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Watch Chuck Jones' 1965 Oscar-winning cartoon about a lovesick like and a dallying dot

Watch Chuck Jones' 1965 Oscar-winning cartoon about a lovesick like and a dallying dot

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 18, 2025
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The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics, by Norton Juster

In 1965 animator Chuck Jones adapted a short picture book called The Dot and The Line: a romance in lower mathematics as a 9-minute cartoon. It follows a rigid blue line who adores a carefree red dot; she, however, swoons for a swaggering squiggle.

Rejected, the line enrolls in self-im…

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