The book also features commentary from Leonard Maltin, John Canemaker, Joe Adamson, Steve Schneider, Charles Solomon, and Leslie Cabarga.

Seventeen of the selected films were produced for Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series, ten of which were directed by Chuck Jones, including the #1 cartoon on the list, What's Opera, Doc?

[5] The book's front and rear cover art shows a variety of famous cartoon stars seated in a nightclub.

[7] Maryanne Dell wrote in The Orange County Register that the book "is a breeze, a visual delight that brings back childhood afternoons in front of the tube."

She also mentioned how the book chronicled the "history of the genre with enough details about how these things work to satisfy anyone with a modicum of interest in the subject."

The marathon also included interviews with animators such as Chuck Jones and Joe Barbera, as well as historian Leonard Maltin and voice actors Charlie Adler and June Foray.