Personal Tribute to Chuck Jones

[Jave]

Just for curiosity, if you were able to make your own "Tribute to Chuck Jones" home video, which will feature 20 WB cartoons, which shorts will you include? Here are mine, in chronological order:

"The Night Watchman" (Jones' directorial debut)
"Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur" (Jones' first Daffy Duck)
"Old Glory" (Jones' first Porky Pig and better known as the best educational short)
"The Dover Boys" (Jones defines this as his first cartoon tu use his unique style)
"Tom Turk and Daffy"
"Haredevil Hare" (Marvin Martian's debut)
"Mouse Wreckers" (Academy Award Nominee)
"Fast and Furry-os" (First Road Runner/Coyote cartoon)
"For Scent-imental Reasons" (Academy Award Winner)
"The Scarlet Pumpernickel"
"Rabbit of Seville"
"Rabbit Seasoning"
"Duck Amuck" (Ranked #2 in the 50 greatest)
"Duck Dodgers in the 241/2th Century" (Ranked #4 in the 50 greatest)
"Lumber Jack-Rabbit" (Only WB cartoon in 3D)
"One Froggy Evening"
"What's Opera, Doc?" (Ranked #1 in the 50 greatest)
"Robin Hood Daffy"
"High Note" (Academy Award Nominee)
"Beep Prepared" (Academy Award Nominee)

[Tintin]

That's great! Here's mine:

Night Watchman
Old Glory
Little Lion Hunter
Haredevil Hare
My Bunny Lies Over the Sea
Fast and Furry-ous
For Scent-imental Reasons
Rabbit of Seville
Rabbit Fire
Wearing of the Grin (more a Disney style...)
Feed the Kitty
Rabbit Seasoning
Duck Amuck
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2th Century
Rabbit Rampage
One Froggy Evening
What's Opera, Doc?
Baton Bunny
Abominable Snow Rabbit
Mad as a Mars Hare

[Jack]

I'd probably choose a lot of the stuff you went with, but I'd change and add a few things.

"The Night Watchman"
"The Dover Boys" (a huge influence on the animators at UPA. A lot of people say it was the first use Jones' distictive style, but I can't think of any other Jones cartoons like it)
"The Aristo-Cat" (Jones' first use of abstract backgrounds to enhance the actions and emotions of the characters)
"Lost and Foundling" (Sniffles was Jones' first definate character, this is, in my opinion, Sniffles' best cartoon)
"Tom Turk and Daffy" (because it can still make me laugh out loud despite CN playing it so much)
"Fresh Airedale" (one of Jones' most powerful cartoons, but generally ignored)
"Hare Tonic" (a really creative Bugs Bunny cartoon, IMO)
"Fast and Furry-ous"
"So Much For So Little"
"The Scarlet Pumpernickel"
"Caveman Inki" (we can't leave out Jones' extremely unusual Inki and Minah bird)
"Rabbit of Seville"
"Rabbit Fire"
"Feed the Kitty"
"Duck Amuck"
"From A to Zzzz"
"One Froggy Evening"
"Touche and Go" (I think that's the name, it's an example of a good later Pepe)
"What's Opera, Doc?" (I'm only including this one because other people like it so much...)
"High Note"

As an bonus, I would include:
"The Dot and the line" (IMO, Jones last great theatrical cartoon)

I'll probably feel different about my choices tomorrow :p


Jack :D

[Matt Yorston]

I'm definitely in on this thread! Jones has always been my favorite cartoon director!

Hmm, 20, eh?? Okay, if that's the way it is...

1. The Night Watchman (Jones' 1st cartoon)
2. Old Glory
3. The Draft Horse
4. The Dover Boys (How could I NOT include this? This is an all-time classic, hilarious, and one of Jones' all-around greatest!!!)
5. Odor-Able Kitty (1st Pepe LePew cartoon)
6. Fair and Worm-er
7. Inki at the Circus
8. A Feather in His Hare
9. Rabbit Punch (Another of Jones' funniest and most under-rated)
10. Often an Orphan (Brilliant classic Jones cartoon; another of his best)
11. Fast and Furry-ous (1st Road Runner)
12. Bear Feat
13. The Scarlet Pumpernickel
14. Cheese Chasers
15. The Hasty Hare
16. Kiss Me Cat
17. Claws for Alarm
18. One Froggy Evening (What can I say? Gotta include the classics)
19. To Hare Is Human
20. Now Hear This

Those were HARD choices, although "The Dover Boys", "A Feather in His Hare", "Often an Orphan", and "Kiss Me Cat" were definitely going to be picks of mine right off the bat!

[Mibbitmaker]

Going mainly by my personal favorites, thus the lack of Night Watchman (fine cartoon it is), but many seminal cartoons included... and I type these in order that I think of 'em, but I'd tape them chronologically:

1) Duck Amuck (my favorite)
2) Dover Boys
3) Fresh Airdale
4) Fast & Furrious
5) Chow Hound
6) High Note
7) Martian Through Georgia
8) Feed The Kitty
9) Fair & Worm-er
10) Bugs Bunny & The 3 Bears
11) Roughly Squeaking
12) Mouse Wreckers
13) Zoom At The Top
14) Fin 'n' Catty
15) The Ducksters
16)-18) The Hunting Trilogy
19) Little Orphan Airedale
20) Hell-Bent For Election (non-WB)

[J. J. Hunsecker]

1. The Dover Boys
2. Hell Bent for Election
3. Fresh Airedale
4. Long-Haired Hare
5. The Bee-Deviled Bruin
6. Fast and Furry-ous
7. Rabbit of Seville
8. Bunny Hugged
9. Chow Hound
10. Cheese Chasers
11. Dripalong Daffy
12. Water, Water Every Hare
13. Feed the Kitty
14. Duck Amuck
15. Duck Dodgers and the 24 1/2 Century
16. Bully for Bugs
17. One Froggy Evening
18. What's Opera, Doc?
19. Now Hear This
20. The Dot and the Line

[Lonestarr]

(A) Bear for Punishment (hard to believe no one listed this)
Claws for Alarm
(The) Dover Boys
Dripalong Daffy
Duck Amuck
Duck! Rabbit! Duck!
Feed the Kitty
Haredevil Hare
Mouse Wreckers
(The) Night Watchman
Now Hear This
Often an Orphan
One Froggy Evening
Rabbit Fire
(The) Rabbit of Seville
Rabbit Seasoning
(The) Scarlet Pumpernickel
There They Go-Go-Go!
What's Opera, Doc?
Zoom and Bored

[frogboxer]

These would be my selections (in no particular order):

1. The Night Watchman
2. Duck Dodgers
3. Duck Amuck
4. Rabbit Fire
5. Rabbit Seasoning
6. Duck, Rabbit! Duck!
7. High Note
8. Fast and Furry-ous
9. For Scent-imental Reasons
10. What's Opera, Doc?
11. One Froggy Evening
12. The Dover Boys
13. Long-Haired Hare
14. Robin Hood Daffy
15. Hair-Raising Hare
16. Elmer's Pet Rabbit
17. Feed the Kitty
18. Hare-way to the Stars
19. Drip-along Daffy
20. The Scarlet Pumpernickel

[Jack]

Originally posted by Jack
I'd probably choose a lot of the stuff you went with, but I'd change and add a few things.

"The Night Watchman"
"The Dover Boys" (a huge influence on the animators at UPA. A lot of people say it was the first use Jones' distictive style, but I can't think of any other Jones cartoons like it)
"The Aristo-Cat" (Jones' first use of abstract backgrounds to enhance the actions and emotions of the characters)
"Lost and Foundling" (Sniffles was Jones' first definate character, this is, in my opinion, Sniffles' best cartoon)
"Tom Turk and Daffy" (because it can still make me laugh out loud despite CN playing it so much)
"Fresh Airedale" (one of Jones' most powerful cartoons, but generally ignored)
"Hare Tonic" (a really creative Bugs Bunny cartoon, IMO)
"Fast and Furry-ous"
"So Much For So Little"
"The Scarlet Pumpernickel"
"Caveman Inki" (we can't leave out Jones' extremely unusual Inki and Minah bird)
"Rabbit of Seville"
"Rabbit Fire"
"Feed the Kitty"
"Duck Amuck"
"From A to Zzzz"
"One Froggy Evening"
"Touche and Go" (I think that's the name, it's an example of a good later Pepe)
"What's Opera, Doc?" (I'm only including this one because other people like it so much...)
"High Note"

As an bonus, I would include:
"The Dot and the line" (IMO, Jones last great theatrical cartoon)

I'll probably feel different about my choices tomorrow :p


Jack :D
Hmmm, rethinking some of my choices...I would replace "What's Opera Doc?" with "Super Rabbit" and I would replace "Duck Amuck" with "Duck Dodgers." I'm torn between "Fast and Furry-ous" and "Beep Beep." Then again, maybe I'll chuck (pun intended) the Roadrunner and replace him with "You Were Never Duckier." I'm also reconsidering "Feed the Kitty" because "Kiss Me Cat" had sort of slipped my mind...

Now I know why I hate this sort of thing....


Jack :confused:

[J. J. Hunsecker]

Originally posted by Lonestarr
(A) Bear for Punishment (hard to believe no one listed this)

I considered that one since I am a fan of Jones' Three Bears cartoons, but after some deliberation I chose Bee-Deviled Bruin because of how dark and scary it is, and because I haven't seen it in ages (I don't believe I've seen it on video anywhere).