Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

by Chuck Jones, Steven Spielberg (Foreword by), Matt Groening (Preface by)

Overview

The illustrated classic, complete with a new preface by Matt Groening.

Winner of three Academy Awards and numerous other prizes for his animated films, Chuck Jones is the director of scores of famous Warner Bros. cartoons and the creator of such memorable characters as the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, and Marvin Martian. In this beguiling memoir, Chuck Jones evokes the golden years of life at "Termite Terrace," the Warner Bros. studio in which he and his now-famous fellow animators conceived the cartoons that delighted millions of moviegoers throughout the world and entertain new generations of fans on television. Not a mere history, Chuck Amuck captures the antic spirit that created classic cartoons-such as Duck Dodgers in the 241/2 Century, One Froggy Evening, Duck Amuck, and What's Opera, Doc?-with some of the wittiest insights into the art of comedy since Mark Twain.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466836020
Publisher:	Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date:	12/03/1999
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	254
Sales rank:	644,370
File size:	24 MB
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About the Author

Chuck Jones is an Academy Award winner and the creator of classic cartoon characters such as Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. He lives and works in Costa Mesa, California.

Table of Contents

	Preface to the Paperback Edition	4
	Foreword	6
	Caveat Emptor	10
	Johnson and the Birth of a Notion	12
	Uncle Lynn's Stubborn Liver: Comic Tales and Comic Stars	24
	How to Become an Animator	40
	A Few Hours' Incursion into a Rabbit Factory	58
	The Front Office	86
	The Directors: Friz Freleng, Tex Avery, and How I Grew	96
	The Writers: The Slum Kid, the Scion, and Me	106
	Duck Dodgers: A Case History--Story Through Animation	142
	Rabbit Transit	192
	Never Take a Right Turn at Albuquerque	216
	The Birth in Me of a Daffy Duckling	232
	Teddy and Charlie	244
	How to Make a Tennis Shoe for a Percheron	252
	Appendix	268
	Remembering Dorothy Webster Jones	294
	Filmography	295
	Major Characters	302
	Early Animation	303

What People are Saying About This

Peter Bogdanovich

Chuck Jones's work remains, like all good fables, and only the best art, both timeless and universal.

Editorial Reviews

The director of Bugs Bunny cartoons and inventor of Roadrunner, Coyote and Pepe Le Pew reminisces about family life and work at Warner Brothers, paying tribute to directors, animators, writers and a sound-effects specialist. PW characterized this as a ``short, unpretentious, amusing memoir.'' Illustrated. Author tour. (Nov.)

Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly

Jones made stars of Bugs, Daffy, Pepe Le Pew, Wile E. Coyote, and other animated favorites. In his prolific career, noted for the variety of his many projects, he garnered three Oscars and 14 nominations. Like the man, the book is all fun: flipping pages, one can see Coyote chasing Road Runner. Over 500 drawings, plus color plates, photos, and text all teem with chuckles. Jones tells how Bugs and other characters evolved, how a cartoon director works, how one of Daffy Duck's stories took shape, and what day-to-day life at the studio--``Termite Terrace''--was like. With a foreword by Steven Spielberg, this book is recommended as a bright inside look at the world of cartoon animation. As an extra treat, Warner Home Video offers ``A Salute to Chuck Jones'' ($14.95), which includes some of his best short cartoons.--William A . Donovan, Chicago P.L.

Library Journal

The creator of Bugs, Daffy, Porky, and many other cartoon celebrities has produced just the manner of memoir we would expect. Drawings abound on every page; several color plates are brilliantly and superbly printed; scripts, working notes and photographs punctuate the text. A must for fans and a palliative for those who take their own life too seriously. Filmography, but no index or bibliography. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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