Although the colorful desert appears to be in the canyonlands around the Utah-Arizona border, Roadrunner zips past a Joshua Tree early on. This plant, a relative to the lily, is native to the Mojave Desert in California.
First Roadrunner cartoon in which the coyote speaks. He shouts "Yeow!" when caught in the mousetraps and mimics the Roadrunner's "Beep beep!" at the end.