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In a film by this director, a dead man tells his life story to Saint Peter and Noah Webster, who take each of his slang expressions literally. This director’s style may have altered when he was blinded in one eye in a freak paperclip accident while leading the Termite Terrace unit. This director of racially insensitive films like All This and Rabbit Stew quit a job after being overruled on an ending by Leon Schlesinger. This director brought a madcap style to (*) Warner Bros shorts like A Wild Hare, the first in which (10[1])Bugs Bunny says “What's up, doc.” Eyes and a heart comically pop out of this director’s Big Bad Wolf as he spots a nightclub singer (10[1])named Red Hot Riding Hood. For 10 points, MGM characters like Droopy Dog were created by what animator with southern origins? ■END■ (0[2])

ANSWER: Tex Avery [or Frederick Bean Avery]
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