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10 Favorite Cartoons of Animator Chuck Jones" Academy Award-winning animator Chuck Jones (1912-2002) directed and created such iconic cartoon figures as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Daffy Duck, Pepé Le Pew, and Roadrunner. His animated TV specials include Rikki-Tikki-Tavi and How the Grinch Stole Christmas. In the following list, compiled in 1984, Jones discussed his favorites among the cartoons he directed. 1. "One Froggy Evening" (1955) "It was a difficult cartoon to do, and I'm most proud of the fact that the difficulty and effort doesn't show in the product. " 2. "What's Opera, Doc?

" "We took 14 hours and cut it down to six minutes. 3. "A pugnacious dog is overcome with love for a kitten. 4. "This was an Archie Bunker story before its time, and we had a great cast, Bea Benaderet, Billy Bletcher, and Stan Freberg. " 5. "Daffy has a long fight with the person drawing the cartoon. 6. "Naturally, this was a Buck Rogers satire. 7. "This won an Academy Award in 1949. 8. "I had to include a Roadrunner picture in this list. 9. 10. Cartoon Brew: Leading the Animation Conversation. Dada Manifesto (1916, Hugo Ball) Dada is a new tendency in art. One can tell this from the fact that until now nobody knew anything about it, and tomorrow everyone in Zurich will be talking about it. Dada comes from the dictionary. It is terribly simple. In French it means "hobby horse".

In German it means "good-bye", "Get off my back", "Be seeing you sometime". An International word. How does one achieve eternal bliss? I shall be reading poems that are meant to dispense with conventional language, no less, and to have done with it. It will serve to show how articulated language comes into being.

Each thing has its word, but the word has become a thing by itself. Dada Manifesto (1916, Hugo Ball) Tutorials! Learning Center: Exploring Watercolor - Basics of Drawing.