Thursday, 15 June 2017
Suddenly, They're Contented
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Brenda and Cobina were characters on Bob Hope's radio show, with names borrowed from a pair of socialites well-known in that era. And th...
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Wednesday, 14 June 2017
Our (First) Regularly Scheduled Programme
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When was the first regular schedule of TV programming? Would you believe 1928? Yes, that was the year WGY, your friendly General Electri...
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Tuesday, 13 June 2017
The Pancakes Are Panned
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Betty Boop's pancakes fly around her diner and out through the chimney into the night air. Even the moon eats a couple. But there's...
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Monday, 12 June 2017
Rube Goldberg in Space
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I've never been much on John Dunn's writing or Chuck Jones' Tom and Jerry cartoons, but I kind of like a Rube Goldberg-inspired ...
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Sunday, 11 June 2017
He Interviewed an Idol
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Jack Benny’s Second Farewell Special proved, though no one knew it at the time, to be the last. A Third Farewell Special was scripted but n...
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Saturday, 10 June 2017
Max Fleischer Tells His Story
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The production of the feature-length cartoon Gulliver's Travels by the Fleischer studio was accompanied by a huge raft of publicity. So...
Friday, 9 June 2017
Gimme That Wool
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A pretty ugly wolf robs a sheep of his wool in the Walter Lantz Red Riding Hood spoof "Grandma's Pet" (1931). I love the path...
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Thursday, 8 June 2017
The Turn-Tale Wolf Backgrounds
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Dick Thomas was responsible for the background art in the Bob McKimson unit for the first number of years it was in operation at Warner Bros...
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