In 1958, a down-on-his-luck songwriter with the unlikely name of Ross Bagdasarian (1919-1972), plunged the last of his family's savings on a multi-speed tape recorder and created two beloved and memorable...

In 1963, Warner Bros. closed down their long-running cartoon facility that had produced such memorable merrymakers as the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. Director/producer Friz Freleng and...

This book is 40 years in the making!With this book, Pop Culture Historian Mark Arnold takes an in-depth look at the history of Pac-Man, the classic character that spawned the very first animated cartoon...

Dennis the Menace, originally a comic strip introduced in 1951, expanded into a comic book series; an American television series (1959-1963) starring Jay North, Gloria Henry, Herbert Anderson, and Joseph...

Walt Disney Productions became a safe haven for aging actors and up-and-coming actors alike, revitalizing the careers of those such as Fred MacMurray and Helen Hayes and nurturing new young talent such...

"Here we come. Walking down the street. We get the funniest looks from everyone we meet. Hey, hey, we're The Monkees!"The idea of creating a tv series about a wacky rock group similar to The Beatles had...