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Word: micawberish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...frustrated gallant with Micawberish business instincts," Jones was raised in Hollywood, where he worked occasionally as a child extra in Mack Sennett comedies. After graduation from art school, he supported himself by drawing pencil portraits for $1 apiece at a friend's bookstore. From this he drifted into animation, more or less moseying up through the ranks of animation's curious technocracy (eel washer, painter, inker, in-betweener), and began directing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: The World Jones Made | 12/17/1973 | See Source »

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