#ChuckJones and
#TeddPierce created
#PepeLaPew in 1945 after several years doing
#animation for the
#ArmyInformationService. They were looking for an alternative to the violence of their work before and during WWII. They wanted a character outside of the food chain. Their first try, "
#Odor-ableKitty" is an okay toon but they cracked the code, with
#MichaelMaltese co-writing, with "
#ForScentimentalReasons". This one is set in
#Paris (all the humans speak mock French) with...