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2.4sHe didn't create Itchy. I did.
0.5sHuh?
3.5sHe stole the character from me in 1928.
4.27sWhen I complained, his thugs kicked me out of his office and dropped an anvil on me.
2.67sLuckily I was carrying an umbrella at the time.
3.67sYou invented Itchy-- the itchy & scratchy Itchy?
4.6sSure. In fact, I invented the whole concept of cartoon violence.
5.07sBefore I came along, all cartoon animals did was play the ukulele. I changed all that.
3.4sWell, I'm not callin' you a liar, but--
2.64sbut I can't think of a way to finish that sentence.
2.3sSo I'm a liar, am I?
1.37s
3.57s"Itchy the Lucky Mouse in Manhattan Madness."
5.71sThat's the first Itchy cartoon ever made. And it was made by me, Chester J. Lampwick.
2.5sFind me a 90-year-old projector and I'll prove it to you.
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