Chuck Jones, cool.

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Chuck Amuck is one of my favorite books on animation. I had the pleasure of meeting CJ when he was doing a book signing in San Francisco. I apologised because my little cousin had smudged chocolate on the inside cover. Chuck laughed and said, "I think its a compliment. I should sign it twice!"

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Jones came and spoke at my college (OCC) a long time ago. He brought several films and showed them on the big screen, the way they were meant to be seen. It was unbelievably eye-popping and the cartoons packed such a whallop!

Some of the ones I remember being especially affected by were:

Duck Dodgers in the 24th and Half Century
Feed the Kitty
What's Opera, Doc?
One Froggy Evening

Chuck Amuck is a great book and contains many of the hilarious stories he told us that night. His humor and storytelling abilities were excellent in person and on the screen.

I guess this has turned into a mini Chuck Jones Tribute. I love his work to this day.

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I remember seeing Go Fly A Kit as a little boy on television. This brought back great memories, CP !!

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BTW: This is my favourite.

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Originally Posted by lashbear

BTW: This is my favourite.

That's a great one.

Notice the credit is Charles M. Jones. Another tidbit I learned is that in the earlier days, Leon Schlessinger made everyone go by their full names to "seem professional." Pretty funny considering the product. Chuck grated at this and so did Friz, whose real name is Isadore. The compromise was to put I. Freleng on those earlier cartoons. Later on they were able to go by their nicknames.

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Regarding "bleh", I feel that his truly later stuff crossed over into this oddly cutesy realm that made it almost grotesque. Go Fly A Kit is during his high point of what I'd consider truly cute, not overly so.