What Did Chuck Jones Do After Looney Tunes? (The Full Story) | After The Looney Tunes

Chuck Jones is one of animation's greatest directors — but most people's knowledge of his career ends when Warner Bros. fired him in 1962. What came next was six more decades of work spanning MGM, television specials, theatrical shorts, and a Lifetime Achievement Oscar.This is the first entry in After The Looney Tunes — a documentary series examining what happened to the great Looney Tunes directors once the studio era ended. In this episode: • Why Jones was fired from Warner Bros. in 1962 • His brief, unhappy stint at Disney during the Sleeping Beauty era • Gay Purr-ee (1962) — the film that cost him his job • 34 new Tom & Jerry shorts for MGM (1963–1967) — and why they divided audiences • The Dot and the Line (1965) — his Academy Award-winning short • The Phantom Tollbooth (1970) and the projects Norman Juster hated • His Dr. Seuss adaptations: Horton Hears a Who! and the lost Pogo special • The return to Warner Bros. in the 1970s–90s and what those cartoons were really like • His final short, Thomas Timberwolf (2001) • The legacy he left behind 0:00 Intro: Chuck Jones' Greatest Work 0:56 Early Career at Warner Brothers 2:04 The Disney Brief and Departure 4:16 Fired from Warner Brothers 5:09 The Gay Purr-ee Situation 6:34 MGM & Tom and Jerry Years 6:36 The Dot and the Line (Oscar Winner) 12:20 Chuck Jones Enterprises 12:54 Return to Warner Brothers 22:35 Later Shorts & Specials 25:22 Final Projects & Legacy 33:27 Conclusion Sources & Further Reading: Warner Bros. Production Numbers: http://www.whataboutthad.com/wb-produ... Cartoon Voices by Keith Scott (affiliate): https://amzn.to/3MsVLtQ Channel asset by:   / mintburrow   Support the Archive: 🎬 Join the channel:    / @anthonysanimationtalk   🎞️ Patreon:   / anthonysanimationtalkfind   us elsewhere: 📘 Facebook: Anthony's Animation Talk 📸 Instagram: @anthonys_animation_talk #ChuckJones #AnimationHistory #LooneyTunes #ClassicCartoons #CartoonHistory #AfterTheLooneyTunes #WBAnimation #AnimationDocumentary #TomAndJerry #CartoonLegacy