Movie producer Amadee Van Beuren interrupted his honeymoon in June 1929 for one thing—to fire Paul Terry. It was probably the best thing tha...

A joyous Bugs Bunny carefully and deliberately takes aim as Elmer Fudd sobs uncontrollably, thinking he’s killed the wabbit. Now the seq...

By May 1931, Mickey Mouse was domesticated. In The Moose Hunt , he’s basically a boy with a dog. The cartoon ends improbably with Mickey li...

The Golden Age of Radio had more than comedians fronting variety shows, noir-ish detectives, kid adventure stories, adult mysteries, soaps a...

Jerry Beck remarked after reading yesterday’s crack about an animated Bob Clampett that it might be fun to do a quick post on the times ther...

An inside gag greets us as the Mad Musician randomly picks a name from the phone book as his next victim in Buddy the Detective (1934). ...

“G.E. is proud to sponsor The McLaughlin Group ,” said the raspy voiceover announcer, concluding his institutional pitch with the slogan “G....

It’s always a little saddening when a blog you look forward to reading comes to an end. To the right, you see a picture of Steven Hartley. I...