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Kids knew this stuff was funny. Connoisseurs now know it was great. But to studio heads Jack and Harry Warner, the work of Chuck & Co. was just filler. Jones swore that the Warners believed his unit was making Mickey Mouse cartoons--"and when they found out we didn't, they shut it down." This was in 1962; after a quarter-century directing terrific, profitable, studio-defining films, Jones was earning all of $37,500 a year...
...town art teacher, had plenty of career left. He reunited with Geisel and directed two Dr. Seuss half-hours, How the Grinch Stole Christmas! and Horton Hears a Who! He wrote two delightful memoirs, Chuck Amuck and Chuck Reducks. And for a 1985 Museum of Modern Art tribute to Warner Bros. animation, he drew new Bugses and Daffys on the Manhattan museum's walls--a tacit acknowledgment from the world of high culture that this cartoon man was a significant creator of modern...
DIED. CHUCK JONES, 89, Oscar-winning animator who directed classic Warner Bros. cartoons; in Corona del Mar, Calif. (see Appreciation, page...
...DIED. CHARLES ("CHUCK") JONES, 89, animation director who helped bring to life some of the best-loved cartoon characters from Warner Bros.' Looney Tunes series, including Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny; in Corona del Mar, California. In a career that spanned six decades, Jones made more than 300 animated films, winning two Oscars?one for Best Director in 1965 and an honorary lifetime achievement award in 1996. His autobiography Chuck Amuck was published in 1989. DIED. JOHN THAW, 60, adored by millions of viewers for his portrayal of the curmudgeonly sleuth Inspector Morse on ITV's critically acclaimed eponymous television...
...simply aren't many ways for overseas broadcasters to get signals to the public. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. beams some programming into the country through its STAR satellite business and its joint venture with Phoenix TV, a 24-hour news channel based in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, AOL Time Warner (TIME's parent company) has invested in CETV, another Chinese news and entertainment channel. But, it is technically illegal for most Chinese citizens to receive these broadcasts...