Edward Stacey "Tedd" Pierce III (August 12, 1906, – February 19, 1972), was an American animated cartoon writer, animator and artist. Pierce spent the majority of his career as a writer for the Warner Bros. "Termite Terrace" animation studio, working alongside fellow luminaries such as Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese. Jones credited Pierce in his 1989 autobiography Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist as being the inspiration for the character Pepe LePew. August 12 is the 224th day of the year (225th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... February 19 is the 50th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... American, when used as an adjective, can mean of the United States of America or of or relating to the Americas; when used as a noun, United States citizen, residing in the Americas, or less frequently American English. Immigrants to the United States are usually called first-generation Americans, regardless... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... Though anyone who creates a written work may be called a writer, the term is usually reserved for those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... An animator is one who is involved in the process of animation. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... The WB Shield, used from 2001 to late 2003. ... Termite Terrace is the nickname for the old building in Sunset Boulevard, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA where Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies were first created. ... Charles Martin Chuck Jones (September 21, 1912–February 22, American animator, artist, screenwriter, producer, and director of animated films, most memorably of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts for the Warner Brothers cartoon studio. ... Michael Maltese (February 6, 1908 - February 22, 1981) was a storyboard artist and screenwriter for Warner Bros. ... In a series of Warner Brothers cartoons, Pepe Le Pew (voiced by Mel Blanc imitating Charles Boyers Pepe le Moko from Algiers (1938), a remake of the 1937 French film Pepe le Moko [1]) is a French skunk who always strolls around in Paris in the springtime, when everyone...