Jack Benny died 50 years ago today. The intervening time has taken away many of his fans. Time also brings new fads and stars to popular cu...

Yowp here. I’m not a Christmas celebrant, but some of you reading are, either of the religious or secular versions, so I’m taking this t...

Of the dozens of cartoons made by the animation division of Van Beuren Productions from 1929 (when it changed from Fables Pictures following...

On the night before Christmas, Jerry attempts to evade Tom by disguising himself as a light on a tree. The mouse doesn’t fool the cat. Th...

Artie Auerbach died in 1957, but his catchphrase lives on. Auerbach was a newspaper photographer who met a man in Bronx. When Auerbach beca...

Some fine Christmas films have been made over the years. Perhaps you have some favourites. And then there’s A Visit to Santa . If it were ...

The Christmas holidays in 1934 seem to have been pretty good for Jack Benny. Besides his radio show beaming out on the NBC Blue (WJZ) netwo...

“It should be an annual video classic,” decided Arlene Garber of the Citizen-News of Los Angeles 60 years ago. And she was right. Two even...

Cartoon studios didn’t waste time when Walt Disney’s exclusive contract to use full Technicolor in theatrical animation expired on September...