“By Word of Mouse” is a Warner Brothers cartoon I watched as a kid. Perhaps it had more of an influence on me than I realized, beyond Hawley Pratt being the layout artist.
https://pinkpanther.fandom.com/wiki/Hawley_Pratt
This video cuts out part of the cartoon in an attempt to keep YouTube from deleting it.
This video includes the parts about Microeconomics that are missing. The 1950’s emphasis on mass production and consumption doesn’t mention the corollary, planned obsolescence.