Chapter 1. Ajax and a Brave New World Wide Web

Ajax in Cartoons

Ajax in Cartoons

Ajax Corporation is a fictional corporation used by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) as a parody of Warner Brothers’ Acme Corporation, which is featured prominently in Road Runner cartoons. The Ajax Corporation is primarily referenced in Tom and Jerry cartoons.

So I’m waiting for my order at a fast food restaurant the other day, and I started to question why the word “fast” had any business in the description of this particular place. I was eager to have a seat and flip through a magazine, not loiter in a crowded lobby waiting for my “fast” food. This situation got me thinking about Ajax and ...

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