Flights of Fancy (Part 24): H-B High Spots.
Writing about aviation in the television era is, to say the least, a bit daunting. (It may require that I fly in on a Navy Douglas SBD Dauntless.) By this…
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Iwao Takamoto Practical Jokes
The famed artist and animator talks about his days at Disney – and the jokes animators played on each other.
Whatever Happened to Huckleberry Hound?
Huckleberry Hound is the classic showbiz story of a top star who was upstaged by one of his supporting players.
Action Johnny
Action Johnny started out as a thinly veiled parody of Jonny Quest – but eventually the producers found out that Cartoon Network actually owned the rights to that iconic character.
Ray Bradbury’s Halloween Tree
Most animation fans are unaware that this tale of Halloween actually originated as a half hour animated special written by Bradbury for Chuck Jones.
The Yogi Bear You Don’t Know
Yogi Bear’s Honey Fried Chicken was a popular fast food restaurant chain that debuted in the early 1960s. Here’s what happened next.
The Animated Fantastic Four
The classic Marvel comic book by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby has had quite a legacy as an animated series throughout the decades.
In His Own Words: Casey Kasem on Shaggy
The voice behind Norville “Shaggy” Rogers on Scooby-Doo Where Are You?
Reign of the Supertoons (Part 4)
Everyone wanted to be their superhero idol back in the 1960s – and this craze spilled over drastically into animated cartoons of the day.
Bugz Livez – Chapter Two: Fleaz (Pt. 3)
With character design running the gamut from mere black dots to miniature sensual humanized chorus girls, we continue our weekly survey of toons focusing on the common flea.
