While working on the first Road Runner cartoon, "Fast and Furry-Ous"(1949), director Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese weren't sure what an animated roadrunner should sound like. The real-life bird has no distinct sound. According to Jones, the answer hit them when they heard studio background artist Paul Julian coming down the hallway with an armload of paintings, making a loud noise similar to that of an automobile horn as a warning for people to get out of his way. They instantly knew th

Duck Amuck (1953) is a surreal animated cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons. It stars Daffy Duck, who is tormented by a seemingly sadistic, initially unseen animator, who constantly changes Daffy's locations, clothing, voice, physical appearance and even shape. Pandemonium reigns throughout the cartoon as Daffy attempts to steer the action back to some kind of normality, only for the animator to either ignore him or, more frequently, to over-literally interpret

Yosemite Sam is an American animated cartoon character in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons produced by Warner Bros. Animation. The name is somewhat alliterative and is inspired by Yosemite National Park. Along with Elmer Fudd, he is the de facto archenemy of Bugs Bunny. He is commonly depicted as an extremely aggressive gunslinging prospector, outlaw, pirate, or cowboy with a hair-trigger temper and an intense hatred of rabbits, Bugs particularly. In cartoons with non-West