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Paul Mayer
Oh get out of it Melvin, before it pulls you under!

Posts: 3836
From: Albuquerque, NM
Registered: Feb 2000

posted 02-23-2002 01:54 AM

Here's an unfortunate link:
http://www.msnbc.com/news/714296.asp?pne=msn

Paul
"Where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an Earth shattering kaboom!"
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Paul G. Thompson
The Weenie Man

Posts: 4718
From: Mount Vernon WA USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 02-23-2002 02:47 AM

Unfortunate, indeed. Another great loss to our industry.

Paul

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Peter Kerchinsky
Master Film Handler

Posts: 326
From: Seattle, WA, USA
Registered: Jan 2002

posted 02-23-2002 05:08 AM

He will be sorely missed. Got to meet him one time and that I will never forget.

(Uhhhh, think I took a wrong turn at ........)

Hey St. Peter, let him him and the place will never be the same.

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Mark Gulbrandsen
Resident Trollmaster

Posts: 16657
From: Music City
Registered: Jun 99

posted 02-23-2002 09:54 AM

That is sad indeed. A great era passes on. I grew up on that stuff.
Mark @ Home

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Joe Beres
Jedi Master Film Handler

Posts: 606
From: Minneapolis, MN, USA
Registered: Nov 2000

posted 02-23-2002 09:56 AM

You know, it is sad, but what a body of work! So much to be proud of. I have so many happy memories of watching those cartoons.

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Mark Lensenmayer
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1605
From: Upper Arlington, OH
Registered: Sep 1999

posted 02-23-2002 11:22 AM

This one really hits me hard. Chuck Jones has been a personal hero of mine for years, along with Jim Henson and Les Paul. I doubt there is an accurate count of how many projects he worked on...probably in the hundreds.

I could list so many favorite titles here. I'll settle for just few favorites:

Robin Hood Daffy...remembered fondly for "Yoikes, and away! (boom)"
Duck Amuck...A surrealistic masterpiece
How the Grinch Stole Christmas...The only proper version of this
(Max and Cindy Lou are the most "Chuck-like" characters.)
Rikki, Tikki, Tavi...A TV cartoon that I could see over and over

Chuck was the master of comic timing. What is most amazing is that the cartoons were all pre-planned, and almost edited ahead of time. That requires master craftsmanship.

Good-bye, Chuck. Your name will live on, as many generations of families introduce their children to the wonder of Looney Tunes.

Today is indeed a sad day...A dose of Michigan J. Frog might be just the thing right now.

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Ian Price
Phenomenal Film Handler

Posts: 1714
From: Denver, CO
Registered: Jun 99

posted 02-23-2002 01:06 PM

I never met the man, but I have seen him from across the room. Chuck Jones was honored by the Telluride Film Festival a bunch of years ago. This was one of the first times his work as an artist was recognized. He then had a close association with the Telluride Film Festival. He designed some of their film posters and he usually had a film in the festival. Recently his daughter has taken over and they have begun to make new cartoons. We saw a new Road Runner cartoon a few years back. Telluride honored Chuck Jones again by naming a theatre after him. There are pictures in the Picture section of Film-Tech.

Like I said, I never met the man, but his Art has influenced my life.

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Mike Blakesley
Film God

Posts: 12767
From: Forsyth, Montana
Registered: Jun 99

posted 02-23-2002 01:34 PM

I always thought Chuck Jones (not to mention Tex Avery and Friz Freleng's) cartoons were far funnier and more entertaining than Disney's. A great loss indeed. End of an era.
www.looneytunes.com has a nice little popup window honoring Chuck. It's about the first popup I've seen that wasn't trying to sell something.

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John Wilson
Film God

Posts: 5438
From: Sydney, Australia.
Registered: Dec 1999

posted 02-23-2002 08:18 PM

Goodbye Chuck...thank-you so, so, so much.

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