"He is one of the five fathers of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and Elmer Fudd and personally created the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Pepe le Pew, Marvin Martian, Gossamer, Michigan J. Frog, Hubie & Bertie, Junyer Bear of the Three Bears, Witch Hazel, Hugo, Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog.
He also directed Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Horton Hears a Who, The Dot and the Line, The Phantom Tollbooth, A Cricket in Times Square, Kipling’s Rikki Tikki Tavi, The White Seal, and Mowgli’s Brothers to name just a few.
Along with Winsor McCay (creator of the first cartoon) and Walt Disney, Chuck Jones was the first inductee into the Animation Hall of Fame." chuckjones.com
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