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The weatherman is not only blamed for his failure to foretell, he is blamed for the weather itself.
Chuck Jones
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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
Weathermen
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Weatherman
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I have come to know Bugs so well that I no longer have to think about what he is doing in any situation. I let the part of me that is Bugs come to the surface, knowing, with regret, that I can never match his marvelous confidence.
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Once you have heard a strange audience burst into laughter at a film you directed, you realize what the word joy is all about.
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Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down.
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The close-up, according to D.W. Griffith, allows subtle changes of facial expression-the raising of an eyebrow or the flicker of a smile-to become part of the action.
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