A cymbal is kind of the same shape as an Asian conical hat, so Tex Avery tosses that into a gag in Magical Maestro (1952). I’m certain sur...

Don Messick’s voice can be heard on beloved Hanna-Barbera cartoons series starting with the very first series, Ruff and Reddy (1957). But t...

When gossip magazines have written about someone for 20 years, it’s likely difficult trying to find something new to publish. Evidently, th...

Comparisons of theatrical cartoons and TV cartoons are quite unfair, and I’ve tried to avoid making them on my two animation blogs. It’s ind...

Through the 1930s, directors of Merrie Melodies were forced to spotlight a Warner Bros.-owned song in a cartoon. I can’t help but wonder if ...

What’s the best turkey dinner cartoon without the word “yams” in it? This is all very subjective, but my answer is Holiday For Drumsticks ...

Even when she wasn’t an adult, it seems Connie Francis was an adult. In mid-1954, Francis was 16 and appearing on ABC’s Saturday night Star...

Andy Panda’s dad tries to blow up a pesky, unnamed woodpecker with sex in Knock Knock (1940). His bait: a time bomb inside a mechanical fem...