Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his usual unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his usual unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his usual unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.
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Wile E. Coyote (Famishus Vulgarus) disappears literally in a cloud of dust that begins on the road and winds up hundreds of feet in the air as the Road Runner (Birdibus Zippibus) wins again in the opening scene of this cartoon.
Wile goes back "to the books," so to speak for his next attempt, reading "The Art Of Road Runner Trapping." According to the book, there are four steps: 1 - Dig hole in the road; 2 - Camouflage hole; 3 - Wait patiently and 4 - Eat Road Runner. Our coyote has problems with step one in a funny scene when he is unable to control the jackhammer in trying to dig a hole in the road. So much for that plan.
After that, it's brick, roadblocks, two birdseed traps, a long, long chute, a catapult, and a harpoon gun. The latter was the best "stunt" in the cartoon because it lasted a lot longer and very clever. I wish they draw out more of these ploys, because they always better than just the quick 10-second familiar-looking sight gags.
I thought the artwork was better than average in this episode, which was part of Volume Two Of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection.
Wile goes back "to the books," so to speak for his next attempt, reading "The Art Of Road Runner Trapping." According to the book, there are four steps: 1 - Dig hole in the road; 2 - Camouflage hole; 3 - Wait patiently and 4 - Eat Road Runner. Our coyote has problems with step one in a funny scene when he is unable to control the jackhammer in trying to dig a hole in the road. So much for that plan.
After that, it's brick, roadblocks, two birdseed traps, a long, long chute, a catapult, and a harpoon gun. The latter was the best "stunt" in the cartoon because it lasted a lot longer and very clever. I wish they draw out more of these ploys, because they always better than just the quick 10-second familiar-looking sight gags.
I thought the artwork was better than average in this episode, which was part of Volume Two Of The Looney Tunes Golden Collection.
Zoom and Bored (1957)
*** (out of 4)
One of the best in the series has Wile E. Coyote trying all sorts of new tricks including bees, a brick wall, a gun and a couple bird seed traps. To me this is one of the best in the series because it seems so fresh and original, although we do get a couple repeat jokes. One of the best sequences of the series comes at the end when Wile using a rope to slide down to catch the Road Runner but instead heads straight for a train. What he does next and the sign that the Road Runner hold up is just priceless. Another great gag is the one dealing with the bees and you know how it's going to end.
*** (out of 4)
One of the best in the series has Wile E. Coyote trying all sorts of new tricks including bees, a brick wall, a gun and a couple bird seed traps. To me this is one of the best in the series because it seems so fresh and original, although we do get a couple repeat jokes. One of the best sequences of the series comes at the end when Wile using a rope to slide down to catch the Road Runner but instead heads straight for a train. What he does next and the sign that the Road Runner hold up is just priceless. Another great gag is the one dealing with the bees and you know how it's going to end.
More of Wile E. Coyote - aka Famishus Vulgaris - coming up with an infinite number of unsuccessful traps to catch Road Runner - aka Birdibus Zippibus. Among the gags here are a shaft to carry a bomb down a hill, a brick wall, and bees. Needless to say, Wile E. always gets what's coming to him. A previous reviewer noted that in "Zoom and Bored", we get to see more of Road Runner's personality: he is one sadistic mother (is that better than just being indifferent to surrounding events, like he usually is?).
But no matter, this is another classic cartoon. Michael Maltese always managed to write something great. Really funny.
But no matter, this is another classic cartoon. Michael Maltese always managed to write something great. Really funny.
Maltese and Jones can do no wrong when it comes to writing a hilarious story. Usually we see more of Wile E. Coyote's perspective as he tries all these Acme products, but in Zoom and Bored we catch a little bit more of the Road Runner's persona and his reactions. From other shorts, we see the Road Runner merely indifferent, even amused with Wile E's attempts but in this short, our bird behaves a little more cruelly, even sadistic as he goes on the attack himself, never giving the hungry coyote a break.
Wile E. Coyote (Famishus Vulgaris), continues on his hunt to catch the Road Runner (Birdibus Zippibus).
The animators, minus Ben Washam this time, are right on cue as usual. Maltese this time almost implies through our coyote that hard labor just does not have its payoffs. Throughout the short, we see our poor coyote scale a high cliff, build a heavy boulder catapult, even create a chute around a mountain for a bomb to go down, all equaling in disastrous, amazingly quick response. Even Maltese gradually agrees this is too much, as the Road Runner pulls his final punch toward the end, and the coyote is left to ponder, "Is this really worth it?" An excellent short that I highly recommend.
Wile E. Coyote (Famishus Vulgaris), continues on his hunt to catch the Road Runner (Birdibus Zippibus).
The animators, minus Ben Washam this time, are right on cue as usual. Maltese this time almost implies through our coyote that hard labor just does not have its payoffs. Throughout the short, we see our poor coyote scale a high cliff, build a heavy boulder catapult, even create a chute around a mountain for a bomb to go down, all equaling in disastrous, amazingly quick response. Even Maltese gradually agrees this is too much, as the Road Runner pulls his final punch toward the end, and the coyote is left to ponder, "Is this really worth it?" An excellent short that I highly recommend.
The eleventh pairing of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner has the ever-determined coyote using the same unreliable methods against the ever-elusive bird, who seems a bit sadistic in this one. The bee gags is funny and even the now predictable gags still bought a smile to my face. And I, as always with these cartoons, found it highly enjoyable, but perhaps I'm a bit biased as Wile E. Coyote is 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: B+
My Grade: B+
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- TriviaThis short was created by the Warner animation team right after finishing "What's Opera, Doc?" That short took seven weeks to finish, but Warner allotted only 5 weeks to create any cartoon short. To cover up for it, Chuck Jones had the animation team doctor their time cards to state they were working on this short, when they were actually finishing up "What's Opera, Doc?". The team knew that Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote shorts were so by-the-numbers they could easily finish up the short in three weeks.
- GoofsWile E. is chasing the Road Runner through its contrail/dust cloud again. The only thing one can see are his ears sticking out above the cloud and he stops. Road Runner comes back, faces him, and the only thing one can see of him is his tail sticking up and out of the cloud. Road Runner beeps at Coyote and both stick their heads up and out of the cloud. Suddenly, Coyote realizes he is not standing on solid ground. He gets a pained look on his face and sticks his foot out and below the cloud in search of the ground. But at this point he is not looking down. Yet Road Runner does look down as Coyote's foot searches for the ground. So, if no one can see their feet, if Road Runner can not see their feet, then what is Road Runner looking at, why is Road Runner looking down? It is only after Road Runner looks down that Coyote looks down in search of solid ground, followed by the disappearing of the cloud (and revealing Road Runner at the edge of a cliff while Coyote is suspended in midair). Coyote then falls to the canyon floor and Road Runner then beeps and runs away. By having the Road Runner look down into the cloud, before either can see there is no ground below Coyote is putting the proverbial cart before the horse. Road Runner would have had no reason to look down until Coyote looked down, because neither would have know of Coyote's predicament until the cloud disappeared.
- Crazy creditsCoyote (Famishus Vulgarus)
- ConnectionsEdited into The Wild Chase (1965)
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