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Wile E. Coyote makes 11 disastrous attempts to catch the Road Runner.Wile E. Coyote makes 11 disastrous attempts to catch the Road Runner.Wile E. Coyote makes 11 disastrous attempts to catch the Road Runner.
- Director
- Writer
- Stars
Mel Blanc
- Coyote Effects
- (voice)
Paul Julian
- Road Runner
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThere was a gap of nearly three years between this and the second Road Runner cartoon, Beep, Beep (1952). Chuck Jones only intended it to be a one-shot cartoon, but the reception given by the public made him change his mind. He was especially persuaded by a letter from a captain in the Naval Air Force, who claimed that pilots were imitating the Road Runner's "beep beep" call while doing maneuvers.
- GoofsWhen Wile is tossing the boomerang up and down his tail disappears for a few frames.
- Quotes
Road Runner: Beep, beep!
- Crazy creditsRoadrunner (Accelerati Incredibulis)
- Alternate versionsIn the ABC version, the scenes where Wile E. Coyote tries to explode the Roadrunner with dynamite and Wile E. being caught in the explosion were cut.
- ConnectionsEdited into The Bugs Bunny/Road-Runner Movie (1979)
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Fun Short
Fast and Furry-ous (1949)
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
The first ever Coyote and Road Runner film turns out to be a very enjoyable one. As would become the norm, the Coyote is hungry and wanting to eat the Road Runner but he's simply not fast (or smart) enough to catch him. This first short has plenty of wonderful laughs as the violent action is constantly finding hilarious ways to injure the Coyote. One of my favorite gags in the film is when the Coyote pants the side of a mountain to appear like a road so that the Road Runner will kill himself by running into it but things don't work out as planned. Another funny jokes includes the Coyote making a ski machine to build up speed but of course this doesn't go as planned either. Director Jones was a fan of silent movies and that's easy to see with these shorts.
*** 1/2 (out of 4)
The first ever Coyote and Road Runner film turns out to be a very enjoyable one. As would become the norm, the Coyote is hungry and wanting to eat the Road Runner but he's simply not fast (or smart) enough to catch him. This first short has plenty of wonderful laughs as the violent action is constantly finding hilarious ways to injure the Coyote. One of my favorite gags in the film is when the Coyote pants the side of a mountain to appear like a road so that the Road Runner will kill himself by running into it but things don't work out as planned. Another funny jokes includes the Coyote making a ski machine to build up speed but of course this doesn't go as planned either. Director Jones was a fan of silent movies and that's easy to see with these shorts.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Apr 19, 2009
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Fetzig und hetzig
- Production company
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $14,753
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $12,285
- Feb 16, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $14,753
- Runtime7 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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