Caitlín R. Kiernan

I always meant to ask Ray Bradbury if he was a friend of Chuck Jones: while I know that most of "Tyrannosaurus Rex" was based on Ray Harryhausen's experiences, that story always reminded me of Jones's tale of how he and the rest of the Merrie Melodies crew created Daffy Duck's voice and mannerisms...by copying those of producer Leon Schlesinger. (According to the book Chuck Amuck, everyone had their resignation letters ready to go if Leon had issues after seeing the preview of "Rabbit Fire", and Leon turned in his chair, looked at the crew, and exclaimed "That's a great voith! Where'd you get that voith?" According to rumor, he went to his grave not knowing the provenance of that "great voith!")