“Whatchoo talkin’ ’bout, Willis?” “I pity the fool!” “And knowing is half the battle!” ’80s kids certainly had no lack of TV catchphrases to sprinkle into their everyday conversations. And if you were a boy showing off at the playground,…
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In 1964, when I was in First Grade, I had a very simple Friday (later Thursday) night routine. Just before 7:30, after finishing any homework and my dinner, I’d walk from our rowhouse to our next-door neighbors, the Mutschlers, and…
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For the TV Sidekick Blogathon, we rev up our engines and salute Muttley, the snickering canine companion of Dick Dastardly on Wacky Races and Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines.
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Forget “rabbit season” and “duck season.” It’s the season for MoveFanFare to salute Bugs, Daffy, Porky and company with 49 of the most memorable jokes, songs and moments from the Warner Bros. cartoons. Come on in and see what’s up…Doc.
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From 1930 through 1960, Warner Brothers released some of the best cartoons ever produced. And the adventures of a particularly loony black mallard duck are among my favorites…
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There was Disney. There was Warner Brothers. There was MGM. And then there was UPA. The animation studio UPA was in the shadow of the other three. It was best known as the home of Mr. Magoo and Gerald McBoing-Boing….
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Guest blogger John McElwee writes: It’s 1941. You’re Paramount, newly in receipt of a white-hot fad off comic pages and radio — only this one flies and lifts up passenger trains. How in deuce will you translate that to a…
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It sure is heartening to know that I’m not the only Ruff and Reddy fan out there. That’s the lesson I learned from the responses to last month’s article on new DVD collections of 1970s Hanna-Barbera cartoons, where I mentioned how my…
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