Farewell, Leon. Farewell. Leon Schlesinger decided to get out of the cartoon business in the middle of 1944. He sold his studio and quit as...

Bugs Bunny discovers after he promises to help a penguin get home that penguins are native to the South Pole. You know the next line. ...

Woody Woodpecker, Andy Panda and a mouse zoom to a food-laden party in “Banquet Busters” (1947). After four drawings of Woody’s finger stret...

You know about all the late-night talk/variety hosts who graced the TV airwaves in the 1950s. Jack Paar. Steve Allen. Jimmy Blaine. Jerry......

“Mm-mmm! I can taste that fried rabbit now,” says the hunter (played by Patrick McGeehan). The Disney-esque rabbit in question overhears th...

Animated cartoons were au courant in the early ‘30s, what with references to Ghandi, George Bernard Shaw, Bing Crosby—and beer. Near beer (...

There was a time that Ann B. Davis was worried about being typecast in the role of Schultzy, which brought her a pair of Emmys. But who reme...

They remained in their jobs for years, content with their work and well-paid for it. They were Jack Benny’s writers. A number of newspaper ...