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Terrence Briggs <mrman1mrman1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>On Nov 18, 8:33 pm, "Frank J. Lhota" <FrankLho.NOS...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>> Bob Clampett's claim to be the "creator" of Bugs Bunny simply is not
>> credible, and I can understand how this claim would rub people the
wrong
>> way. But Chuck Jones's decision to omit any reference to Bob Clampett's
>> contributions in "The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie" seemed like a
>> petty response.
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>> The feud between Chuck Jones and Bob Clampett is a difficult topic for
>> WB cartoon fans like me. Both men were brilliant directors, but IMO the
>> fight tarnished the reputations of all of them.
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>Am I nuts, or was Bob Clampett mentioned as a Warner Bros director in
>one of the Bugs Bunny movies?
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>When I first saw Beany & Cecil around age 8, I recognized the name as
>one previously mentioned in a Bugs Bunny movie (along with Friz
>Freleng, and writer Mike Maltese).
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>In other words, how the heck would I know who Clampett was at that
>age, without having seen a Bugs Bunny movie first?
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>For the record, I saw the Bugs Bunny movies on Betamax.
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>Terrence Briggs, who might have to chalk this tattered memory blur up
>to misarranged Halle Berry entries.
There is an early Bugs short where he comes on as the front credits run
and comments on them. It's something like "What a bunch of joiks.
(and I should know, I work for them!)". I don't remember what the short
was or who directed it..
Ted
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