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,
Happiness Is (cartoon) Happiness Is (cartoon) "Happiness Is..." is a book and merchandise series based on the cartoon created by New York Times Bestselling authors. Lisa Swerling & Ralph Lazar, which features a collection of single frame images of "What makes you happy?" It was launched on Facebook while the couple were living in Sayulita, Mexico, in July 2013. As of September 2018, there were over 10,000 images in the collection, and the Facebook page had over 3.4 million followers. Chronicle Books of San Francisco holds global book publishing rights to the first 8 titles published from 2014 to 2018. BOOK 1: HAPPINESS