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- Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (b. May 8, 1913-d. May 2, 1984) was an American director, producer, animator, and puppeteer, best known for his work with Warner Bros.' cartoon series, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
- Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (May 8, 1913–May 4, 1984) was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes series of cartoons from Warner Bros. and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett is considered the most outrageous and original of all of the Warner Bros. directors. He was a very imaginative, emotional, and energetic person, and this carried over into his cartoons. Clampett created Porky Pig in 1935 and Tweety Bird in 1942. Perhaps Clampett's most popular (and controversial) short is Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves, a version of Snow White in which every character is African-American. This cartoon was never released, but it is widely acclaimed for its art and originality. This cartoon is also a good examp
- If it was Tex Avery who modernized the cartoon gag and Chuck Jones who brought subtlety and stylization to new levels in animation, then it was certainly Robert "Bob" Clampett who brought back the old fashioned, distorted rubberhose of the previous era and early 1930's to modern times. One of the most popular directors of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoon shorts made by Warner Bros. during The Golden Age of Animation (second only to Chuck Jones in popularity), Bob Clampett was nothing short of a mischief maker, being both a real life version of Bugs Bunny, in addition to being a real life Daffy Duck. (pre-Chuck Jones Flanderization Daffy Duck, mind you.)
- Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937 and during his fifteen years at the studio, directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic and also designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig and Tweety Bird. Among Clampett's most acclaimed films are Porky in Wackyland (1938), Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946). Clampett left Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1946 and turned his attention to television, creating the famous puppet show Time for Beany in 1949. A later animated version of the series, titled Beany and Cecil, ran on ABC for five years beginning in 1962 and ending in 1967.
- animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett was born and raised not far from Hollywood, and early on expressed an interest in animation and puppetry. After leaving high school a few months shy of graduating in 1931, Clampett joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, titled Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937 and during his fifteen years at the studio, directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic and designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig and Tweety. Among Clampett's most acclaimed films are Porky in Wackyland (1938), Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
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| - __NOEDITSECTION__ Image:Information-silk.png|Character Template rect 0 0 20 20 Staff Template desc none Bob Clampett Real Name Unknown First publication Unknown
- If it was Tex Avery who modernized the cartoon gag and Chuck Jones who brought subtlety and stylization to new levels in animation, then it was certainly Robert "Bob" Clampett who brought back the old fashioned, distorted rubberhose of the previous era and early 1930's to modern times. One of the most popular directors of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoon shorts made by Warner Bros. during The Golden Age of Animation (second only to Chuck Jones in popularity), Bob Clampett was nothing short of a mischief maker, being both a real life version of Bugs Bunny, in addition to being a real life Daffy Duck. (pre-Chuck Jones Flanderization Daffy Duck, mind you.) Being inspired by the strange works of artist Salvador Dali, as well as the other animation studios like Disney and Fleischer and even newspaper comic artists like Milt Gross, Clampett eventually began working at the Warner Bros. distributed animation unit of Leon Schlesinger, after failing to get a job at the Disney studios. (Disney had wanted to hire him, due to Clampett's excellent drawing skills, but they had all the animators they needed.) There, Clampett and his soon to be mentor, Fred "Tex" Avery, went to work in a crumbling wooden shack assigned to them, not far from the main Schlesinger lot. There, they discovered they were not alone -- specifically, said shack appeared to have an infestation of termites. Still, being comfy there, the duo blessed upon the place the affectionate nickname Termite Terrace, which would soon become the unofficial name for the entire Looney Tunes animation studio as a whole. In 1941, Avery left the studio...but Clampett, having learned quite a thing or two from him, began experimenting with his own style of animation -- a very wacky, surreal one which combined the early principles of rubberhose animation from The Silent Age of Animation, with the more modern, higher quality principles and art productions of a Disney short. The results were some of the finest cartoons ever made in general, let alone by the Warner Bros. animation unit. Oh, and he's also the father of Tweety Bird and reinvented Porky Pig as a character into an adventurer who got into all sorts of fantastic tales like Porky in Wackyland for many, many black & white shorts. After leaving Warner Bros. in 1945, Clampett started his own animation studio and created Beany and Cecil. Clampett is also the all-time favorite cartoonist of John Kricfalusi, who frequently cites him and his shorts for fantastic use of the medium of animation.
- Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937 and during his fifteen years at the studio, directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic and also designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig and Tweety Bird. Among Clampett's most acclaimed films are Porky in Wackyland (1938), Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946). Clampett left Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1946 and turned his attention to television, creating the famous puppet show Time for Beany in 1949. A later animated version of the series, titled Beany and Cecil, ran on ABC for five years beginning in 1962 and ending in 1967. In his later years, Clampett toured college campuses and animation festivals as a lecturer on the history of animation. Clampett died of a heart attack in Detroit, Michigan on May 2, 1984. After his death, he was criticized by many of his peers at Warner Bros. with accusations of egotism and plagiarism, with many notable figures, including Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc, expressing a general dislike for Clampett. Despite this, his Warner cartoons have seen renewed praise in the decades since for their surrealistic qualities, energetic and outrageous animation, and irreverent humor.
- Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (May 8, 1913–May 4, 1984) was an American animator, producer, director, and puppeteer best known for his work on the Looney Tunes series of cartoons from Warner Bros. and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett is considered the most outrageous and original of all of the Warner Bros. directors. He was a very imaginative, emotional, and energetic person, and this carried over into his cartoons. Clampett created Porky Pig in 1935 and Tweety Bird in 1942. Perhaps Clampett's most popular (and controversial) short is Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarves, a version of Snow White in which every character is African-American. This cartoon was never released, but it is widely acclaimed for its art and originality. This cartoon is also a good example of how Clampett pushed the boundaries of animation as a Warner Bros. director.
- animated series from Warner Bros., and the television shows Time for Beany and Beany and Cecil. Clampett was born and raised not far from Hollywood, and early on expressed an interest in animation and puppetry. After leaving high school a few months shy of graduating in 1931, Clampett joined the team at Harman-Ising Productions and began working on the studio's newest short subjects, titled Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. Clampett was promoted to a directorial position in 1937 and during his fifteen years at the studio, directed 84 cartoons later deemed classic and designed some of the studio's most famous characters, including Porky Pig and Tweety. Among Clampett's most acclaimed films are Porky in Wackyland (1938), Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs (1943) and The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) Clampett left Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1946 and turned his attention to television, creating the famous puppet show Time for Beany in 1949. A later animated version of the series, titled Beany and Cecil, ran on ABC for five years beginning in 1962. In his later years, Bob Clampett toured college campuses and animation festivals as a lecturer on the history of animation. Clampett died of a heart attack in Detroit, Michigan on May 2, 1984. After his death, he was criticized by many peers at Warner Bros. with accusations of egotism and plagiarism, with many notable figures, including Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc, expressing a general dislike for Clampett. Despite this, his Warner cartoons have seen renewed praise in decades since for their surrealistic qualities, energetic and outrageous animation, and irreverent humor. Animation historian Jerry Beck lauded Clampett for "putting the word 'looney' in Looney Tunes
- Robert Emerson "Bob" Clampett (b. May 8, 1913-d. May 2, 1984) was an American director, producer, animator, and puppeteer, best known for his work with Warner Bros.' cartoon series, Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies.
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