Chucked out

Through the early-1960s, Chuck and his wife Dorothy wrote the screenplay for the animated feature "Gay Purr-ee". The production and publication of the finished film would later pay a large price on Jones' career. As he moonlighted to work on the film, he violated the exclusive contract he had with Warner Bros. When UPA completed the film and made it available for distribution in 1962, soon after it was picked up by Warner Bros. When Warner discovered Jones' involvement in the film, they terminated him, And Jones' former animation unit was laid off after completing the final cartoon in their pipeline, "The Iceman Ducketh", and the rest of the Warner Bros. Cartoons studio was closed in early 1963.

"Rabbit Fire" 1951

Big Changes

During the 1950, Jones and Maltese began work on a short that would alter the personality of Daffy Duck forever, the was called "Rabbit Fire". Changing him from the wacky comic relief character, to an egomaniacal vain prima donna aiming for spotlight of Bugs Bunny. Chuck commented on his versions of Bugs and Daffy, saying "Bugs is who we want to be, Daffy is who were are."

There was also a time when Mr Jones became a temporary Disney man, working with Ward Kimball on "Sleeping Beauty"(1959). Mind you this all happened within a four month period whilst Warner Bros. closed their animation studio during 1953.

What's Opera, Doc?

A Clip from "What's Opera, Doc" One of the most famous pieces that Chuck Jones made.

Jones' Unit A

Shortly after Jones assembled a team to aid him in his "animational endeavours" that team consisted of writer Michael Maltese, layout artist/background designer/co-director Maurice Noble, animator and co-director Abe Levitow, and animators Ben Washum and Ken Harris.

Road Runner and Wile E Coyote

Marvin The Martian