Everybody sings in the Krazy Kat cartoon Weenie Roast (1931). The cartoon opens with Krazy and his Minnie Mouse-knockoff girl-friend happi...

Do you remember watching Local 306 (1976) on TV? Or People Like Us (same year)? Or The Crime Club (1975)? Or The Corner Bar (1972, 73)? ...

Anvils. What would cartoons be without them? There’s one in Screwy Truant (1945), directed by noted anvil enthusiast Tex Avery. First, Scr...

Something to watch for in Friz Freleng cartoons, besides the comedy and timing, are the subtle expressions and hand/finger movements. See ...

“The business of America is business,” newly-elected president Calvin Coolidge is quoted as saying about 100 years ago. Certainly business b...

If you listen to any of the Jack Benny radio broadcasts from American military bases, you’ll hear huge cheers for Eddie Anderson. Soldiers,...

Art Davis gets a thumbs-up from me as a director at Warner Bros. What Makes Daffy Duck? is a great cartoon by any standard; I really enjoy...

Director Wilfred Jackson goes for dark-light visuals in a shoot-em-up scene in the Mickey Mouse cartoon The Klondike Kid (1932). Here’s an...