On this day in history, Robert "Bob" Clampett Sr. II was born in 1913.

As a kid, his parents moved to Hollywood and he was neighbors with Charlie Chaplin and his brother Syd.

His inspirations for animation were Winsor McCay, Felix the Cat, and the creations from Flecshier Studios (which can explain his surrealness in his later works). He even asked a projectionist if he could study Felix shorts at his home.

At a early age, his cartooning skills showed through his high school newspaper, The Junior Times. His series were The Innocent Pussy and Teddy the Roosevelt Bear, which proved so popular it continued after Clampett graduated.

In 1931, and a few months before he graduated, his father ran into financial troubles and ended his studies and went to his aunt's (Charlotte Clark) house. Clark suggested to Clampett that they should make Mickey Mouse dolls. -

With out any references, Clampett went to a screening of a Mickey short and sketched things out. They pitched their concepts to Walt E. Disney and Roy O. Disney and it was a success. The dolls are notably the first example of Disney merchandising.

The same year, Clampett went to Harming-Ising Studios to work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series. He started at Freleng's unit, going up the ranks, and he won a storyboarding contest in 1935 for "My Green Fedora".

In 1935, he joined Tex Avery's unit, and most notably co-created the character of Daffy Duck in '37, although this is incredibly disputed since Clampett was sort of a credit taker in his later years, although he did define the character traits in later shorts.

After Tex quitted in 1941 due to an argument with Schelsinger, Clampett took over his unit and finished his work, such as Wabbit Twouble and The Cagey Canary.

Although he did start as his own unit for the ol' black and white sewage from '37 to '41, his cartoons from '41 to '46 and even from the previous unit defined his legacy as the one who defined the "looney" in Looney Tunes.

After he quitted, due to him not liking Eddie Selzer, Art Davis took over his unit in '46, and finished his cartoons.

After that, he created Time for Beany, which aired from 1949 to 1955 and a animated version aired in 1962 before he eventually retired the same year.

In the mid 1960's and early 70's, Clampett gained controversy for claiming he created Bugs Bunny, Sniffles the Mouse, and Porky Pig. In 1975, Jones and Avery, his former colleagues, wrote an extensive letter disproving his blatant lies, and this Avery quote sums it up.

Clampett passed away in 1984, days shy of his 71st birthday, of a heart attack.