Forest rabbit Bugs Bunny is reading “Little Hiawatha” and gets to a line about the “mighty warrior” hunting “the forest rabbit.” Bugs sudden...

They were singers who starred on network radio in the 1940s—Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Al Jolson, Hoagy Carmichael. Hoagy Carmichael?!? I...

Of all the people whose fame came from television in the 1950s, Jackie Gleason may have been the one with the biggest influence on theatrica...

Debate, if you want, that A Toytown Tale (1931) is a Christmas cartoon. Yes, it has “Silent Night” (and “Jingle Bells”), and snow and toys,...

“Surreal” may be the best way to describe one short produced for the British Ministry of Food in World War Two. When the Pie Was Opened (1...

Mel Blanc made a very good living from network radio. But when it died in the 1950s, what next? That’s what a number of radio actors were ...

Hurrah, I say, to the new generation of animation researchers. They deal in facts, not connecting dots based on wishful thinking. Even long-...

Jack Benny died on December 26, 1974 and, for a number of years, around the anniversary of his death, I've posted a newspaper editorial ...

I am not a celebrator of holidays. But some of you are, I suspect, so my season’s greetings to you. Thanks for reading. We’re about to end p...

Granny (Bea Benaderet) will force the Christmas spirit on Sylvester (who has tried and failed to eat Tweety) and her bulldog (who has tried ...