RB: What kind of trouble did you get into as a teenager? JS: Oh, nuthin' more than any other kids. Y'know you occasionally get caught throwin' water balloons at passin' cars. That was about as bad as I got.

RB: Have you ever been married?

JS: Yeah, I was married once. I got divorced ten years ago. We were married three years. Got divorced in '87.

RB: Hey, did you have any kids?

JS: What? Kids? No. No children.

Jim's Inspiration

RB: Is there anyone in particular who inspired you to become a cartoonist?

JS: Well, at first it was Jack Kirby, a Marvel Comics artist. He was the king of the comic book artists. But as far as animation, it was always Chuck Jones and Tex Avery. I didn't really start gettin' into Clampett 'til I met John... when I came to California. There was never any good prints of Clampett cartoons on TV in Texas. They always just played Chuck Jones and Friz Freling cartoons. But when I met John he showed me all these really cool cartoons. He'd freeze frame 'em. They were great. I got heavily into Clampett after that. I was always into Disney before