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,
Cartoon Cartoons on "The Cartoon Cartoon Show" (2005–2008) and "Cartoon Planet" (2012–2014). Cartoon Cartoons first appeared as shorts on animation showcase series "What a Cartoon!" in 1995, under the name of "World Premiere Toons". The series was produced by Hanna-Barbera and Cartoon Network Studios under the direction of Fred Seibert. Seibert had been a guiding force for Nickelodeon (having overseen the creation of Nicktoons shortly prior to his departure) prior to joining Hanna-Barbera and would establish Frederator Studios years later. Through "What a Cartoon!", Cartoon Network was able to assess the potential of certain shorts to serve as pilots for spin-off series