Sunday 31 January 2021

Benny on Broadway

It would seem pointless to publicise a stage show that’s already sold out, but Jack Benny did it anyway when he appeared in New York in 1963.

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Saturday 30 January 2021

The Eyes of Don Williams

Even those of you who have trouble figuring out who animated what in the days of yore should have no trouble picking out the work of Don Williams once he was put into Art Davis’ unit at Warner Bros.

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Friday 29 January 2021

About That Television...

“Now don’t ask us how we got the television set back,” Droopy advises the audience in The Three Little Pups.

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Saturday 23 January 2021

Making the Alvin Show

ABC decided in December 1959 to pick up The Flintstones for its fall 1960 prime-time schedule, and that resulted in a mini-boom in night-time animated shows. One of them was The Alvin Show.

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Saturday 9 January 2021