In 1941, Freleng used this format for a one-shot cartoon called Rhapsody in Rivets, written by story man Michael Maltese, who would go on to write many cartoons in this format for both Freleng and ...

Pop music + cartoon animation + pubescent audiences + sugary breakfast cereal ads = hit entertainment. In the 1960s and ‘70s, that equation briefly produced a string of clever, endearing ...