b'\n_START_ARTICLE_\nFriz Freleng\n_START_SECTION_\nCariera timpurie\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nFreleng sa n\xc4\x83scut \xc3\xaen Kansas City, Missouri, unde \xc8\x99i-a \xc3\xaenceput cariera \xc3\xaen anima\xc8\x9bie la United Film Ad Service. Acolo, el a f\xc4\x83cut cuno\xc8\x99tin\xc8\x9b\xc4\x83 cu al\xc8\x9bi animatori Hugh Harman \xc8\x99i Ub Iwerks. \xc3\x8en 1923, prietenul lui Iwerks, Walt Disney, sa mutat la Hollywood \xc8\x99i a cerut colegilor s\xc4\x83i de la Kansas City s\xc4\x83 se al\xc4\x83ture lui. Freleng, cu toate acestea, a sus\xc8\x9binut p\xc3\xa2n\xc4\x83 \xc3\xaen 1927, c\xc3\xa2nd \xc3\xaen cele din urm\xc4\x83 sa mutat \xc3\xaen California \xc8\x99i sa al\xc4\x83turat [Walt Disney Productions | studioul Walt Disney]]. A lucrat al\xc4\x83turi de al\xc8\x9bi fo\xc8\x99ti animatori din Kansas City, printre care Iwerks, Harman, Carmen Maxwell \xc8\x99i Rudolph Ising. \xc3\x8en timp ce la Disney, Freleng a lucrat la desene animate Alice Comedies \xc8\x99i Oswald the Lucky Rabbit pentru produc\xc4\x83torii Margaret Winkler \xc8\x99i Charles Mintz.'