LOS ANGELES -- Animators and filmmakers were mourning the death of Chuck Jones, the Oscar-winning animation director who gave life to a host of cartoon icons ranging from Bugs Bunny to the Grinch.
Chuck Jones idolized Mark Twain, thinking him the greatest American humorist. If Mark Twain had lived to see a Road Runner or Pepe Le Pew cartoon, he might well have returned the compliment, because ...