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Jackie Gleason said that comedy is the most exacting form of dramatic art, because it has an instant critic: laughter.

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Chuck Jones
Age: 89 †
Born: 1912
Born: September 21
Died: 2002
Died: February 22
Actor
Animation Director
Animator
Comics Artist
Film Director
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Spokane
Washington
Charles Martin Jones
Charles M. Jones
Comedy
Exacting
Happiness
Jackie
Art
Critic
Form
Dramatic
Instant
Critics
Laughter
Joy

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