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That's All Folks: Chuck Jones RIP

Posted by chrisd on from the tom-and-jerry-define-repetitive-genius dept.

Whamo writes: "Legendary animator, Chuck Jones, creator of classic cartoon characters such as Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Road Runner, & Pepe Le Pew has died (cnn) aged 89 years. When you were a kid was there ever a better baby-sitter than several hours of Looney Tunes & Merry Melodies? Thank you, Mr. Jones for all the great memories and, respectfully, That's All Folks...." CT: I just wanted to mention that Chuck actually read Slashdot. We had a poll once where he was an option, and he was flattered that he was winning it.

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  1. D*mn by TheDigitalOne · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now we will never know if the Coyote ever catches the Road Runner.

    1. Re:D*mn by drwiii · · Score: 5, Funny

      For what it's worth, I just so happen to have a frame grab of that.

  2. Where's the kaboom? by dagnabit · · Score: 5, Funny
    There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering kaboom...

    R.I.P., Mr. Jones, and thanks for sharing your talents.

  3. Pure genius. by meth88 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Bugs: "Do you want to shoot me now or wait till you get home?" Daffy: "SHOOT HIM NOW! SHOOT HIM NOW!" Bugs: "You keep outta this; he doesn't have to shoot you now." Daffy: "Oh, yeah? Well, I say he DOES have to shoot me now! So SHOOT ME NOW!" --BANG!-- Daffy: "Let's try that again..." Bugs (shrugging): "Okay; do you want to shoot me now or wait till you get home?" (in a flat, actor read-through voice) Daffy: "Shoot him now; shoot him now." (Ditto) Bugs: "You keep outta this; he doesn't have to shoot you now." Daffy: "AH HA! (aside to the audience)Pronoun trouble. It's not he doesn't have to shoot you now, he doesn't have to shoot me now. Well, I say he DOES have to shoot me now! SO SHOOT ME NOW!" --BANG!--

  4. Re:Not just Chuck by Kirruth · · Score: 5, Funny

    Fred Quimby, Mel Blanc, Charles Schultz and now Chuck Jones.

    We are at the closing of an Age.

    I'm hoping when they get to Heaven, someone hands them an anvil and they tumble back to Earth.

    --
    "Well, put a stake in my heart and drag me into sunlight."
  5. Re: That's something they could put on his tombsto by Psiren · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reminds me of something Billy Conolly said in an interview once. He said he wanted to have really tiny writing on his gravestone so that people would have to stand on his grave to read it. Then a pre-recorded voice would say "You're standing on my balls!". So damn funny!

    Seems to me people wth a good sense of humour are still planning to make people laugh when they're gone. I guess Chuck falls into this category too. We'll still be laughing at his cartoons many years from now.