Fans of old films are well aware of the enforcement of the Production Code starting in July 1934 that, among other things, tamed several car...

Last week, we mentioned Fred Allen’s ill-fated TV venture “Sound-Off Time,” one of a number of early ‘50s TV efforts where producers saddled...

Anyone want to guess what this is? These are three consecutive drawings from “The Dizzy Acrobat,” a 1943 Woody Woodpecker cartoon. A ...

What Makes Cartoons Great No. 276: tongue sandwiches with real tongues singing “I’m Just Wild About Harry.” Like in Bob Clampett’s “Goofy Gr...

The character traits Jack Benny invented for himself became so well-known, many people feel he had them forever. But there was a time on the...

One generation grew up with “The Mickey Mouse Club” and the “Wonderful World of Color.” Another did the same with “The Disney Afternoon.” An...

One of my favourite pieces of animation in a Tom and Jerry cartoon is in “Texas Tom” (1950) when the cat goes all western and serenades a g...

“The Screwdriver” is as about appropriate as you can get for the title of a cartoon about the early version of Woody Woodpecker being a mena...

Was there a radio star more quoted than Fred Allen? It’s hard to pin down Allen as a cynic, pessimist or a realist. Perhaps he was a bit of...

Bugs Bunny pulls the phoney New Year’s bit on Elmer Fudd in “The Wabbit Who Came to Supper” (1942) in a funny scene animated by Dick Bickenb...