The first new theatrical adventures of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner in 30 years, it includes many familiar sight gags.The first new theatrical adventures of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner in 30 years, it includes many familiar sight gags.The first new theatrical adventures of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner in 30 years, it includes many familiar sight gags.
- Director
- Writers
- Stars
Chuck Jones
- Wile E. Coyote
- (uncredited)
Paul Julian
- Road Runner
- (archive sound)
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaTheatrically released with Richie Rich (1994).
- GoofsDuring the segment with the bow, when it finally goes off and sends the Coyote flying you hear a whoosh as he starts to fly off-screen left, before a loud bang indicating that he has collided with something. The screen then pans to the left a bit and we find that he has crashed into a cactus, but the length of the whoosh was too long for the short distance between the bow and the cactus.
- Quotes
Surgeon General Sign: WARNING - THE SURGEON GENERAL HAS DETERMINED THAT CHASING ROAD RUNNERS MAY BE HAZARDOUS TO YOUR HEALTH.
Wile E. Coyote: *mocks and laughs*
Road Runner: Beep-beep!
[Wile E. gets spooked as he hits a rocky cliff above him]
Surgeon General Sign: [showing in front of Wile E] IT'S NOT COOL TO LAUGH AT THE SURGEON GENERAL.
- Crazy creditsRoad Runner (Boulevardius-Burnupius); Coyote (Dogius Ignoramii)
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Sugarcube Critic: Griffon the Brush-Off (2014)
Featured review
The last Road Runner/Coyote short to be directed by the great Chuck Jones, released in theaters along with the Macaulay Culkin movie Richie Rich. I'm always wary of the later Looney Tunes cartoons made decades after the classic ones. They are usually forgettable at best and sometimes outright terrible. They never have the same level of quality craftsmanship that went into the older shorts. This one's no exception on that front but it is surprisingly watchable for a later effort. That's probably due to Jones' involvement as he crafted many of the classic Looney Tunes cartoons, particularly the Road Runner/Coyote ones. Among the better gags here are the ACME lightning bolts and the cactus costume. The biggest weakness is the audio. The music is irritatingly generic and probably canned. The sound effects in some places are bad, sounding disconnected in a way that just doesn't feel right. Despite some problems, it is watchable and even amusing in places. Fans of the old cartoons will likely see the flaws more than others.
Details
- Runtime6 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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