Regular readers of this blog will likely know I’m a real fan of animated industrial films of the 1950s. Some fine artists who worked on thea...

Was there a more brilliant comedy show to come out of Canada than SCTV? What started out as a half-hour, made-in-Toronto, low-budget, somet...

Robber : Look, bud, I said “Your money or your life.” Jack Benny : I’m thinking it over! That may be the most famous bit of dialogue on th...

There are plenty of byways in the world of animated cartoons. One of the best places to learn about them is the Cartoon Research web site. ...

Cartoons from the Art Davis unit had some pretty solid animation. Here’s a fun scene from Riff Raffy Daffy (1948). Policeman Porky has conk...

Yes, this blog is retired but, like the Yowp blog, it seems I end up posting periodically (Yowp will have posts once a month for the next fe...

Joyce Randolph was the fourth wheel on The Honeymooners . Unfortunately, that made her the fifth wheel. Jackie Gleason was the star. Art Ca...

Someone in Hollywood once warned about the perils for actors of working with children or animals, as they will steal any scene. Jack Benny ...

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