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To Beep or Not to Beep is a Merrie Melodies animated short starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.Released on December 28, 1963, the cartoon was written by Chuck Jones, John Dunn, Michael Maltese [1] (albeit uncredited), and directed by Jones, Maurice Noble and Tom Ray were the co-directors (albeit the latter is left uncredited). [2]
Jones said he created the Wile E. Coyote-Road Runner cartoons as a parody of traditional "cat and mouse" cartoons such as MGM's Tom and Jerry. [14] He also cites Frank Tashlin's 1941 adaptation of The Fox and the Grapes as inspiration due to its use of blackout gags. [15] Jones modelled the coyote's appearance on fellow animator Ken Harris. [16]
Wilson states "Road Runner and Coyote went on to appear in dozens of shorts together, but my favorite gag is in this particular cartoon. Coyote paints a tunnel on the side of the mountain, hoping Road Runner will strike the rock by mistake," and mentions how the universe is "set up against him," due the fact that the Road Runner runs through as ...
The Road Runner taunts his nemesis by dodging at the last possible moment, allowing the coyote to slam into the rock floor. The chase moves to the real roads, and the Road Runner taunts him with a Beep-beep before blasting into Mach 187, disappearing beyond the 10 mile horizon in only 6 frames of film, causing Wile E.'s entire jaw to hang open ...
The Coyote angrily throws the box away and his mock Binomial nomenclature in Dog Latin (Eati us Birdies) is shown. He runs right again after Road Runner (Delicious Delicious), but the speedy bird takes a rectangular U-turn, and the Coyote runs through the smoke and stops midway, wondering where the Road Runner went. The Road Runner speeds ...
Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner: November 10, 1956 Laserdisc – Road Runner Vs. Wile E. Coyote: If At First You Don't Succeed... VHS – Authentic and Original Warner Bros. Looney Tunes Cartoons: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote's Crash Course; DVD – Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2, disc 2: Road Runner and Friends; Streaming – Boomerang App
Wile E. Coyote (with the mock Binomial nomenclature in Dog Latin Eternally Famishes) and the Road Runner (Tasty us Supersonics) are conducting their routine chase along the twisty roads in the desert. As Wile E. closes in on the Road Runner, a 4-way intersection is reached, and the Road Runner takes a left turn.
7. Finally, Wile E. hopes to fire at Road Runner with a harpoon. The rope, however, is around one of the coyote's feet, and drags the coyote's rear over a cactus and under several rocks, then directly into open space. The coyote sees the pickle he is in and recovers in time to grab the very end of the rope.