Random character designs from the Fractured Fairy Tale “Rapunzel.” The witch is lots of fun and I like the orange inks in Rapunzel’s hair. ...

Another staff reference from background artist Paul Julian in a Warners’ cartoon, this time in “Kit For Cat,” released in 1948. Sylvester pi...

Mary Livingstone began life as a fictional girl from Plainfield, New Jersey who was a fan of radio newcomer Jack Benny. She was played by Ja...

There were two Paul J. Smiths in the animation world. Both worked for Walt Disney. One later went on to animate at Warner Bros., then animat...

Woody Woodpecker’s attention is arrested by a croaking owl saying “Who sez so?” These are consecutive frames as Woody turns 360 degrees. I i...

There’s really no excuse for putting skeletons in the story of Jack in the Beanstalk unless you’re writing for a New York cartoon studio in ...

We haven’t said an awful lot about Mel Blanc on this blog because it’s been pretty much said elsewhere. He was the greatest cartoon voice a...

A dead umpire bids farewell to us to wrap up “Batty Baseball,” a 1944 Tex Avery cartoon. Tex ended “Lonesome Lenny” the same way the follo...

Warner Bros. cartoon staffers show up in the most unexpected places. Take, for example, “Yankee Dood It,” one of the Sloan Foundation free e...

Dennis Day is the singer just about anyone thinks of when Jack Benny’s name is brought up. He joined the Benny radio show in 1939 and remain...