Sometimes my kid picks the movie we sit down to watch, like Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires and A Minecraft Movie. Other ...

Credit: IMDb Not many cartoons could pull off nearly silent comedy, but The Pink Panther did it with style. It had smooth animation, a jazzy theme song, and gags that let visuals do the talking.

Long before reality TV blurred the lines between celebrity and character, Saturday morning cartoons were already doing it-with ink, paint and a heavy dose of bubblegum pop. Throughout the 1960s ...