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Michael Maltese

1908-02-06

The Biography

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 Ducktators

6 average rating
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Wackiki Wabbit

6.7 average rating
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You Ought to Be in Pictures

7.5 average rating
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The Aristo-Cat

6.5 average rating
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Tortoise Wins by a Hare

6.9 average rating
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A Hare Grows in Manhattan

6 average rating
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Rumors

6.9 average rating
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Little Beau Pepé

6.4 average rating
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A Hound for Trouble

7 average rating
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We, the Animals - Squeak!

5.7 average rating