The Chuck Jones Show is an anthology series that aired on Cartoon Network. It premiered Sunday 8 April 2001 at 8:30pm.
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The Chuck Jones Show featured cartoons animated or directed by Chuck Jones.
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- This show won an Annie Award for Best Animated Special Project for its open/close/packaging in 2001.[1]
- The director of the opening, Tod Polson, said the caricature of Chuck Jones was originally animated with a pencil in his left hand. Jones, who was alive at the time (and was right-handed in real life) noticed and asked for it to be altered.[2]
- The "Stalling-esque" opening and closing themes were composed by Jody Gray.[3]
- The show was criticized for its lack of informational segments (in the same vein as The Tex Avery Show and The Bob Clampett Show) and the selection of cartoons, as some of them were created without Chuck Jones' involvement.[4] For instance, on the 27 May 2001 show, the Robert McKimson short "Gone Batty" aired. The 25 May 2003 show was particularly infamous as the episodes shown on it ("Rabbitson Crusoe", "Mutiny on the Bunny", and "Rabbit Every Monday") were all directed by Friz Freleng.
- The show premiered on Cartoon Network ten months before Chuck Jones' death on February 22nd, 2002.