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MOVIES - Oct. 7, 1988

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Stay ‘Tooned: The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will pay tribute to the late Bob Clampett in the academy’s Samuel Goldwyn Theater Monday night. Clampett made of some of the looniest Looney Tunes during his tenure as a director at Warner Bros. (1937-1946), including “Porky in Wackyland,” “The Great Piggy Bank Robbery” and “Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs.” He created Beany Boy and Cecil the Seasick Sea Serpent for his Emmy-winning puppet show “Time for Beany” (1949-1957), which he later adapted to animation as “Beany and Cecil.” Rudy Ising, co-founder of the Warners cartoon studio and five-time Oscar winner Friz Freleng are among the scheduled speakers.

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