Friz Freleng:
Friz Freleng was born in Kansas City, Missori, and he began his career working at cartoon studios, such as
Walt Disney, Buena Vista, and Harmin Ising, MGW, and with
Fred Quimby, and WB, with
Leon Schlesinger as a writer and director and animator for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. His name is Isadore Freleng, which is why he was credited in the earlier cartoons as "I. Freleng". and if you were wondering what the I stood for, it stands for Isadore. He was later credited as "Friz Freleng" when he became a Producer and Executive Producer in 1964 with
David H. Depatie, around the same time that Chuck Jones was credited with his autograph. They became producer for cartoons after Warner Brothers closed. At the same time, they were also working on
The Pink Panther cartoons. The Pink Panther cartoons were made at the time that Warner Brothers became Warner Brothers Seven Arts, later it became Warner Communications Company. The WB logo is used once again to create a network, and to create spin-offs, like Anamaniacs, even though the company is still a subsidiary of AOL Time Warner and Turner.
David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng also formed their own production company DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, or DFE Films. There were many other Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies staff members that also joined them. Those people are
Robert McKimson, Bill Lava,
Doug Goodwin,
Carl Brandt,
Eugene Poddany,
Dean Elliott,
Walter Greene,
Henry Mancini,
Hawley Pratt,
Lee Gunther,
Hal Geer, and
Maurice Noble. They all worked together to create and produce many more cartoons, including some Dr. Seuss Cartoons, which were originally produced by
Chuck Jones, and was planned to be a series in 1970, but the combination didn't work, resulting in the production of several episodes to be cancelled, and
Chuck Jones left it entirely, even when a compromise was made, and even though several people from Chuck Jones's staff remained, they eventually left also. The production of the Dr. Seuss cartoons is the perfect example of the evolution of DFE Films. DFE Films continued to produce cartoons for the rest of the 1970s, and also produced many Looney Tunes specials and movies, some of them were completely new, which they also got Chuck Jones back for these cartoons. DFE Films later ran into a couple of problems: Robert McKimson died in 1977, there wasn't very many people left, and they eventually faded out in the 80s. DFE Films merged with Marvel Productions ( they did The New Fantastic Four once, which is a Marvel Comic series. ) and David H. Depatie and
Lee Gunther, and several other people remained to work with the company, which is exactly what happened with
Chuck Jones's staff with The Dr. Seuss Show. Friz Freleng died in 1995.
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Friz Freleng:
Friz Freleng was born in Kansas City, Missori, and he began his career working at cartoon studios, such as
Walt Disney, Buena Vista, and Harmin Ising, MGW, and with
Fred Quimby, and WB, with
Leon Schlesinger as a writer and director and animator for Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. His name is Isadore Freleng, which is why he was credited in the earlier cartoons as "I. Freleng". and if you were wondering what the I stood for, it stands for Isadore. He was later credited as "Friz Freleng" when he became a Producer and Executive Producer in 1964 with
David H. Depatie, around the same time that Chuck Jones was credited with his autograph. They became producer for cartoons after Warner Brothers closed. At the same time, they were also working on
The Pink Panther cartoons. The Pink Panther cartoons were made at the time that Warner Brothers became Warner Brothers Seven Arts, later it became Warner Communications Company. The WB logo is used once again to create a network, and to create spin-offs, like Anamaniacs, even though the company is still a subsidiary of AOL Time' target='_blank'>
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