Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist

Winner of three Academy Awards and numerous other prizes for his animated films, Chuck Jones is the director of scores of famous Warner Bros. cartoons and the creator of such memorable characters as the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepé Le Pew, and Marvin Martian. In this beguiling memoir, Chuck Jones evokes the golden years of life at "Termite Terrace," the Warner Bros. studio in which he and his now-famous fellow animators conceived the cartoons that delight millions of moviegoers throughout the world and entertain new generations of fans on television. Not a mere history, Chuck Amuck captures the antic spirit that created classic cartoons—such as Duck Dodgers in the 24 1⁄2th Century, One Froggy Evening, Duck Amuck, and What's Opera, Doc?—with some of the wittiest insights into the art of comedy since Mark Twain.

"Speaking of laughing out loud, anyone in need of that particular facial exercise would be well advised to rush out for a copy of Chuck Amuck . . . uproariously wonderful!" —Michele Slung, The Washington Post Book World

"With dash, wit and innocence—and a few well-aimed custard pies—Chuck Jones . . . has written an anarchic autobiography." —Mark Goodman, The New York Times Book Review

"Beautifully designed, with pages of black-and-white and color illustrations . . . A wealth of information on the origins and development of the likes of Pepé Le Pew, Elmer Fudd, Daffy Duck, Yosemite Sam, Tweety Bird and Sylvester the Cat." —Steven Rea, The Philadelphia Inquirer