Star of Stage, Screen and Casinos

In a way, Jack Benny never gave up vaudeville.

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Chicken Fingers

Here’s an example of one of the things animation had to give up when it went to made-for-TV cartoons.

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Give a Whit

How’s this for a cast—Cesar Romero, Sid Melton, Acquanetta, Whit Bissell and Hugh Beaumont?

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Black Beauty Explodes

The Happy Harmonies staff writers used venerable old “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” as a starting point for The Old Plantation (released Sept. 21, 1935).

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Today's Inside Jokes

Since we had a Porky post a few days ago, let’s check out backgrounds from some early P. Pig Looney Tunes.



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Tally Ho Ho Ho Backgrounds

Fernando Montealegre was among the first staffers at Hanna-Barbera, jumping over from MGM where he started as an assistant animator and became a background artist. In keeping with the times, his work on Mike Lah’s Droopy shorts (in Cinemascope) at MGM are quite stylised.

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The Real Jack Benny

It’s a tribute to Jack Benny’s acting skill that people actually believed what they heard on his radio programme.

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