Jack Benny’s death on December 26, 1974 affected a nation. Newspapers in big cities and small towns reported it on their front pages. Days ...

Depicting violence in an animated cartoon is more than just a punch in the mouth. Otto Messmer used a great effect in the later Felix the C...

How many cartoons did Sylvester, Jr. do this? This is from Who's Kitten Who? (1952), written by Tedd Pierce. It seems like young Syl...

Dumbo remains, as far as I’m concerned, one of the finest animation accomplishments of the Walt Disney studio. One of the most impressive s...

Tex Avery reuses animation and dialogue at the end of Lonesome Lenny (1946). The first time, Lenny crushes a bone and a water dish, as he...

A sentry on the mountain has told warn the townspeople of The Old Man of the Mountain in the cartoon of the same name. He grabs a pair of r...

Rural and hayseed humour has been a staple in radio and TV for years. And it isn’t just the rubes who lap it up. I know people who religious...

The 1954 Woody Woodpecker cartoon Under the Counter Spy ends with a TV reference that some people might not get today. Homer Brightman’s s...

Chuck Jones was the opposite of Tex Avery when it came to expressions. Avery was known for his wild takes. Jones was very subtle. You’ve pro...

The story of computers in 1957 was one of huge machines taking up a room, even though they had less storage capacity than what you can hold ...