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,
Alessandro Pepe with Art Five Animation Studio, which led to the successful development of the Ceres Beer 2006 TV spot series, which was aired on all the major Italian television networks. This experience marked the turning point of Pepe's career. In August 2006 Pepe moved to Australia and joined Animal Logic, as Lighting Technical Director for Warner Bros.'s animated movie "Happy Feet", which later won the 2006 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. From Australia, Pepe moved to London in early 2007, to join CFC Framestore, as Rigging Technical Director. In this role Pepe's first project was New Line Cinema's movie "The