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...Foghorn Leghorn...
...that your review of new animation and cartoon books [SHOW BUSINESS, May 19] failed to mention my father Robert McKimson, who was with Warner Bros. Cartoons studio as an animator and director from 1931 until it closed in 1963. He directed 175 cartoons and created the Tasmanian Devil, Foghorn Leghorn, Sylvester Jr. and the original Speedy Gonzales. He was nominated for two Academy Awards and was credited in 1944 by the Library of Congress as the author-artist of Bugs Bunny. The books you covered in this article did little to expose the artistic talent that was part of Warner...
Bill Clinton woos voters with the ardor of Pepe Le Pew. Bob Dole's cranky bombast suggests a gaunter Foghorn Leghorn. And Ross Perot? Yosemite Sam. Electoral politicking can get so cartoonish that the making of political-cartoon movies might seem redundant. But Cartoongate (Kino International Video), an hour-long melange of short film parodies compiled by animator Greg Ford, proves that the men who want your vote have long been a source for ripe, mean...
...thing that really set Doobious Leghorn apart was the sweet sound of sax player Brad Barile, especially on the Middle-Easternish "Babahanooj." Although the sax isn't first instrument you think of when you think rock 'n' roll, Barile makes it an integral part of the band's music rather than just a gimmick...
...also catch Doobious Leghorn and others at Machinery Hall's CD release party at Avenue C on August...