Afterlife of The Dover Boys Part 14--Chuck Jones's Dover Boys

Chuck Jones was a true legend. Chuck trained and mentored a group of young animators which he called The Dover Boys. The group Consisted of Chris Bailey, Rob Minkoff,  Kelly Asbury, and Jeff DeGrandis. 


Chuck's Daughter Linda and The Dover Boys

Afterlife of The Dover Boys Part 13--Other Anecdotes

Here are a few more Dover Boys anecdotes and fun facts.

• It had one of the largest voice casts in the Warner Bros Cartoons including Mel Blanc, Bea Benaderet, Marjorie Tarlton, John McLeish, Tedd Pierce, and The Sportsmen Quartet.
• A piece of the cartoon was shown on Agent Carter as part of a subliminal messaging tool of The Black Widow Program.
• It was #49 in Jerry Beck's Book: The 50 Greatest Cartoons

• The volleyball team was, according to Chuck's autobiography, called The Indomitable Team from Pimento University.
• I believe that this is really just Chuck's animation unit.
• The team consisted of Phil Monroe, Ben Washam, Abe Levitow, Richard Thompson, and Ken Harris.

Afterlife of The Dover Boys Part 12--Space Jam

The Dover Boys made a cameo as an audience member in Space Jam.

Cameo

Model Art for Dan Backslide and Tom, Dick, And Larry. Dan Backslide had a model sheet but didn't appear in Space Jam.

Afterlife of the Dover Boys Part 11---Lobby Cards

Lobby Cards.

Afterlife of The Dover Boys Part 10--Limited Edition Art

Here is some limited edition art of the Dover Boys.

Credits:

The Chuck Jones Gallery

Carol Erickson

Afterlife of the Dover Boys part 9--Futurama

In the Futurama episode Less of a Hero, The Dover Boys were shown in the opening title scene.

Afterlife of the The Dover Boys part 8---Fans, Fanart, and Merchandise

Here are a few things that fans have done to either impress other fans or just to pay tribute. There is also the only collectible I could find. Also at the top is a group cosplaying as The Dover Boys and Dan Backslide.

A nice peace of art.

Because the short is in the public domain, it was bootlegged on this VHS tape.