Monday, 27 July 2015
He's 75
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Confidentally... ...I am a wabbit. The internet loves celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, deathiversaries, to the point of overkill. ...
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Sunday, 26 July 2015
An Unglamorous Night With Jack Benny
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We think of show biz as a glamorous endeavour—appreciative fans, wealth raining down as one has fun and gets paid for it. But there’s anothe...
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Saturday, 25 July 2015
Oona Who?
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Charlie the Tuna you’ve probably heard of. But what about that other salesman cartoon character, Oona O’Tuna? Oona wasn’t a fish. She was a...
Friday, 24 July 2015
Paul Julian Rides Again
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“Bugs Bunny Rides Again” is about as perfect a cartoon as Friz Freleng ever made. It’s packed with funny scenes and dialogue from start to f...
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Thursday, 23 July 2015
Pepper Makes Him Sneeze, You Say?
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Was there even one cartoon studio which didn’t use the pepper/sneeze gag? (Besides maybe UPA). It goes back at least as far as “Felix Gets B...
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Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Don't Talk About Toscanini
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The most baffling censorship demands were forced on Fred Allen. He related once how he was banned from using a certain phoney name on the ai...
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Frankie! (East Coast Version)
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Here’s a wonderful pan shot (thanks to Nick Richie for snipping it together) from the opening of “Swooning the Swooners,” a 1945 Terrytoon t...
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Monday, 20 July 2015
They're Nuts
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Whether it was characters reading title cards, stopping the action and demanding the credit roll or hatching out of nuts and then beginning ...
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