additional 20 uncut restored cartoons with the Avery directed Merrie Melodies short, The Crackpot Quail, as a bonus feature restored with its original 1941 soundtrack. Filmography Many of Avery's cartoons have been released on home video over the years: References Sources Further reading Adamson, Joe (1975). Tex Avery: King of Cartoons. New York: Da Capo Press. . Barrier, Michael (1999). Hollywood Cartoons: American Animation in Its Golden Age. Oxford: Oxford University Press. . Benayoun, Robert (1988). Le mystère Tex Avery. Paris: Editions du Seuil. . Canemaker, John (1996). Tex Avery: The MGM Years, 1942–1955. Atlanta: Turner Press. . Morris, Gary (September 1998). What's Up, Tex? A Look at the Life and Career of Tex Avery. Bright Lights Film Journal. External links Tex Avery Tribute 1940 census entry 1908 births 1980 deaths American animated film directors Animators from Texas American cartoonists American male voice actors American people with disabilities American storyboard artists American surrealist artists American parodists Parody film directors Surrealist filmmakers Male actors from Austin, Texas Deaths from lung cancer in California Warner Bros. Cartoons voice actors Film directors from Texas Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Hollywood Hills) Artists from Austin, Texas Artists with disabilities 20th-century American male actors Articles containing video clips People from Taylor, Texas Warner Bros. Cartoons directors Hanna-Barbera people Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer cartoon studio people Walter Lantz Productions people