Jerry Colonna will always be associated with Bob Hope, but another comedian gave him his big break. Colonna was a mainstay on Hope’s radio ...

At one time on the radio, there were “cross-over songs,” where a tune designed for one audience would also find another audience. Some count...

Aloha Hooey is said to be a cartoon Tex Avery started before he left Warner Bros. and was finished by Bob Clampett directing his unit. It’...

Some old cartoon ground is ploughed by director Dick Lundy in Caballero Droopy , an MGM release starring Droopy, the matador wolf and a bull...

Here’s a promotional film from the 1980s that entices viewers to visit Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Hong Kong by ship. A Roya...

Jack Benny’s radio show had plenty of secondary characters, many of them played by the most in-demand actors on the air in the west. People ...

Walter Lantz had an admirable career, despite what may be considered less-than-entertaining cartoons in the 1970s. He starred in silent film...

Friz Freleng may have turned 121 today (see note below). Readers of this blog are knowledgeable enough that they don’t need me to go through...