You’d think people would already be in the mood for laughing when they seat themselves down in front of a stage to watch a comedy. In rad...

Think about it for a minute. How many cartoons take place on a low-budget theatre stage inside a scarecrow? I can think of a grand total of ...

Tex Avery and gagman Heck Allen try out an impossible gag in Half-Pint Pygmy (1948). During a seemingly endless chase, George and Junior ru...

A few early Disney sound cartoons had characters back away from the camera to reveal themselves. Plane Crazy (1928) is one. Uncle Walt like...

The main villains on the Batman TV show were all quite different from each other, and I think the variety helped the series. Burgess Meredi...

Mention Angela Lansbury’s name and many will think of Murder, She Wrote . Some will think of her warbling in Disney films such as Beauty and...

So I’m watching this scene in Squirrel Crazy , a 1951 Terrytoon, and wondering if Jim Tyer animated it. Suddenly... To borrow from anot...

Bob Clampett got a chance to direct a couple of colour cartoons with his original unit in 1941 before taking over Tex Avery’s crew later in ...