Lickety-Splat

Lickety-Splat

June 3, 1961 Theatrical Series Looney Tunes

Studio
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc., Vitagraph Releases
Distributor
Warner Bros.

Synopsis

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner, a bird so fast that the highway curls up, bridges bunch up and cactus follows him flying. The coyote tries roller skates on skis (which work fine until he crashes into a mountainside); a giant bow, from which he tries to launch himself as an arrow; and dynamite sticks attached to several exploding darts, which he lets loose en masse from a hot air balloon- the only problem being that one dart pops his balloon, while another rips his parachute. Wile E. tries to hit the Road Runner with a jackhammer and shoot him with a rifle, but the darts show up and ruin everything. A boomerang and an anvil are also used, to no avail. The coyote falls off a cliff, with two darts landing near his head, which opens up to say, "The End."

Characters

Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote

Credits

Directing

Director
Chuck Jones
Co-directed By
Abe Levitow

Producing

Producer
David H. DePatie

Writing

Writer
Chuck Jones

Animation

Animator
Richard Thompson, Bob Bransford, Tom Ray, Ken Harris
Effects Animation
Harry Love

Music

Music
Milt Franklyn

Editing

Editor
Treg Brown

Crew

Layouts
Maurice Noble
Assistant Layout
Corny Cole
Backgrounds
Phil De Guard, Bob Singer

Production notes

Fastius Tasty-Us Vs Apetitis Giganticus.

The opening music is reused from "Zip 'n Snort."

The only cartoon in which the joke is not always on Wile E. Coyote. At the end, after he thinks two sticks of dynamite were going to explode on him, they open up and say "The End" and he laughs at the camera.

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