Road Runner a Go-Go

Road Runner a Go-Go is a 1965 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. It is one of three cartoons reused from the unsold pilot Adventures of the Road Runner (the others were To Beep or Not to Beep and Zip Zip Hooray!).^[1] The short was released on February 1, 1965, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.^[2]

Milt Franklyn was credited as the musician with the correct spelling of his name. Unlike To Beep or Not to Beep, this cartoon doesn't feature an entirely new soundtrack by Bill Lava, due to budget cuts. The cartoon includes the sequence of Adventures of the Road Runner with Wile E. Coyote speaking to the viewing audience. The cartoon also features a theme song called Out in the Desert, loosely based on the song Down by the Station. The original pilot was produced by David H. DePatie with supervising director Chuck Jones.

Plot[]

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The cartoon begins with the song "Out In The Desert", a parody of Down by the Station. During the song, the Roadrunner is seen passing by on the road being chased by Wile E. Coyote, which the song then sings about them. The chase continues until they reach a 3-way fork in the road leaving the Coyote confused where he went. The Roadrunner then zips behind him & almost scares the Coyote who then turns around & is scared again from behind & the chase continues (A scene reused from Hip Hip-Hurry!).

1. The Coyote is seen using a lasso to catch the Roadrunner, but he falls off the cliff & a rock tied onto his lasso falls over him leaving coiled up (footage reused from To Beep or Not to Beep) before the film stops abruptly. It's then revealed that the entire attempt was footage from earlier shorts Wile E. has been studying. He explains to the audience that in a "hazardous business" such as his, he has found it useful to keep track of his daily life so as to study his countless failed schemes, plans, & ideas & to correct errors in his attempts by hooking cameras around the dessert in many ways: low angle shots, high angle shots, truck shots, directional shots, close-up shots, complete coverage shots, & many others.

He then rewinds the footage, briefly pausing to point out each error in the failed attempt. He's then seen doing the lasso trick again, but this time a bridge has been made on the cliff. But when the beeping is heard, it actually belongs to a truck that trips the lasso, sending the Coyote on a wild ride, who, after letting go, leaves the area with a bare rear end from the friction force (a scene reused from Stop! Look! And Hasten!)

2. Wile E. uses a model airplane with a hand grenade, but when he sets it in motion, only the propeller goes, so he throws the entire plane but the grenade still hangs in midair, so the Coyote braces himself as the explosion occurs (reused from Zip 'N Snort).

Home media[]

The theatrical release version of the original pilot is available on Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2, Disc 2.

References[]

External links[]

• Road Runner a Go-Go at IMDb

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