Adventures of the Road-Runner
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About Adventures of the Road-Runner
Wile E. Coyote, speaking, explains why he wants to catch the Road Runner. The picture mixes new gags with pieces of earlier cartoons, including Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z (1956), Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954), Zip 'N Snort (1961), Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958), and the Ralph Phillips dream cartoon From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1954). It was made as a television pilot.
Cast & crew
More about Adventures of the Road-Runner
Chuck Jones directed. Maurice Noble and Tom Ray were co-directors. Mel Blanc voices the Coyote. Milt Franklyn wrote the music for the new material. ABC did not pick up the pilot. Warner Bros. released the whole film in theaters with the live-action feature Lad: A Dog (1962). Footage was later recut into To Beep or Not to Beep (1963), Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965), and Zip Zip Hooray! (1965). For To Beep or Not to Beep, Jones re-edited the pieces and Bill Lava replaced Franklyn's score.
Themes
Making
ABC turned the pilot down. The theatrical booking with Lad: A Dog is how the full film went out.
Music
Milt Franklyn scored the featurette. Bill Lava rescored the pieces used in To Beep or Not to Beep.
Notes
- The Coyote talks here, in the same manner as in the shorts where he faces Bugs Bunny.
- Two children, not Bugs, are the ones who hear him explain the chase. A 1979 special, Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet, recut those clips so that Bugs asks the question.
- An Internet Archive copy is under the identifier adventures-of-the-road-runner-1962. The catalog field for an Archive id is empty.
Scenes
- The Coyote tells why he wants to eat the Road Runner.
- Ralph Phillips's dream cartoon is dropped into the pilot among the chase gags.
Influenced
- To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
- Roadrunner a Go-Go (1965)
- Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)
Also available
- Internet Archive (adventures-of-the-road-runner-1962)
