- Milton Kahn, aka Dave Mitchell, worked as a gag writer and assistant for Leon Schlesinger's "Termite Terrace" animation studio in the 1930s, contributing behind the scenes to Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons helmed by luminaries such as Tex Avery. In the 1940s, Mitchell worked on Paramount's part-animation "Speaking of Animals" series of comedy shorts (originally co-created by Avery).
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Dave Mitchell appears in drag alongside animation legends Tex Avery, Robert Clampett, and Chuck Jones in a humorous 1930s film clip incorporated into the short documentary Behind the Tunes: A Conversation with Tex Avery (2004).
- Starting in January 1939, Mitchell served as editor for the twice-monthly in-house newsletter ("The Exposure Sheet") at Leon Schlesinger Productions.
- "Dave Mitchell" was a pseudonym used by Milton Kahn during the period when he worked for the Leon Schlesinger/Warner Bros. animation studio (the 1930s-1940s).
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