To Beep Or Not To Beep

To Beep Or Not To Beep

December 28, 1963 Theatrical Series Merrie Melodies

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

Synopsis

When he finds a picture of a baked Road Runner while skimming a book of "Western Cookery," Wile E. Coyote licks his chops. Determined to catch and eat the bird, the coyote tries to snare him in a noose. Instead, he falls backward off a cliff. He tries to leap forward, using a large, coiled spring attached to a boulder. The boulder becomes propelled, dragging Wile E. off a cliff. The coyote tries a wrecking ball, but it rolls backward toward the control cab. Then, he tries a catapult, whose purpose is to hurl a boulder at the Road Runner. It manages to crush Wile E., no matter where he stands. On his last try, the catapult stalls, and the coyote cautiously creeps out from his manhole to unjam it. He gets tossed through the air, riding the boulder as it goes through a mountaintop before being bounced back, flattening the coyote like a pancake. It seems that the catapult was built by the "Road Runner Manufacturing Co."

Characters

Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote

Credits

Directing

Director
Chuck Jones
Co-directed By
Maurice Noble

Producing

Producer
David H. DePatie

Writing

Writer
John Dunn, Chuck Jones

Animation

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

Music

Music
Bill Lava

Editing

Editor
Treg Brown

Crew

Backgrounds
Phil De Guard

Production notes

Tidbittius Velocitus vs. Hungrii Flea-Bagius.

Pictures

Reviews

To Beep Or Not To Beep

DoodleNovember 27, 2003

..also one of the last. The clincher is the superb 'catapult' scene. The music that accompanies it is great, and the way Wile E. Coyote becomes more scared of the contraption (yet still uses it) is hilarious. Nice and bright too. The crane with the demolition ball is wonderfully pathetic, too.