There They Go-Go-Go!

The Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons are generally very enjoyable, and Coyote is one of Chuck Jones' best overall characters. Sure, some of the later cartoons are duds, where the series got tired and repetitive as well as somewhat cheap. There They Go-Go-Go! is towards the better half of the series, a touch formulaic in terms of how the samey premise is structured but there is very little problematic here.

With the animation, the backgrounds are more stylised and abstract than usual but not to an ugly or over-sparse extent, and the rest of the animation is simply but smoothly drawn and colourful, with the fourth wall use of camera and expressions as ever inspired. It may not be the best-looking Roadrunner/Coyote cartoon, but it is a long way from looking as cheap as some of the later cartoons of theirs. With Carl Stalling and the music, this viewer has always associated Stalling with writing consistently good to outstanding music scores for the Looney Tunes cartoons and they are nearly always one of the highlights. That is precisely the case with his scoring for There They Go-Go-Go! (particularly in the spiked balls gag, which was a great marriage of visuals, action, humour and music), the orchestration is lush and clever, it's lively and characterful rhythmically and it matches with everything seamlessly and even adds to the enjoyment.

It doesn't forget to entertain either, the loaded gun and ending gags (elevated by Coyote's hysterical and very truthful laugh out loud moment) are absolutely hilarious and it was nice to see much more of Coyote's own inventions. There They Go-Go-Go! is not completely formulaic either, sure it's the same premise as the rest of the series, but especially with the beginning and the inventions it does do things differently as well which stops it from getting repetitive and tired. It's nicely and efficiently paced too, and the conflict between Roadrunner and Coyote is done well. Roadrunner is one-dimensional but still memorable and amusing, but, ever the much funnier and more interesting character, Coyote steals the show. Not only is he a cunning and often funny to hilarious character but one that one does feel sorry for (very like Sylvester), and not in a way that feels forced (one of the easiest Looney Tunes characters to root for in fact).

All in all, great fun and tries to do different too. While not one of the absolute best of the Roadrunner/Coyote cartoons it's in the top half. 9/10 Bethany Cox

We come to the ninth pairing of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, starts a bit like Stop! Look! and Hasten!, in that it shows that Wile E. will eat pretty much anything, in that short it was the little gag of the coyote eating a fly, in this one it's a chicken that he made out of mud. He uses a rope, a sling-shot, a gun on a spring, a rotating circle of spiked balls, a booby-trapped ladder, and a load of rocks that refuse to fall down at the right time. Very funny stuff. as always ANY short with Wile E. in it is so VERY much worth watching, as he's one of my absolute favorite cartoon personalities of all time. This animated short can be seen on Disc 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. This cartoon also has an optional music only track.

My Grade: A

There They Go-Go-Go! (1956)

*** (out of 4)

Poor ol' Wile E. Coyote is so hungry the film starts off with him cooking mud to eat but he even messes that up. Then the Road Runner goes pass him and an all new hunt begins. This time out we see Wile try using a sling, a gun, spiked balls and even a rope on a tree but, of course, we know what's going to happen. I'm watching these shorts in order and I must say that I've love to see Wile take one big chunk out of the Road Runner. Considering this is the ninth attempt of Wile you can't help but wish he could just eat one time. If not the Road Runner I wish he could eat anything the right way. The series was certainly starting to repeat itself but there's enough action and explosions here to make it worth watching.

Typically wonderful Chuck Jones Road Runner & Coyote short. The opening scene, where Wile E. Coyote shapes a pile of mud to resemble a turkey and then "cooks" it, is pathetic in the most hilarious way. What follows is another funny gag, then another, and another. It's fun from start to finish. Some of the Coyote's attempts at catching the Road Runner in this one include a tree catapult, a mace contraption that has to be seen to be believed, a ladder bridge, and a tire full of dynamite. All of these attempts backfire, of course. There's also one of the better sign gags the series ever used. The animation is quite nice, with slightly sketchy backgrounds and lovely colors. The desert never looked as colorful as it does in the Road Runner cartoons. Carl Stalling's music is whimsical and fun. It's a solid cartoon all the way around. Perhaps not the best of the lot but it's up there.

This is a very good cartoon featuring the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote. Instead of starting the chase right away, the Coyote first tries to make a chicken out of mud. After he tastes it, and breaks his teeth on the thing, he also makes a trashcan where he puts the chicken in. At this point the Road Runner enters this cartoon. The Coyote uses a gun, some other things that belong to the army, a broken ladder and some rocks that must fall down.

This is a very good cartoon. The opening sequence that makes it a little different is very nice, the gags work (the Coyote even comments on his own stupid ideas,) and the animation is simple but doesn't distract. A very good cartoon from the Road Runner vs. Coyote series.