History Creator / FrizFreleng

* Person to Bunny

* JekyllAndHyde: Freleng was particularly fond of this trope, seeing the many cartoon installments he produced with this theme. And to different animation studios, to boot -- Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises.. Some of the episodes feature TheFool being a Mr. Hyde-like character while his partner is unaware of it.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Arguably more-so than the other directors; he didn't direct ''any'' dedicated Porky cartoons before his return to the studio in 1940 (pretty much every other director had done so), and most of his cartoons from the '34-38 period were one-shot musicals/blackout sketch cartoons. It's a far cry from his far more oft-remembered work with Bugs, Yosemite Sam, Sylvester and Tweety, and Daffy.

After the original Warner Bros. animation studio shut down in 1963, Friz teamed up with its last chief executive, David [=DePatie=], to form a new studio: Creator/DepatieFrelengEnterprises, based at the former WB facilities in Burbank. With this studio, they not only attempted to revive Warner Bros. cartoons but also created the smash hit WesternAnimation/PinkPanther theatrical and TV cartoons. (Freleng's first Pink Panther short, ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPhink'', won him another Oscar.) He also assumed creative duties from Creator/ChuckJones on TV adaptations of Creator/DrSeuss books after Jones's studio closed down. Friz also directed animation for the bridging segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow'' and even made a few compilation movies like ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyLooneyLooneyBugsBunnyMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnysThirdMovie1001RabbitTales''.

However, he would later leave the studio to go to the then new Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio alongside Creator/HarmanAndIsing when they requested his help in making their WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid short subjects. He worked as an animator on the early Looney Tunes, with an early work of his being the opening scene of Bosko and Honey playing the piano and tap dancing in "Bosko In Person". Even after Harman and Ising left the studio in '33, Friz came back to Leon to help him touch up some rejected "Buddy" comedies. Friz would continue to be a prominent director in the '30s, cranking out many classic cartoons such as 1935's "WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat" (the debut of WesternAnimation/PorkyPig). However, toward the end of that decade Freleng became enticed by [[Creator/MetroGoldwynMayer MGM]]'s more big-budget animation department and quit Leon's studio to work there – only to be put onto the less-than-positive "Captain and the Kids" series, with little to none of the creative freedom that he'd enjoyed under Schlesinger. Friz despised working on those cartoons, and as soon as his contract expired, he fled the studio and went straight back to Termite Terrace, where he would work until its demise in the early 60's.

Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1906 – May 26, 1995) was a prominent animator and director of Creator/WarnerBros' classic ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes'' and ''[[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]]'' animated shorts during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation. Friz got his start during the twilight years of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, working for Creator/WaltDisney alongside Creator/UbIwerks and Creator/HarmanAndIsing on the WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit comedy shorts. After Disney left, he stuck around with Hugh and Rudy at the Charles Mintz studio, even getting the chance to direct on one Mintz Oswald, "Fiery Fireman", before they were fired.

After the original Warner Bros. animation studio shut down in 1963, Friz teamed up with its last chief executive, David [=DePatie=], to form a new studio – Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises – based at the former WB facilities in Burbank. With this studio, they not only attempted to revive Warner Bros. cartoons but also created the smash hit WesternAnimation/PinkPanther theatrical and TV cartoons. (Freleng's first Pink Panther short, ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPhink'', won him another Oscar.) He also assumed creative duties from Creator/ChuckJones on TV adaptations of Creator/DrSeuss books after Jones's studio closed down. Friz also directed animation for the bridging segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow'' and even made a few compilation movies like ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyLooneyLooneyBugsBunnyMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnysThirdMovie1001RabbitTales''.

Freleng is sometimes (and unfairly and nonsensically) taken for granted by critics because his sense of humor and visual style were more reserved than those of the other WB directors. However, Friz is legendary among animation fans for his strong emphasis on literal, mechanical musical timing – while all of the staff at the WB studio were capable of this, nobody used it in quite the way Friz did. Having directed more cartoons than any other director at the studio, Freleng directed many, many worthy classics, such as the groundbreaking RogerRabbitEffect short "Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures", "WesternAnimation/TheWabbitWhoCameToSupper", "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyInRivets", "WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops", and the Academy Award-winning "WesternAnimation/KnightyKnightBugs", among others. He also directed the majority of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, including the critically-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'', which was one of four Freleng cartoons to win Warner Bros. an Academy Award for best animated short, more than any other director.

After the original Warner Bros. animation studio shut down, Friz teamed up with its last chief executive, David [=DePatie=], to form a new studio on the original lot named Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises. With this studio, they not only attempted to revive Warner Bros. cartoons but also created the smash hit WesternAnimation/PinkPanther theatrical and TV cartoons. (Freleng's first Pink Panther short, ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPhink'', won an Oscar.) He also assumed creative duties from Creator/ChuckJones on TV adaptations of Creator/DrSeuss books after Jones's studio closed down. Friz also directed animation for the bridging segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow'' and even made a few compilation movies like ''WesternAnimation/TheLooneyLooneyLooneyBugsBunnyMovie'' and ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunnysThirdMovie1001RabbitTales''.

Some say he was the inspiration for his own creations Yosemite Sam (both short, red-haired, mustachioed, and hot-tempered) from Looney Tunes and the Little Man from the Pink Panther cartoons.

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Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1906 – May 26, 1995) was a prominent animator and director of the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Merrie Melodies]] animated shorts during UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation and UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfAnimation. Friz got his start during the twilight years of UsefulNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation, working for Creator/WaltDisney alongside Creator/UbIwerks and Creator/HarmanAndIsing on the WesternAnimation/OswaldTheLuckyRabbit comedy shorts. After Disney left, he stuck around with Hugh and Rudy at the Charles Mintz studio, even getting the chance to direct on one Mintz Oswald, "Fiery Fireman", before they were fired.

However, he would later leave the studio to go to the then new Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio alongside Creator/HarmanAndIsing when they requested his help in making their WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid short subjects. He worked as an animator on the early Looney Tunes, with an early work of his being the opening scene of Bosko and Honey playing the piano and tap dancing in "Bosko In Person". Even after Harman and Ising left the studio in '33, Friz came back to Leon to help him touch up some rejected "Buddy" comedies. Friz would continue to be a prominent director in the 30's, cranking out many classic cartoons-including ''WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat'', the debut of his character WesternAnimation/PorkyPig in 1935. However, in the late 30's, Friz became interested in MGM's big budget animation department and quit Leon's studio to work there...only to be put onto the less-than-positive "Captain and the Kids" cartoon series with little to no creative freedom like he had at Leon's studio. Friz despised working on those cartoons, and as soon as his contract expired, he fled the studio and went straight back to Termite Terrace, where he would work until its demise in the early 60's.

Friz is sometimes (and unfairly and nonsensically) taken for granted by critics because his sense of humor and visual style were more reserved than those of the other directors. However, Friz is legendary among animation fans for his strong emphasis on literal, mechanical musical timing – while all of the staff at the studio were capable of this, nobody used it in quite the way Friz did. Having directed more cartoons than any other director at the studio, Freleng directed many, many worthy classics, such as the groundbreaking RogerRabbitEffect short "Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures", "WesternAnimation/TheWabbitWhoCameToSupper", "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyInRivets", "WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops", and the Academy Award-winning "WesternAnimation/KnightyKnightBugs", among others. He also directed the majority of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, including the critically-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'', which was one of four Freleng cartoons to win Warner Bros. an Academy Award for best animated short, more than any other director.

Friz is sometimes (and unfairly and nonsensically) taken for granted by critics because his sense of humor and visual style were more reserved than those of the other directors. However, Friz is legendary among animation fans for his strong emphasis on literal, mechanical musical timing - while all of the staff at the studio were capable of this, nobody used it in quite the way Friz did. Having directed more cartoons than any other director at the studio, Freleng directed many, many worthy classics, such as the groundbreaking RogerRabbitEffect short ''Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWabbitWhoCameToSupper'', "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyInRivets", ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops'', the Academy-awarded ''WesternAnimation/KnightyKnightBugs'', among others. He also directed the majority of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, including the critically-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'', which was one of four Freleng cartoons to win Warner Bros. an Academy Award for best animated short, more than any other director.

After the original Warner Bros. animation studio shut down, Friz teamed up with its last chief executive, David [=DePatie=], to form a new studio on the original lot named Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises. With this studio, they not only attempted to revive Warner Bros. cartoons but also created the smash hit WesternAnimation/PinkPanther theatrical and TV cartoons. (Freleng's first Pink Panther short, ''WesternAnimation/ThePinkPhink'', won an Oscar.) He also assumed creative duties from Creator/ChuckJones on TV adaptations of Creator/DrSeuss books after Jones's studio closed down. Friz also directed animation for the bridging segments of ''WesternAnimation/TheBugsBunnyRoadRunnerShow'' and even made a few anthology movies like The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie and 1001 Rabbit Tales.

* "WesternAnimation/BaseballBugs"

* Racketeer Rabbit
* "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyRabbit"

* "WesternAnimation/TweetiePie"

* "WesternAnimation/AHareGrowsInManhattan"
* "WesternAnimation/AlongCameDaffy"
* "WesternAnimation/SlickHare"

** A lot of {{NoodleIncident}}s and implied humor are seen in his shorts, such as the beginning of "Bad Ol' Puddy Tat" where the cartoon opens on Tweety's birdhouse being perched on a pole with some barbed wire wrapped around it as we pan down to a scratched-up Sylvester staring up at it (implying that he tried to climb it and got hurt) or Granny's line on "Hare Trimmed" about how she hasn't had any male attention since "...the boys got back from Gettysburg."

Friz is sometimes (and unfairly and nonsensically) taken for granted by critics because his sense of humor and visual style were more reserved than those of the other directors. However, Friz is legendary among animation fans for his strong emphasis on literal, mechanical musical timing - while all of the staff at the studio were capable of this, nobody used it in quite the way Friz did. Having directed more cartoons than any other director at the studio, Freleng directed many, many worthy classics, such as the groundbreaking RogerRabbitEffect short ''Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWabbitWhoCameToSupper'', "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyInRivets", ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops'', among others. He also directed the majority of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, including the critically-acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'', which was one of four Freleng cartoons to win Warner Bros. an Academy Award for best animated short, more than any other director.

However, he would later leave the studio to go to the then new Leon Schlesinger cartoon studio alongside Creator/HarmanAndIsing when they requested his help in making their WesternAnimation/BoskoTheTalkInkKid short subjects. He worked as an animator on the early Looney Tunes, with an early work of his being the opening scene of Bosko and Honey playing the piano and tap dancing in "Bosko In Person". Even after Harman and Ising left the studio in '33, Friz came back to Leon to help him touch up some rejected "Buddy" comedies. Friz would continue to be a prominent director in the 30's, cranking out many classic cartoons-including ''WesternAnimation/IHaventGotAHat'', the debut of his character WesternAnimation/PorkyPig in 1935. However, in the late 30's, Friz became interested in MGM's big budget animation department and quit Leon's studio to work there...only to be put onto the mediocre "Captain and the Kids" cartoon series with little to no creative freedom like he had at Leon's studio. Friz despised working on the cartoons, and as soon as his contract expired, he fled the studio and went straight back to Termite Terrace, where he would work until its demise in the early 60's.

Friz is often (and unfairly) taken for granted because his sense of humor and visual style were more reserved than those of the other directors. Nevertheless, Friz is legendary among animation fans for his strong emphasis on literal, mechanical musical timing - while all of the staff at the studio were capable of this, nobody used it in quite the way Friz did. Having directed more cartoons than any other director at the studio, Freleng directed many, many worthy classics, such as the groundbreaking RogerRabbitEffect short ''Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWabbitWhoCameToSupper'', "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyInRivets", ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops'', among others. He also directed the majority of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, including the acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'', which was one of four Freleng cartoons to win Warner Bros. an Academy Award for best animated short, more than any other director.

Some say he was the inspiration for his own creation Yosemite Sam (both short, red-haired, mustachioed, and hot-tempered).

Some say he was the inspiration for the character of Yosemite Sam (both short, red-haired, mustachioed, and hot-tempered).

Friz is often (and unfairly) taken for granted because his sense of humor and visual style were more reserved than those of the other directors. Nevertheless, Friz is legendary among animation fans for his strong emphasis on literal, mechanical musical timing - while all of the staff at the studio were capable of this, nobody used it in quite the way Friz did. Having directed more cartoons than any other director at the studio, Freleng directed many, many worthy classics, such as the groundbreaking RogerRabbitEffect short ''Film/YouOughtToBeInPictures'', ''WesternAnimation/TheWabbitWhoCameToSupper'', "WesternAnimation/RhapsodyInRivets", ''WesternAnimation/TheThreeLittleBops'', among others. He also directed the majority of the Sylvester and Tweety cartoons, including the acclaimed ''WesternAnimation/BirdsAnonymous'', which is considered his best cartoon.

* JekyllAndHyde: Freleng was particularly fond of this trope, seeing the many cartoon installments he produced with this theme. And to different animation studios, to boot -- Creator/WarnerBros and Creator/DePatieFrelengEnterprises.. Some of the episodes included a HydeAndSeek routine, with Th Fool being Mr. Hyde while his partner is unaware of it.

* InspiredBy: ''WesternAnimation/YouOughtToBeInPictures'' was based on Friz's experiences of leaving WB for MGM.

* RogerRabbitEffect: ''WesternAnimation/YouOughtToBeInPictures''.