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He contributed (with Bill Danch) the story of the Tom and Jerry short Tall in the Trap (1962), directed by Gene Deitch. In his Warners career, Pierce worked with three of the best-known Warner animation directors (Jones, McKimson and Friz Freleng).
Tall in the Trap: Directed by Gene Deitch. With Allen Swift. Jerry is a cheese rustler in the old west and Tom gets deputized to bring him to justice.
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Edward Stacey "Ted/Tedd" Pierce III (12 August 1906 - 19 February 1972) was an American writer, animator, voice actor, 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. Pierce also worked as a writer at Fleischer Studios from 1939 to 1942. Jones credited Pierce in his 1989 autobiography Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist as being the inspiration for the character Pepé Le Pew, the haplessly romantic French skunk due to Pierce's self-proclamation that he was a ladies' man.
In early credits he was shown as "Ted Pierce." He was said to have added an extra "d" to his name as a way of "lampooning" puppeteer Bil Baird when he dropped one of the "L"s from his first name.
In his Warners career, Pierce worked with three of the three best-known Warner animation directors (Jones, McKimson and Friz Freleng). He contributed many notable storylines for all three of them, including Freleng's Hare Do (1949), Bad Ol' Putty Tat (1949), Bunker Hill Bunny (1950) and Big House Bunny (1950); Jones' Hare Tonic (1945, an early succ...
He imitated Bud Abbott in three Warner cartoons casting Abbott and Costello as alley cats Babbit and Catstello. Pierce also voiced the "tall, thin" character in "Wackiki Wabbit" (1943, which he wrote for Jones), and Chef Louis in "French Rarebit" (1951, which he wrote for McKimson). In addition, in a few cartoons containing Jones' Hubie and Bertie, Bertie's voice was Pierce.
Also see the Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Tedd Pierce
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Tall in the Trap is a 1962 Tom and Jerry cartoon. It is the tenth cartoon in the series of thirteen directed by Gene Deitch and produced by William L. Snyder in Czechoslovakia. The title is a play on the 1944 film " Tall in the Saddle ".
Tall in the Trap is a 1962 Tom and Jerry short that serves as one of 13 theatrical shorts featuring the characters to be directed by Gene Deitch. It was written by Deitch, Tedd Pierce (who had previously written numerous Looney Tunes shorts), and Bill Danch.
Gene Deitch. Director, Story. Bill Danch. Story. Tedd Pierce. Story. When Jerry rustles cheese from the Dry Gulch General Store, Sheriff Mutt Dillin hires Tom, the fastest trap in the West.
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The cartoon's concept was originally written by Warner screenwriter Tedd Pierce to be for a Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short featuring Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester the Cat and was pitched to director Robert McKimson. However, McKimson disapproved of the storyline, and decided not to use it.
