The Road Runner Show

1949
The Road Runner Show

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EP1 Fast And Furry-Ous Sep 16, 1949

The desert in the U.S. southwest is the natural habitat of the Road Runner, a high-octane, cartoon bird who runs so fast on the desert's roadways that he leaves a trail of flame or causes pavement to ripple, distort, or roll up like a carpet. This speedy bird is unrelentingly chased by a hungry coyote named Wile E., who, though believing himself to be a genius, repeatedly fails to catch the Road Runner with his endless supply of ACME Corporation gadgets, weapons, and other paraphernalia. Episodes of this television series contain three theatrical cartoons, one with the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, one with Tweety Bird and Sylvester Cat, and one with other characters from Warner Brothers' cartoon classics.

EP2 Beep Beep May 24, 1952

The Coyote chases the Road Runner through a maze of mine shafts, with their positions made visible only by the lamps on their helmets.

EP3 Going! Going! Gosh! Aug 23, 1952

In his attempt to catch the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote tries the old cartoon trick of putting up a painting of a continuing road where a bridge has in fact gone out. It doesn't work, nor does dressing in drag or dropping an anvil from a balloon.

EP4 Zipping Along Sep 19, 1953

Hypnosis doesn't help the Coyote catch the Road Runner, nor do a clutch of string-controlled rifles or dozens of mousetraps, but they all manage to backfire on him, naturally.

EP5 Stop! Look! and Hasten! Aug 14, 1954

A Burmese tiger trap, a pop-up steel wall, a motorcycle, and a box of Acme-brand leg-building vitamins can't help the Coyote (Eatibus anythingus) catch the Road Runner (Hot Rodicus supersonicus).

EP6 Ready.. Set.. Zoom! Apr 30, 1955

Among the strategies that fail in Wile E. Coyote's attempts to catch the Roadrunner: glue on the road, a giant rubber band, an outboard motor in a wash tub, and dressing in drag as a female Roadrunner.

EP7 Guided Muscle Dec 10, 1955

While cooking a tin can, the Coyote spots a better meal rushing by- the Road Runner. But making himself into a giant arrow doesn't catch the bird, and the book, "How to Tar and Feather a Road Runner", isn't much help either.

EP8 Gee Whiz-z-z-z May 05, 1956

Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal pulley, a painting of a collapsed bridge (which the Coyote falls into while Road Runner passes right through), and a jet motor.

EP9 There They GO-GO-GO! Nov 10, 1956

Wile E. Coyote is so hungry that he forms a chicken out of mud, bakes it, and tries to eat it, causing one of his teeth to fall out. He throws the mud bird away when a real one comes along - the Road Runner, who runs so fast that he literally burns up the road, setting Wile E.'s feet on fire! Wile E. schemes to catch the Road Runner using a rope, a sling-shot, a gun on a spring, a rotating circle of spiked balls, a booby-trapped ladder, and a load of rocks.

EP10 Scrambled Aches Jan 26, 1957

Wile E. Coyote uses, among other things, a dehydrated boulder to try to catch the Road Runner. He applies a drop of water to enlarge it from pebble-size to usual boulder dimensions, but it enlarges as Wile E. is lifting it over his head, coming down on top of him.

EP11 Zoom and Bored Sep 14, 1957

Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his usual unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.

EP12 Whoa, Be-Gone! Apr 12, 1958

Wile E. Coyote's plans for catching the Road Runner involve a giant elastic spring, a gun and trampoline, TNT sticks in a barrel, and tornado seeds. The last of these schemes results in the Coyote being swept up by a twister and carried into a mine field.

EP13 Hook, Line, and Stinker Oct 11, 1958

Wile E. Coyote hopes to catch the Road Runner using a mallet, a cooking pan, a TNT stick, a balloon, and a piano dropped from a precipice. The last of these results in Wile E. falling to the road below along with the piano and ending up with 88 teeth.

EP14 Hip Hip- Hurry! Dec 06, 1958

Wile E. Coyote is once again after the Road Runner, this time resorting to hand grenades, dynamite, falling rocks and a speed potion (which contains vitamins R, P and M).

EP15 Hot Rod and Reel May 09, 1959

Wile E. Coyote's failed efforts to catch the Road Runner involve the use of roller skates, a gun in a camera, a trampoline, a dynamite stick on a crossbow, a bogus railroad crossing, and a jet-powered unicycle.

EP16 Wild About Hurry Oct 10, 1959

Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner by enclosing himself inside an "Indestructo Steel Ball", over which he has no directional control !

EP17 Fastest With the Mostest Jan 09, 1960

Wile E. Coyote tries to drop a rocket bomb on the Road Runner from a balloon but inflates himself instead, ascends skyward, then falls along with the bomb. He tries painstakingly to deactivate the bomb before it explodes - and fails. His attempt to trap the Road Runner on the edge of a cliff results in the cliff collapsing under his feet, sending him to the ground to be hit by his own knife and fork and then fall into a waterfall leading to a maze of pipes.

EP18 Hopalong Casualty Oct 08, 1960

Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner using a dynamite stick on a fishing pole, a Christmas present wrapping machine, and ACME Earthquake pills, which the Coyote discovers don't affect Road Runners, but only after he himself has angrily downed a whole bottle of the pills! The Coyote quakes and shivers away boulders and whole mountains before the pills wear off.

EP19 Zip 'n Snort Jan 21, 1961

Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner using a sling shot, a grenade in a toy airplane whose propeller detaches and leaves the plane behind, a cannon on a cliff ledge that gives way, and axle grease on his feet that sends him into the path of a train driven by the Road Runner.

EP20 Lickety-Splat Jun 03, 1961

Wile E. Coyote releases a number of explosive darts to attack the Road Runner, only to have them bedevil him continually during his subsequent attempts.

EP21 Beep Prepared Nov 11, 1961

Wile E. Coyote tries and fails to catch the Road Runner using his foot extended to trip, an arrow, a hole in the road, a winged-rocket outfit, two electronically activated machine guns, and a super magnet.

EP22 Zoom at the Top Jun 30, 1962

Wile E. Coyote tries and fails to catch the Road Runner using a bear trap with a bird seed bait, a jet rocket, an ice-making machine, and a boomerang.

EP23 To Beep Or Not To Beep Dec 28, 1963

Wile E. Coyote attacks the Road Runner with an enormous boulder-throwing catapult, only to have it constantly backfire on him.

EP24 War and Pieces Jun 06, 1964

Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner with a grenade, a bow, a rope, invisible paint, a gun disguised as a peep show, and a rocket that tunnels him through the Earth to arrive in the Orient, where a Japanese Road Runner greets him.

EP25 Rushing Roulette Jul 31, 1965

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner, and his ploys such as glue on the road, a huge magnifying glass, an exploding piano, a cannon disguised as a camera, and an anvil dropped from a helicopter, all backfire on him, as usual.

EP26 Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner Aug 21, 1965

Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully tries to catch the Road Runner in a bird seed trap with overhead spikes, and then with a lightning rod disguised as a female Road Runner, with Wile E. doing rain dances to start a storm.

EP27 Tired And Feathered Sep 18, 1965

Wile E. Coyote's latest misbegotten Road Runner-catching schemes include a propeller-powered backpack, a stone log let loose down a hill, and a bogus bird sanctuary containing a phone booth with a TNT stick disguised as the phone receiver. As usual, Wile E. ends up taking the explosion.

EP28 Boulder Wham! Oct 09, 1965

The Coyote tries, with no success, to find a way across a gorge to reach the Road Runner on the other side.

EP29 Just Plane Beep Oct 30, 1965

Wile E. Coyote builds a World War I bi-plane to chase the Road Runner.

EP30 Hairied And Hurried Nov 13, 1965

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner and hopes, without success, to catch his prey using such schemes as a snow-making machine, a bomb dropped from a kite, a parachute dive (into a tornado), dynamite on an extending metal arm, and a karate chop.

EP31 Highway Runnery Dec 11, 1965

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner around an old jalopy that starts up and runs him over, with the Road Runner at the wheel. Wile E. plants a bomb in a fake egg shell for the Road Runner to sit on, but instead of exploding under the Road Runner, it hatches a robot that walks over to Wile E. and explodes.

EP32 Chaser on the Rocks Dec 25, 1965

Wile E. Coyote is both thirsty and hungry in this one. He keeps seeing mirages of oases in the desert as he chases the Road Runner.

EP33 Zip Zip Hooray! Jan 01, 1965

Wile E. Coyote suspends his chase with the Road Runner to explain to two young boys watching him on TV why he wants to catch the speedy bird.

EP34 Roadrunner A Go-Go Feb 01, 1965

Wile E. Coyote uses slow motion photography to record his failures at catching the Road Runner in hopes of detecting where exactly he went wrong and avoiding the same pratfalls in the future.

EP35 Shot and Bothered Jan 08, 1966

Wile E. Coyote uses suction cups, a tennis net, TNT sticks on a rope, a skateboard, helium gas, and a bomb in his unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.

EP36 Out And Out Rout Jan 29, 1966

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner using a skateboard, a hunting falcon, two doves tied to his feet, a hot rod, a wind sail, and glue stuck on the road. The last scheme ends with himself becoming stuck in the glue and flattened by a steam roller driven by the Road Runner.

EP37 The Solid Tin Coyote Feb 19, 1966

Wile E. Coyote uses scrap metal from a dump to build a huge, mechanical likeness of himself, and uses this robot to chase the Road Runner. It ends up as just another pile of scrap.

EP38 Clippety Clobbered Mar 12, 1966

Wile E. Coyote uses a chemistry set to try and catch the Road Runner. He mixes chemicals to yield invisible paint, a bouncy outer skin, and a jet-powered spray can, none of which are successful.

EP39 Sugar and Spies Nov 05, 1966

Wile E. Coyote finds a spy kit and uses its contents (sleeping gas, a mail bomb, explosive putty, and a gadget-filled spy car) in his unsuccessful attempt to catch the Road Runner.

EP40 Freeze Frame Nov 27, 1979

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner through some snowy mountaintops, leading to a series of snow-related traps such as the Acme Blizzard Machine which makes instant snow....a little too instant for the Coyote's taste.

EP41 Soup or Sonic May 21, 1980

The Coyote is at it once again...only this time he DOES catch the Road Runner!

EP42 Chariots of Fur Dec 21, 1994

Road Runner gives Wile E. Coyote a "come-on" to chase him. The chase continues until the coyote stops to read a sign in the road: "WARNING: The Surgeon General has determined that chasing Road Runners may be hazardous to your health." He dismisses this sign as cheesy and laughs at it, before the Road Runner pulls up behind him and beeps the coyote into another headache.

EP43 Little Go Beep Dec 30, 2000

Baby Wile E. Coyote is told by his father, Cage E., that he's not to speak until he catches a roadrunner. Wile E. tries several products from Acme Jr., including a jack-in-the-box and a water-rocket-propelled bike. They maintain the fine tradition of Acme quality products.

EP44 The Wild Chase Feb 27, 1965

Speedy Gonzales and the Road Runner are racing each other, with Sylvester Cat and Wile E. Coyote in hot pursuit.

EP45 Look Before You Beep Jul 05, 1967

Look Before You Beep is a compilation of the bumpers seen on "The Road Runner Show" in 1966-1968.

EP46 The Whizzard of Ow Nov 01, 2003

Wile E. Coyote is chasing the Road Runner (still) and comes across the Acme Book of Magic. With the power to levitate heavy boulders, fly on broomsticks, and transfigure anything to suit his need, it seems like Wile E. finally has a chance at getting his breakfast... but then again, this is Wile E. Coyote we're talking about.

EP47 Coyote Falls Jul 30, 2010

Wile E. Coyote incorporates a bungee cord into his plans to catch the Road Runner.

EP48 Fur of Flying Sep 24, 2010

Wile E. Coyote intends to catch Road Runner while avoiding heat-seeking missiles using a makeshift copter-helmet.

EP49 Rabid Rider Dec 17, 2010

Wile E. Coyote once again tries to ensnare his long-time adversary, the Road Runner. In this short, Wile devises various attempts of capture with the aid of a Sedway, better known in the WC/RR world as the Hyper-Sonic Transporter by ACME.

EP50 Operation Rabbit Jan 17, 1952

EP51 To Hare is Human Dec 15, 1956

EP52 Rabbit's Feat Jun 04, 1960

EP53 Compressed Hare Jul 29, 1961

EP54 Hare-Breadth Hurry Jun 08, 1963

EP55 Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! Jun 07, 1969

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EP56 Don't Give Up the Sheep Jan 03, 1953

EP57 Sheep Ahoy Dec 11, 1954

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EP58 Double or Mutton Jul 23, 1957

EP59 Steal Wool Jun 08, 1957

EP60 Ready, Woolen and Able Jul 30, 1960

EP61 A Sheep in the Deep Feb 10, 1962

EP62 Adventures of the Road Runner Jun 02, 1962

Two boys watch Wile E. Coyote chase Road Runner continuously and express their opinions. They ask why the Coyote wants the Road Runner so badly. Wile E. Coyote then explains in a comedic documentary why he wants the Road Runner so badly.

EP63 Woolen Under Where May 11, 1963

EP64 Freeze Frame Nov 27, 1979

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner through some snowy mountaintops, leading to a series of snow-related traps such as the Acme Blizzard Machine which makes instant snow....a little too instant for the Coyote's taste.
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Released: 16 September 1949 Ended
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
Country: United States of America
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The Road Runner Show was an animated anthology series which compiled theatrical Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner cartoons from the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, which were produced by Warner Bros. Cartoons between 1948 and 1966. Several of the shorts, especially the ones produced from 1965 onward, were produced specifically for television by Format Films after Warner Bros. closed their animation studio. The Road Runner Show ran for two seasons on CBS, and then on ABC for two seasons. There were two Road Runner/Coyote cartoons during each episode, with another WB animated character in the middle segment. CBS combined The Road Runner Show with The Bugs Bunny Show in 1968. The Road Runner and the Coyote more often shared at least an hour with Bugs Bunny on CBS during the late-1960s through the mid-1980s to the early-1990s. The theme song was written and performed by Barbara Cameron, in 1999 was covered by the Mexican band Chicos de Barrio.

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dmanthecap You may be expecting three Road Runner cartoons a pop, or two and one other cartoon, but what you are really getting is one Road Runner, one Sylvester cartoon, and a third cartoon that could be anything, each episode goes like that.It could be very disappointing if you're only there for the Road Runner, and if you dislike the Rudy Larriva directed ones, then it can be even more disappointing since you know thats all the Road Runner you'll get for the episode, but i understand why they limit it to just one Road Runner short a episode, after all with only 40 Road Runner shorts at the time, if you show three every episode the show isn't going to last very long.The theme song by Barbara Cameron is just great, its super catchy, gets you in the mood, and fits the shorts, though you wouldn't think it would. If you haven't seen the show before you may know the theme better as that song from the film "The Shinning". The tune is so iconic that The Looney Tunes Show plays a short variant of the song during the tittle cards for their Road Runner Shorts, if you know anything thing about the show, (Besides the shorts in it) its the theme.So what about The show it self? What do you expect me to say? Its Looney Tunes, obviously the three shorts of each episode are almost always great, your enjoyment of the show depends on if you like Looney Tunes, and while some episodes have some real stinkers (Like "The Jet Cage") its mostly classics. To give you a idea its mostly shorts directed by Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, and Rudy Larriva, and sometimes Robert McKimson, there are other directers, but thats mostly what you get with these shorts. One problem i have is the tittle cards, each short has its credits removed and replaced with one of three tittle card designs, thats all well, but this is the Road Runner Show, and most of those shorts have credits that are apart of the opening scene, leading to some jarring starts to these shorts.But anyone and edit Looney Tunes shorts together and call it a show, out side of theme, are you getting anything new here? Actually, yes, between the shorts of these funny little bumpers of Wile going after the Road Runner, none of it is reused footage, its all new, and the animation in these bumpers are much better than Larriva's shorts, mostly because the bumpers and eyecatches were directed by Robert McKimson, (Who also directed "Rushing Roulette" and "Sugar and Spies") he does a much better job, i dunno who wrote them though, who ever did had some funny gags, like Wile dresses up as a Road Runner. In fact one of these Bumpers seems to have inspired Jones himself, one bumper with Wile using a Tennis Racket and grenades to blow up the Road Runner plays out almost the same as a scene from 1979's "Soup or Sonic" directed by Chuck, though in Soup or Sonic the Road Runner doesn't really have to do anything to win. It makes me wonder why the intro is mostly made out of stock footage when they could have made it with new animation.So you are getting mostly great cartoons, a catchy theme song, and some entertaining bumpers between shorts, i'd say thats not a bad deal indeed.
OllieSuave-007 This is a great cartoon show full of Warner Brother's popular characters, including Wile E. Coyote, The Road Funner, Sylvester, Tweety, Speedy Gonzalez, and Daffy Duck. Who would forget Road Runner's classic "beep beep" phrase as he speeds past Wile E. Coyote, or the funny battles between Sylvester the Cat and Tweety the Bird? Each character is treated with unique flavor and they give each episode fun adventures and entertaining chemistry. It is a cartoon series of all ages!Grade A
adonis98-743-186503 The desert in the U.S. southwest is the natural habitat of the Road Runner, a high-octane, cartoon bird who runs so fast on the desert's roadways that he leaves a trail of flame or causes pavement to ripple, distort, or roll up like a carpet. This speedy bird is unrelentingly chased by a hungry coyote named Wile E., who, though believing himself to be a genius, repeatedly fails to catch the Road Runner with his endless supply of ACME Corporation gadgets, weapons, and other paraphernalia. Episodes of this television series contain three theatrical cartoons, one with the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, one with Tweety Bird and Sylvester Cat, and one with other characters from Warner Brothers' cartoon classics. One of the funniest and most memorable shows ever The Road Runner Show packed some great laughs and a lot of failed attempts of the Coyote to catch the Road Runner but also some pretty cool stories with Tweety and Sylvester and this is a show that every kid should see.
BlackJack_B The "Road Runner Show" is filled with pure classics. It consists of one Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner, one Sylvester and Tweety, and one random cartoon. Unlike what ABC did, in butchering the cartoons when guns and weapons were used, these are original and uncut. The reason is to watch this show on Teletoon is to wait for one of two classic Sylvester/Tweety battles: Gift Wrapped; which takes place on Christmas, with it's cowboys and Indians segment, and the parody of Little Red Riding Hood with some "The Honeymooners" added in. The random cartoon can be just about anything except Bugs Bunny. I've seen Foghorn Leghorn, Ralph and Sam (Wile E. Coyote trying to steal sheep from a sheep dog), Speedy Gonzales vs. Sylvester, Sylvester (sometimes with Sylvester Jr.) vs. The Baby Kangaroo, and an all-star cartoon featuring Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and the Ralph the Dog that is featured in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. Great stuff! If only there was a place to see Bugs Bunny on T.V., I'd be happy. Maybe they'll show the Bugs vs. Wile E. confrontation in which Bugs takes The RRs place, and was so good, they later had Bugs face a talking Wile E. several times...