’s a butt tickling gag. Every animation studio s...

Over the course of time, Jimmy Durante went from enthusiastic hokum in the 1920s with songs like “If Washington Needs Me, I’ll Answer the Ca...

Some intelligent animation fan once postulated that MGM’s Tex Avery wasn’t really making fun of Walt Disney with his Disney-esque cartoon op...