Editing Tex Avery (section)

==Influence and legacy==
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Avery's influence can be seen in modern cartoons such as ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]'', ''[[The Ren & Stimpy Show]]'', ''[[Animaniacs]]'', ''[[The Mask (1994 film)|The Mask]]'', ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'',  and ''[[Cat Burglar]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Tex Avery's 'Crazy Cartoons'|url=https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Flushing%20NY%20Queens%20Tribune/Flushing%20NY%20Queens%20Tribune%201996/Flushing%20NY%20Queens%20Tribune%201996%2000456_2.pdf|page=43|access-date=December 30, 2021|work=[[Queens Tribune]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title="When Cartoons Were Cartoony:" John Kricfalusi Presents|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/when-cartoons-were-cartoony-john-kricfalusi-presents|last=Goodman|first=Martin|date=September 1, 2004|access-date=September 9, 2021|work=[[Animation World Network]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url=https://nickelodeonanimation-viacom.icims.com/jobs/9077/storyboard-artist-(spongebob-squarepants)/job?ss=1&mode=job&iis=Job+Board&iisn=Glassdoor&mobile=true&width=414&height=716&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-360&jun1offset=-300 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181031174253/https://nickelodeonanimation-viacom.icims.com/jobs/9077/storyboard-artist-(spongebob-squarepants)/job?ss=1&mode=job&iis=Job+Board&iisn=Glassdoor&mobile=true&width=414&height=716&bga=true&needsRedirect=false&jan1offset=-360&jun1offset=-300 | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 31, 2018 | title=Jobs - Nickelodeon Animation Studio - STORYBOARD ARTIST (SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS)}}</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XI_uAzA0F2o Mr. Lawrence - Talking Voices (Part 2)]</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title='Cat Burglar': Bringing Tex Avery–Style Cartoons to the Interactive Gaming Era |last=MotaMayor |first=Rafael |date=2022-02-25 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/general/cat-burglar-tex-avery-animation-series-netflix-1234702037/ |access-date=2025-02-21}}</ref> An Avery-esque cowboy character bore his name in the otherwise unrelated series ''[[The Wacky World of Tex Avery]]''. Avery's work has been featured on shows such as ''[[The Tex Avery Show]]'' and ''[[Cartoon Alley]]''.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collider.com/how-tex-avery-made-looney-tunes-funny-explained/ | title=How Tex Avery Made 'Looney Tunes' Funny | website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]] | date=February 24, 2022 }}</ref>

In the mid-1990s, [[Dark Horse Comics]] released a trio of three-issue miniseries that were openly labelled tributes to Avery's MGM cartoons, ''Wolf & Red'', ''Droopy'', and ''Screwy Squirrel'', in which other characters make appearances in the comics such as ''George and Junior'', ''Spike'', and the one-shot characters. Tex Avery, unlike most Warner Bros. directors, kept many original title frames of his cartoons; several were otherwise lost due to [[Merrie Melodies#Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies|Blue Ribbon Reissues]]. Rare prints and art containing original titles and unedited animation from Avery's MGM and Warner Bros. cartoons are now usually sold on [[eBay]] or in the collections of animators and cartoon enthusiasts. In 2008, [[France]] issued three postage stamps honoring Tex Avery for his 100th birthday, depicting Droopy, [[Red (animated character)|the redheaded showgirl]], and the Wolf.<ref>Stamps issued by France on March 3, 2008, memorializing Tex Avery's creative work, series FRO20-08, [https://www.wnsstamps.post/en/Stamps-Search?setId=416698#stamps-result Universal Postal Union data base.] [https://web.archive.org/web/20211230211105/https://www.wnsstamps.post/en/Stamps-Search?setId=416698 Archived] from the original on December 30, 2021</ref>

All of his MGM shorts were released in a North American MGM/UA laserdisc set called ''The Compleat<!-- Compleat is the correct spelling --> Tex Avery''. While two cartoons in the set were edited versions---the blackface gags in ''Droopy's Good Deed'' and ''Garden Gopher''---others, including the controversial ''[[Uncle Tom's Cabaña]]'' and ''Half-Pint Pygmy'' were included intact (although they were removed from the Region 2 DVD release, now out of print). Several of his cartoons were released on VHS, in four volumes of ''Tex Avery's Screwball Classics'', two VHS Droopy collections, and various inclusions on MGM animation collection releases, with many gags left in that had been edited out for television.

Avery's Droopy cartoons are available on the DVD set ''Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection''.<ref name="dvd">{{cite web|url=http://whv.warnerbros.com/WHVPORTAL/Portal/product.jsp?OID=19030|title=Warner Home Video product information for ''Tex Avery's Droopy: The Complete Theatrical Collection (DVD)''|publisher=WarnerHomevideo.com|access-date=June 15, 2007}}</ref> The seven Droopy cartoons produced in CinemaScope were included here in their original widescreen versions ([[Letterboxing (filming)|letter-boxed]]), instead of the [[pan-and-scan]] versions regularly broadcast on television.

Also, some of his works could be found on home video releases (from VHS to Blu-ray) of Warner Bros.' Merrie Melodies and Looney Tunes shorts, and the same is true of his few Lantz Studio cartoons included in the DVD set ''[[The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection]]''.<ref name="amazon">{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Woodpecker-Friends-Classic-Cartoon-Collection/dp/B000PC1PAW |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504061730/http://www.amazon.com/Woodpecker-Friends-Classic-Cartoon-Collection/dp/B000PC1PAW |archive-date=May 4, 2007 |url-status=dead |title=Amazon.com: The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Mel Blanc, Walter Lantz, Tex Avery: Movies & TV |website=Amazon |access-date=October 10, 2014 }}</ref>

Just like with the [[Bob Clampett]] Humanitarian Award, first awarded to [[Forrest J Ackerman]] in 1984<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award |title=Bob Clampett Humaniatrian Award - Comic Con International: San Diego |access-date=February 26, 2023 |archive-date=March 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324210951/https://comic-con.org/awards/bob-clampett-humanitarian-award |url-status=dead }}</ref> and the Friz Freleng Lifetime Achievement of Excellence, first award to Isadore Freleng himself in 1994,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Prized Animator : * Isadore 'Friz' Freleng, 88, will be honored for a lifetime of cartoon artistry, including creation of Bugs Bunny and the Pink Panther. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-03-18-va-35638-story.html |last=Biderman |first=Patrica |date=March 18, 1994 |access-date=February 26, 2023 |work=[[Los Angeles Times]]}}</ref> The Texas Avery Award, first awarded to [[Brad Bird]] in 2005, 25 years after Avery's death.<ref>{{Cite news |title=THE TEX AVERY AWARD |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/old-brew/the-tex-avery-award-1418.html |last=Beck |first=Jerry |date=November 9, 2005 |access-date=February 26, 2023 |work=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref> First presented by the Deep Ellum Film Festival, it is now presented by [[Reel FX Animation|Reel FX]]. Notable recipients include [[Henry Selick]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2009/04/afi-dallas-bestows-tex-avery-award-on-selick/ | title=AFI Dallas Bestows Tex Avery Award on Selick | date=April 3, 2009 }}</ref>  [[Pete Docter]],<ref>{{Cite news |title=Up, Up and Away With 12 New Dallas Int'l Film Fest Titles and Avery Award Winner |url=https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/up-up-and-away-with-12-new-dallas-intl-film-fest-titles-and-avery-award-winner-7146526 |last=Wilonsky |first=Robert |date=March 4, 2010 |access-date=February 26, 2023 |work=Dallas Observer}}</ref> [[Dean DeBlois]] and [[Chris Sanders]] for ''[[How to Train Your Dragon]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |title=DIFF Announces Texas Avery Animation Award Winners |url=https://artandseek.org/2011/03/29/diff-announces-texas-avery-animation-award-winners/ |last=Becker |first=Stephen |date=March 29, 2011 |access-date=February 26, 2023 |work=Art and Seek}}</ref> [[John Kricfalusi]] for his contributions to the animation industry,<ref>{{Cite news |title=John Kricfalusi Accepts Texas Avery Award in Dallas [Video] |url=https://www.cartoonbrew.com/animators/john-kricfalusi-accepts-texas-avery-award-in-dallas-video-98497.html |last=Amidi |first=Amid |author-link=Amid Amidi |date=April 13, 2014 |access-date=February 26, 2023 |work=[[Cartoon Brew]]}}</ref> and [[Phil Lord and Christopher Miller]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Phil Lord & Christopher Miller Named 2015 Texas Avery Award Recipients |url=https://www.awn.com/news/phil-lord-christopher-miller-named-2015-texas-avery-award-recipients |last=Wolfe |first=Jennifer |date=April 17, 2015 |access-date=February 26, 2023 |work=[[Animation World Network]]}}</ref>

Avery is honored by [[Texas Historical Marker]] #17073, which was unveiled in his hometown of Taylor, Texas, in 2014.<ref>[https://williamsoncountytexashistory.org/tex-avery-historical-marker-taylor-texas-williamson-county-texas/ "TEX AVERY HISTORICAL MARKER, TAYLOR, TEXAS"]. ''Williamson County Texas History''. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref> The marker says Avery spent "a lifetime...reinventing the American cartoon."<ref>Amidi, Amid. [https://www.cartoonbrew.com/events/tex-avery-day-howard-texas-96629.html "Everything That Happened During Tex Avery Day"]. ''Cartoon Brew''. Published February 28, 2014. Accessed February 22, 2023.</ref>

In February 2020, [[Warner Archive Collection|Warner Archive]] released ''[[Tex Avery Screwball Classics]] Volume 1'' on Blu-ray containing 19 of his MGM cartoons.<ref>{{cite web |title=Archived |url=https://wbshop.com/collections/warner-archive-pre-orders/products/tex-avery-screwball-classics-volume-1-bd |website=wbshop.com |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809004425/https://wbshop.com/collections/warner-archive-pre-orders/products/tex-avery-screwball-classics-volume-1-bd |archive-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref> According to [[Jerry Beck]], most of MGM's pre-1951 cartoons had their original negatives destroyed in a 1978 George Eastman House fire, causing great difficulties in terms of restoration. However, using the best surviving archival elements, all 19 shorts on the set have been digitally restored in HD and are uncut.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/tex-avery-talk-with-jerry-beck/id310063354?i=1000465417564|title=Warner Archive Podcast: Tex Avery Talk with Jerry Beck on Apple Podcasts}}</ref> In March 2020, Warner Archive announced they were working on ''Tex Avery Screwball Classics Volume 2'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-11th-birthday-to-us/id310063354?i=1000469759300|title = Warner Archive Podcast: Happy 11th Birthday to Us on Apple Podcasts}}</ref> which was released in December 2020 and contained 21 restored and uncut shorts as well as ''Tex Avery: The King of Cartoons'', an archival documentary as a special feature.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://warnerarchive.tumblr.com/post/633984739265675265/december2020|title=Warner Archive|access-date=November 7, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105232845/https://warnerarchive.tumblr.com/post/633984739265675265/december2020|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Volume 3'' was released on October 5, 2021, with an 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Tex-Avery-Screwball-Classics-Volume-3-Blu-ray/284090/|title=Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 3 Blu-ray (Warner Archive Collection)|via=www.blu-ray.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Some Advance Notes on "Tex Avery Screwball Classics" Volume 3|url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/some-advance-notes-on-tex-avery-screwball-classics-volume-3/|author=Beck, Jerry|publisher=Cartoon Research|date=September 7, 2021| accessdate=September 7, 2021}}</ref>