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Michael Maltese

Michael Maltese

Writing • 1908-02-06 • New York, New York, USA

Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 – February 22, 1981) was an American story man for classic animated cartoon shorts. He is best known for working in the 1950s on a series of Merrie Melodies cartoons with director Chuck Jones. This collaboration produced many highly acclaimed animated shorts, including 4 of the top 5 "greatest cartoons" as judged by 1000 animation professionals; "What's Opera, Doc?" tops this list as the best animated short of all time. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

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The Flintstones7.4

The Flintstones

1960

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy7.6

Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy

1959

The Quick Draw McGraw Show6.6

The Quick Draw McGraw Show

1959

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines7.0

Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines

1969

Snooper and Blabber6.3

Snooper and Blabber

1959

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie7.4

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie

1979

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