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Chuck Jones Reminder

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This Tuesday, March 24, Turner Classic Movies will be running four and a half hours saluting the work of animation director Chuck Jones. The complete schedule is here . Highlights include the TV premiere of the documentary Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood , as well as such noted cartoons as What's Opera Doc? , Duck Amuck , One Froggy Evening. The evening will also include early works, such as Jones directorial debut The Night Watchman , as well as Prest-O Change-O and Elmer's Candid Camera , two early steps in the evolution of Bugs Bunny. TCM will also screen The Phantom Tollbooth , Jones' feature, based on the book by Norton Juster, made for MGM. The entire program will be repeated twice during the evening, followed by 1001 Arabian Nights , a UPA feature starring Mr. Magoo and directed by veteran Disney director Jack Kinney.

Chuck Jones Next March

I will, of course, remind everyone about this later, but Turner Classic Movies has an entire evening devoted to Chuck Jones next March 24. Included is the new documentary Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood . You can read more about that documentary over at Cartoon Brew . In addition, they will show The Phantom Tollbooth , the feature that Jones directed based on the book by Norton Juster. Here's the schedule for Eastern time. Note that the last film of the night is 1001 Arabian Nights , the UPA feature starring Mr. Magoo and directed by Jack Kinney. 8:00 PM Chuck Jones: Memories of Childhood (2009) 8:30 PM Night Watchman, The (1938) 8:40 PM Prest-O, Change-O (1939) 8:50 PM Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939) 9:00 PM Elmer's Candid Camera ...