 When some of the artists humorously criticized the wild action in his animated shorts, Avery would take time to explain his rationale.He recalled that while working at Warner Bros., the animators had a great deal of liberty, and were subject to very little censorship of their work.Avery, with the assistance of Clampett, Jones, and the new associate director Frank Tashlin, laid the foundation for a style of animation that dethroned The Walt Disney Studio as the leader in animated short films, and created a legion of cartoon characters still known today.