Pepé Le Pew voice for the character closely resembles the one he used for "Professor Le Blanc", the harried violin instructor on "The Jack Benny Program". Pepé Le Pew's cartoons were dubbed in French; in the French version ("Pépé le putois"), Pepé speaks with a heavy Italian accent. His voice is a parody of Yves Montand. Chuck Jones first introduced the character (originally named Stinky) in the 1945 short "Odor-able Kitty" (see "Variations"), in which he was revealed to be a married American skunk named Henry who had been faking his French accent. For the remaining cartoons Jones directed, Pepé retained his accent,
Tracy Pew left after several weeks due to old conflicts resurfacing. Pew contributed to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds' cover versions album, "Kicking Against the Pricks" (August 1986), and performed on Lydia Lunch's concept album "Honeymoon in Red" (1987). During his musical career, Pew was credited with bass guitar, double bass, wind, and clarinet. Pew received songwriting credits for "She's Hit" on "Junkyard" (May 1982), "Sonny's Burning" on "The Bad Seed" (October 1982) and "Swampland" on "Mutiny" (1983). According to Gina Riley, comedian from TV series "Kath & Kim", Pew had dated her in 1976. In April 2009, Riley recalled the