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Panther's Trail Leads to Kansas City
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Description
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Article describes the creation of the Pink Panther animated character by Kansas City native Isadore "Friz" Freleng. Freleng was a 1923 graduate of Westport High, worked with Walt Disney at Kansas City Film Ad Company, and developed numerous characters for the Warner Brothers cartoon department, including Sylvester the Cat, Tweety Bird, Yosemite Sam (reported to be modeled on Freleng himself), and Porky Pig.
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2006-02-10
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Newspaper Article
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Friz Freleng Cartoon
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Description
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Cartoon illustration by Isadore (Friz) Freleng published in the February 14, 1923, Westport Crier newspaper while he was a student at Westport High School. Freleng went on to become an animation pioneer creating over 300 cartoons for Warner Bros. featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, and other classic Looney Tunes characters.
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Date
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1923
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Artwork
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Friz Freleng Cartoon
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Description
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Cartoon illustration by Isadore (Friz) Freleng published in the March 13, 1923, Westport Crier newspaper while he was a student at Westport High School. Freleng went on to become an animation pioneer creating over 300 cartoons for Warner Bros. featuring Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Yosemite Sam, and other classic Looney Tunes characters.
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1923
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Artwork
