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unusual facts about Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner



Bad Day at Cat Rock

Bad Day at Cat Rock is a 1965 Tom and Jerry cartoon produced and directed by Chuck Jones as essentially a remake of his 1963 Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon To Beep or Not to Beep.

Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies

Daffy Duck is in Hollywood producing a movie about King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, starring himself; also appearing in the film are Porky Pig, Petunia Pig, Sylvester, Tweety, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Foghorn Leghorn, Pepé Le Pew, Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, and Charlie Dog.

Dominique Lokoli

His teammates gave him the nickname "Bip-Bip", a reference to the Warner Bros. Road Runner, for his pace.

Ken Harris

Harris's credits with him included A Christmas Carol (1971) — as animator of Ebenezer Scrooge — the opening titles of The Return of the Pink Panther (1975), and the still-unfinished animated feature The Thief and the Cobbler (animating the Thief of the title, which is very reminiscent of Harris's earlier work animating Wile E. Coyote for Jones).

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

TruTV's Man vs. Cartoon features attempts by Tech's Energetic Materials Research and Testing Center to re-create contraptions and situations found in Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoons.

The Perfect Cocktail

On planning the Arcadian's demolition, Barney is thinking whether to train a coyote to press the Acme dynamite plunger or hotwire Eddie Van Halen's guitar as the detonator upon hitting the last note for the song "Hot for Teacher."

The Wild Chase

Finally they use a rocket car to chase Speedy Gonzales and Road Runner, but they drive past them and finish first, then they fly to the air and rocket car explodes.


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