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,
What a Cartoon! Butch Hartman, and John R. Dilworth), but veterans as well (like Don Jurwich, Jerry Eisenberg, and Ralph Bakshi). In addition to the veterans, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera each produced two shorts each for "What a Cartoon!". Many of the key crew members from previous Hanna-Barbera series "2 Stupid Dogs" joined the team of "What a Cartoon!" as well. Many of its crew members later went on to write and direct for "Dexter's Laboratory", "Johnny Bravo", "Cow and Chicken", "I Am Weasel", and "The Powerpuff Girls", including those named above. "The Kitchen Casanova" director John McIntyre is particularly known for