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[edit] "Heckling Hare" and Avery's termination at WB

I've seen unsourced references, in other material, to Leon Schleisinger's objection to the end of "Heckling" to arise not simply from the repeat of the falling sequence, but also from the closing "gag line": "Hold onto your hats, folks, here we go again!" and the possible risque significance of this line. I cannot find any explanation of why this line would be deemed risque, even to a known stick-in-the-mud like Scheisinger.

Anyone got some info.?

Never heard a word about the last line, but Joe Adamson, in his great book about Tex (see "further reading" list in the article) attributed Avery's departure strictly to the second and unresolved falling. He says that Leon S. perceived it as Bugs' death! Ted Watson 19:39, 6 September 2007 (UTC)
According to one of the animators that worked on "Heckling Hare", there were three falls in the original version. Bugs had just become a sensation in the short period between "A Wild Hare" and "The Heckling Hare" - Schlesinger, a bean-counter by trade, did not want this new "golden boy" of "his" to be killed. 147.70.242.40 01:13, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Tex Avery Cartoon

I remember in the 90's there was a cartoon bearing Tex Avery's name in the title. Does anyone know this cartoon and it's relation too Tex Avery?

The cartoon of Tex Avery can be found in google videos by searching for tex avery, it exists, needs more detailed information tho. yet another Matt 20:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
The Wacky World of Tex Avery had absolutely nothing to do with "our" Tex Avery, other than the publicity material which declared the show an "homage" to his style (highly debatable, but I'm just working from memory). The only reason it bore his name is that the creators named a cowboy character after him. By putting the man's name on a show that bears absolutely none of his material, it makes it the biggest ripoff in the DIC syndication catalog by default. --Enwilson 23:46, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm unable to find anything online, but I recall when Wacky World first aired, I read that DiC obtained permission from Avery's nearest living relative to use his name. Cartoon Network did have a program called The Tex Avery Show, which consisted of toons by Avery.Just1thing 19:56, 28 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] The Wolf

I just reverted an edit which falsely put The Wolf in the Warner cartoons when he was used only in the MGM cartoons. Steelbeard1 17:57, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

  • There was an Avery-style wolf in one of the Friz Freleng movie theater cartoons (I think it was "Bacall To Arms"), so maybe they got the two confused. --Enwilson 01:18, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

"Bacall To Arms" was a Bob Clampett cartoon, released after he left Warner so he is not in the credits. Steelbeard1 01:48, 24 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Question

What's the name of that Avery cartoon where this skunk really likes a lady fox, paints himself orange, and goes out with her, then they both fall in water and she is revealed to be a skunk too?

"Little 'Tinker". See [1]. Steelbeard1 14:54, 16 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Photo?

Why is there no photo of Avery on this page? Surely, one of the most influential innovators in animation history should be pictured in a Wikipedian article. --Cinemaniac 01:02, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Avery and "Rhapsody Rabbit"/"Cat Concerto" controversy

There should be in this article a discussion about Avery's role in the "Rhapsody Rabbit"/"Cat Concerto" controversy. Avery was the one who found out that "Rhapsody" was close to completion while Hanna and Barbera were early on in the production of "Concerto" - supposedly, it was his "heads up" that accelerated the production and prompted MGM to arrange for a showing of a rough cut in a L.A. theater in time to be eligible for the 1946 Academy Awards... and win the Oscar over Warner Brothers and "Rhapsody." 147.70.242.40 01:18, 8 November 2007 (UTC)

I have never heard any of that, but I can tell you that there was a second instance of Warners and Metro putting out nearly identical cartoons during this period. Freleng was again responsible for the WB one, Holiday for Shoestrings (1946), but this time Avery himself made the other, The Peachy Cobbler (1950). They do have very different punchlines. Ted Watson (talk) 21:57, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] NPOV

is it really NPOV to say that the late-80's were the "renaissance of animation"? I've met many animation fans and none of them have expressed this view. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.238.72.39 (talk) 07:37, 18 February 2008 (UTC)