Chuck Jones Enterprises
About Chuck Jones Enterprises
One of the most important and well-known animators and directors, Chuck Jones cut his teeth creating some of the most popular Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts. After the Warner Bros. animation studio dissolved in 1963, Chuck partnered with Les Goldman to found Sib-Tower 12 Productions, where he directed a series of Tom and Jerry shorts for MGM.
MGM ceased production of animated shorts in 1967, by which time Sib Tower 12 had become MGM Animation/Visual Arts, and Jones had already begun to move on to television specials and the feature film The Phantom Tollbooth.
Chuck Jones founded his own studio- Chuck Jones Enterprises- in 1966 to co-produce and then produce these television specials, beginning with his Christmastime classicHow The Grinch Stole Christmas!. He went on to produces a series of "Cricket" films, as well as a series subtitled A Kipling Classic based on The Jungle Books and other stories by Rudyard Kipling.
Episode guide
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How The Grinch Stole Christmas!
Bitter and hateful, the crotchety Grinch, with "termites in his smile" and "garlic in his soul," is irritated at the thought of the nearby village of Whoville having a happy time celebratin…
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The Pogo Special Birthday Special
Everybody has a favorite holiday, so why not celebrate any time you choose? Christmas spirit the year round, Fourth of July patriotism in January, Easter eggs in September. "Why not?" reaso…
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Horton Hears A Who!
Horton the elephant struggles to protect a microscopic community from his neighbors who refuse to believe it exists.
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The Cricket In Times Square
Chester unknowingly gets carried off to New York City, where he finds Harry, Tucker and Mario. Mario's parents own a newsstand, but business is starting to lack. After finding out about Che…
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A Very Merry Cricket
Harry tells of Chester, a famous cricket who plays the violin to soothe everyone. With all the hustle and bustle about New York around Christmas, it's become commercialized. Tucker and Harr…
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Yankee Doodle Cricket
A fanciful account of the American Revolution as seen through the eyes of Chester C. Cricket, Harry the Cat and Tucker the Mouse, who all live with Thomas Jefferson. They demonstrate that h…
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Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
Deep in the heart of turn-of-the-century India, a young mongoose is adopted by a British family. "Every well-bred mongoose hopes to be a house mongoose someday," says narrator Orson Welles.…
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The White Seal
A young white seal pup named Kotick is born. The cute little seal is a bit of an outcast to his peers, but is definitely not inferior. Kotick is the kind-hearted son of the great seal leade…
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Carnival Of The Animals
All new animation combined with live action as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck accompany musician Michael Tilson Thomas in a performance based upon the music of Camille Saint-Saens and the poetry…
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Mowgli's Brothers
This adaptation of Rudyard Kipling's "The Jungle Book" tells the adventure story of Mowgli, a young orphan raised in the jungle by a wolf pack. From the wolves, he learns about love, justic…
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A Connecticut Rabbit In King Arthur's Court
Daffy Duck is King Arthur, Porky Pig plays a varlet, and Bugs is a wise-guy Connecticut Wabbit using a travel tip from Ray Bradbury which sends him back to King Arthur's time. There, he is…
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Raggedy Ann And Andy In The Great Santa Claus Caper
When one of Santa's reindeer sees Alexander Graham Wolf take over the North Pole, she rushes off to find the only two who could help her- Raggedy Ann and Andy! Now, it's a race against Chri…
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Raggedy Ann And Andy In The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile
Halloween is approaching, and the pumpkins are selling fast- except for one, a very glum pumpkin. The children of the town are reveling in the growing excitement- except for one sad little…
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Daffy Duck's Thank-For-Giving Special
Using the "framing device" from "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" Daffy Duck urges Warner Brothers mogul J. L. to incorporate "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2th Century," "His Bitter Hal…
