Clippety Clobbered

This is a rather okay cartoon. Of course, it's nothing special (check the top credit) but still...recommend you don't listen to me if you are a teenager though.

Introduction: Good, but needed not to be connected to the second gag.

Invisible rock: Good, I like when Road Runner fights back, personally.

Invisible wall: Good, but of course reused. This is the shortest of the gags.

Bouncy skin: Very long, but personally basically my version but slower paced. Best!

Jets: The second best of these. Also, Road Runner got scared more than thrice, and that doesn't mean he got scared a fourth time in The Solid Tin Coyote!

One of the later Coyote & Road Runner cartoons, made towards the end of the Looney Tunes era and long past their best years. This is directed by Rudy Larriva, who was one of the weakest directors to ever handle any Looney Tunes shorts. The animation is cheap and unimpressive. Basically '60s TV quality. The music is okay for the period. Which is to say it's not good but it won't make your ears bleed. The plot to this one is just Wile E. Coyote mixing chemicals together to create different things like invisible paint and bouncy skin. He, of course, tries to use these inventions to capture the Road Runner and he, of course, fails miserably. Unfortunately, his failures aren't particularly funny or creative. It's a watchable short if you're a big fan of the series. But it's not representative of how good Coyote & Road Runner cartoons could be.

Wily E. Coyote is waiting for a mail delivery by the side of the road. Despite some delivery problems, he gets his consignment of invisible paint and immediately starts to work, using it to try and catch Roadrunner. However it's not quite as easy as all that.

Despite some very basic animation at the start (look at that mail plane!) and a real lack of effort throughout the cartoon, this film is actually OK - even if it feels like it's going through the motions for much of the time. The plot is nothing new and the devices are not that imaginative (I'm sure this cartoon was made after Flubber - which would explain part of the plot) but it is still reasonably amusing.

The characters are quite bland here - I have seen both done much better, especially Coyote who is just a fall guy here without feelings or personality. The pair are still funny here but this is far from their better work.

Overall the film is still amusing but it is basic and lacks effort in several areas. The animation is not as good as before, the plot lacks spark and the scenes have a feel of being well worn and just not as imaginative as they can be.

In the mid to late '60s, Warner Bros. animation was slowly but surely coming to a close. "Clippety Clobbered" is a prime example, as Wile E. Coyote receives in the mail a non-Acme product to help him catch Road Runner. Naturally, this one fails, as do his subsequent attempts. However, I notice something different about this cartoon. Whereas in most of the WEC-RR pairings, RR usually doesn't even seem to notice that WEC exists, here he does. In fact, RR plays some rather cruel tricks on WEC, and even runs away at the sight of WEC (does he finally realize the potential danger?).

So, it's an OK cartoon, but the formula was pretty much spent by this point, so nothing looks particularly new.

Sorry, but this is one of my least favourite Roadrunner vs. Coyote cartoons. I wanted to like it but some of it didn't work. The gags are amusing if unoriginal, and the music is actually okay. However, the animation is not great, it looks flat and rushed and I agree that there were one too many continuity errors. The plot lacks sparkle as well, it is very simplistic and doesn't really do anything to enhance the predictable story or the poor pacing, and the ending was a let down. Both characters are bland here, especially Coyote, who is not quite the cunning and devious character we know and love, while Roadrunner is annoying. Overall, disappointing, lacking sparkle and energy. 4/10 Bethany Cox