There They Go-Go-Go!

This is one of the worst cartoon that have ever been made. Extremely poor sceneries, por editing, poor music, poor execution, poor animation, poor story, even poorer gags which are deadly repetitive and is extremely painful to watch. Chuck Jones did not pay any heed to an even contest. He made the coyote look feeble, incapable and so horribly out of shape compared to the godly roadrunner that it can not be deemed to be a rivalry. It is a poor watch. The cartoons are rubbish and the endless blowing up of the coyote is neither funny nor hilarious and is outright boring and painful to watch. I could not appreciate Chuck Jones work as they are truly very very poor.

Michael Maltese must have liked to start a number of these cartoons showing just how starved poor Wile E. Coyote is, that he will do anything to feed his empty stomach. Here, he bakes mud in his oven, pretending it's a chicken. Once it bites into it, he discovers the sad truth and "Famishius Fantasticus" dumps it into his trash bin. The rude Road Runner (Dig- Outius Tid-Bittius) races by, knocking down Wile and making the trash can land on top of his head....and smugly sticking out his tongue while racing away. (Just once I'd like to see poor Wile give the RR what's coming to him!)

In addition, before the chase starts and Wile's wild ploys to catch the bird, he has to desperately search for water because his butt's on fire.

The spring-loaded gun sequence was excellent and really laughed at Wile's little umbrella trying to protect him falling boulders. Otherwise, overall it just a "fair" Road Runner cartoon. Not bad, but not memorable, either.

Everybody knows While E. Coyote is the real star of the Road Runner cartoons (after all, he has more of a personality) and occasionally we get a moment alone with him at the start of `his' cartoons. The starving superstar attempts to bake some mud (shaped in the form of a chicken) in his home-made oven. This inspired gag features the first of several elaborate punchlines that set `There they Go-go-go' apart from other R.R. shorts.

Out of all the Loony tunes, Wile E. and Road Runner probably break the fourth wall the most (presumably because they don't speak). The knowing looks While E. constantly throws at the camera are classic. At one point he even gestures to the audience to come closer, as if to let us in on his next cunning plan. After all, he is a selfproclaimed genius.

It is especially good to see Wile E. relying on his own wits and inventions instead of the usual Acme products for a change. He is able to use lots of left over material from the local abandoned mines and army bases (including a ladder, a wheel, some dynamite and even a unused rocket shell). But where did he find that tiny pink umbrella? Perhaps he should try to sell some of his ideas to the Acme company. They might give him a discount on their products.

8 out of 10

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

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.