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How much do you really know about Chuck Jones? Below are 8 true or false statements. Click each one to reveal the answer and explanation.

1.

Chuck Jones worked on the original 'How the Grinch Stole Christmas!' television special.

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Jones directed the 1966 animated special, which remains a holiday classic, with Boris Karloff narrating and voicing the Grinch.

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Chuck Jones directed the famous 'What's Opera, Doc?' featuring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd.

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Jones directed this 1957 cartoon, a parody of Wagner's operas, widely considered one of the greatest animated shorts ever made.

3.

Chuck Jones based the character of Pepe Le Pew on a French artist he met in Paris.

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Pepe Le Pew was inspired by a skunk Jones saw in a pet store and writer Michael Maltese's idea to parody French romantic stereotypes.

4.

Chuck Jones won an Academy Award for his animated short 'The Dot and the Line'.

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Jones won the 1965 Oscar for Best Animated Short Film with this abstract love story about a line and a squiggle.

5.

Chuck Jones was the sole creator of the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote.

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While Jones directed their classic cartoons, writer Michael Maltese co-created the characters with him, and others contributed to their development.

6.

Chuck Jones never directed a feature-length film during his career.

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Jones co-directed the feature film 'The Phantom Tollbooth' (1970), a live-action/animation hybrid based on the children's book.

7.

Chuck Jones voiced the character of Marvin the Martian in several cartoons.

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Jones provided the distinctive, squeaky voice for Marvin, though Mel Blanc later took over the role in some productions.

8.

Chuck Jones was fired from Warner Bros. after the success of 'Duck Amuck'.

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Jones left Warner Bros. in 1962 when the animation studio shut down; 'Duck Amuck' (1953) was a major success during his tenure.

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