September 21, 1912 –
Chuck Jones, animator and director of Warner Brothers cartoon characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, was born on this date.
He has directed three films have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being “culturally, historically or aesthetically” significant: Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, and What’s Opera, Doc?.<br /
September 20, 1920 –
Jay Ward, cartoonist (Rocky and his Friends, Bullwinkle), was born on this date.
Rocky the Flying Squirrel, Bullwinkle Moose, and Dudley Do-Right of the Mounties were in fact conceived, designed, and created by Jay Ward’s boyhood friend and sometimes business partner, advertising artist Alex Anderson.
The Haus of Dcaligari 