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What is the relationship between the Road Runner and the Coyote?

The Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote are at it again. Some highlights include Coyote lighting a match in a room full of explosives and Coyote flying off into the sky with one of …

Does Wile E Coyote eat the Road Runner?

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Who created Wile E Coyote Road Runner?

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Can the Road Runner harm the coyote by beeping?

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What company does Wile Coyote use to catch the Road Runner?

Wile E. Coyote often obtains various complex and ludicrous devices from a mail-order company, the fictitious Acme Corporation, which he hopes will help him catch the Road Runner. The devices invariably fail in improbable and spectacular fashion.

How many Road Runner cartoons are there?

Much of the material was animation rotoscoped from earlier Runner and Gonzales shorts, with the other characters added in. In total, DePatie-Freleng produced 14 Road Runner cartoons, two of which were directed by Robert McKimson ( Rushing Roulette, 1965, and Sugar and Spies, 1966).

When did Chuck Jones stop making Road Runner?

The original Chuck Jones productions ended in 1963 after Jack L. Warner closed the Warner Bros. animation studio. War and Pieces, the last Road Runner short directed by Jones, was released in mid-1964. By that time, David H. DePatie and director Friz Freleng had formed DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, moved into the facility just emptied by Warner, and signed a license with Warner Bros. to produce cartoons for the big studio to distribute.

Who wrote the book about the coyote?

Creation. Jones based the Coyote on Mark Twain 's book Roughing It, in which Twain described the coyote as "a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking skeleton" that is "a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry.".

What was Wile E. called?

Wile E. was called Kelsey Coyote in his comic book debut, a Henery Hawk story in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies #91 (May 1949). He only made a couple of other appearances at this time and did not have his official name yet, as it wasn't used until 1951 (in Operation: Rabbit, his second appearance).

When did the Road Runner and the Coyote come out?

The Road Runner and the Coyote appeared on Saturday mornings as the stars of their own TV series, The Road Runner Show, from September 1966 to September 1968, on CBS. At this time it was merged with The Bugs Bunny Show to become The Bugs Bunny and Road Runner Show, running from 1968 to 1985. The show was later seen on ABC until 2000, and on Global until 2001.

Who created the Coyote Road Runner cartoon?

He is always hungry.". Jones said he created the Coyote-Road Runner cartoons as a parody of traditional " cat and mouse " cartoons such as MGM 's Tom and Jerry. Jones modelled the Coyote's appearance on fellow animator Ken Harris. The Coyote's name of Wile E. is a pun of the word "wily.".

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Creation

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Jones based the coyote on Mark Twain's book Roughing It, in which Twain described the coyote as "a long, slim, sick and sorry-looking skeleton" that is "a living, breathing allegory of Want. He is always hungry." Jones said he created the Wile E. Coyote-Road Runner cartoons as a parody of traditional "cat and mouse" c…
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List of Cartoons

  • The series consists of: 1. 49 shorts, mostly about 6 to 7 minutes long, but including three web cartoons which are "three-minute, three-dimensional cartoons in widescreen (scope)". 2. One half-hour special released theatrically (26 minutes). 3. One feature-length film that combines live actionand animation 1 Re-edited from Adventures of the Road Runner by Chuck Jones and with …
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Scenery

  • The desert scenery in the first three Road Runner cartoons, Fast and Furry-ous (1949), Beep, Beep (1952), and Going! Going! Gosh! (also 1952), was designed by Robert Gribbroek and was quite realistic. In most later cartoons, the scenery was designed by Maurice Noble and was far more abstract.
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Acme Corporation

  • Wile E. Coyote often obtains various complex and ludicrous devices from a mail-order company, the fictitious Acme Corporation, which he hopes will help him catch the Road Runner. The devices invariably fail in improbable and spectacular fashion. In August, September and October 1982, the National Lampoonpublished a three-part series chronicling the lawsuit Wile E. filed against the A…
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Laws and Rules

  • In his book Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist,Chuck Jones claimed that he and the artists behind the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoons adhered to some simple but strict rules: 1. "The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going ‘Beep-Beep!’" This only applies to direct harm; however, the Road Runner is able to indirectly harm Wile E. One …
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Later Cartoons

  • The original Chuck Jones productions ended in 1963 after Jack L. Warner closed the Warner Bros. animation studio. War and Pieces, the last Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner short directed by Jones, was released in mid-1964. By that time, David H. DePatie and director Friz Freleng had formed DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, moved into the facility just emptied by Warner, and signed a licens…
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Spin-Offs

  • In another series of Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoons, Chuck Jones used the character design (model sheets and personality) of Wile E. Coyote as "Ralph Wolf". In this series, Ralph continually attempts to steal sheep from a flock being guarded by the eternally vigilant Sam Sheepdog. As with the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote series, Ralph Wolf uses all sorts of wild inventions and …
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Film

  • Warner Bros. is developing a live-action/animation hybrid film centered on Wile E. Coyote titled Coyote vs. Acme, produced by Warner Animation Group, with The Lego Batman Movie director Chris McKay on board to produce. The film is said to be based on the fictional The New Yorker article "Coyote v. Acme" by author Ian Frazier. Published in 1990, the piece imagined a lawsuit br…
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Voice Actors

  • Wile E. Coyote
    1. Mel Blanc(1952–1989) 2. Paul Julian (imitating the Road Runner in Zipping Along, Ready, Set, Zoom!, The Road Runner Show bumper and Road Runner's Death Valley Rally) 3. Richard Andrews (Bugs Bunny Exercise and Adventure Album) 4. Joe Alaskey (Tiny Toon Adventures, Judge Gran…
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    The voice artist Paul Julian originated the character's voice. Before and after his death, his voice was appearing in various media, for example, in TV series, shorts and video games, such as 2014's Looney Tunes Dash. In addition, other voice actors have replaced him. These voice actor…
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in Popular Culture

  • Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner have been frequently referenced in popular culture. Some explamples: In the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero episode "Lights! Camera! Cobra!", Shipwreckkicks away a coyote before going "Beep Beep". There are two scenes in Stanley Kubrick's 1980 adaptation of The Shining where Danny Torrance and his mother, Wendy Torranc…
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