Dave Monahan

Dave Monahan. Director: The Phantom Tollbooth. Monahan was one of the first gag writers at Leon Schlesinger's cartoon factory to receive screen credit. His initial tenure at Warner Brothers spanned the period from 1938 to 1942, during which he toiled on several of the early Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies entries for Porky Pig, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny (including the odd classic, like Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)). It was...