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|image=[[File:Sugar and Spies Lobby Card.png|300px]]
|image=[[File:Sugar and Spies Lobby Card.png|300px]]
|prodcompany= [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]]<br />[[Format Films]]
|prodcompany= [[DePatie–Freleng Enterprises]]
|distributor= [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|distributor= [[Warner Bros. Pictures]]
|released= [[November 5]], [[1966]]
|released= [[November 5]], [[1966]]
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'''''Sugar and Spies''''' is the four-hundred and sixty-fourth ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' theatrical short. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] on [[November 5]], [[1966]]. It was written by [[Tom Dagenais]], produced by [[David H. DePatie]] and [[Friz Freleng]], and directed by [[Robert McKimson]].
'''''Sugar and Spies''''' is the four-hundred and sixty-fourth ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' theatrical short. It was distributed by [[Warner Bros. Pictures]] on [[November 5]], [[1966]]. It was written by [[Tom Dagenais]], produced by [[David H. DePatie]] and [[Friz Freleng]], and directed by [[Robert McKimson]].


While chasing the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote stumbles across a Spy Kit suitcase containing everything he needs to try and catch the bird!
While chasing the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote stumbles across a spy kit containing everything he needs to catch the bird.


==Detailed summary==
==Detailed summary==
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==Objects==
==Objects==
*Spy Kit suitcase
* Spy kit
**Sleeping Gas spray vial
* Sleeping gas spray vial
**Explosive Putty and long fuse
* Explosive putty and long fuse
**Spy Car Blueprint
* Alarm clock
***Machine Gun
* Time bomb
***Ejector Seat
* Packaging Paper
***Cannon and Cannonball
* General Delivery postage
*Alarm Clock
* Mailbox
*[[Acme Do-It-Yourself Kit: Time Bomb]]
* Boom sign  
*Packaging Paper
* Mail stamp
*General Delivery postage
* Boulder
*Mailbox
* Bird seed canister
*Boom sign  
* Remote-Controlled missile bombs
*Mail stamp
*Boulder
*Bird seed canister
*[[Acme Do-It-Yourself Kit: Remote-Controlled Missile Bombs]]
*Radar Screen and Remote Controller


==Vehicles==
==Vehicles==
*Black Car
* Black car
*Police Car
* Police car
*Makeshift Spy Car from an old Jalopy Jeep
* Makeshift spy car


==Production==
==Production==
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==Music==
==Music==
The music score was done by [[Walter Greene]], and itwas the only [[Road Runner]] cartoon to have its music be scored by him, and it is the first to feature an all-original score since ''[[Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner]]'', as the other shorts subcontracted to Format Films used stock music cues due to low budgets.
The music score was done by [[Walter Greene]], and it was the only Road Runner cartoon to be scored by him. It is the first to feature an all-original score since ''[[Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner]]'', as the other shorts subcontracted to Format Films used stock music cues due to low budgets.<ref name="Davemackey">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120522094344/http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/df.html#DaffysDiner "DePatie-Freleng WB Cartoons"]. ''Davemackey.com'' ([[2010]]). Retrieved from [http://www.davemackey.com/animation/wb/df.html#DaffysDiner original] on [[May 22]], [[2012]]. Retrieved [[June 6]], [[2024]].</ref>


==Crew credits==
==Crew credits==
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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
* The title is a pun of 'sugar and spice'.
* The title is a pun on "sugar and spice."
* This is the second and final [[Wile E. Coyote]] and [[Road Runner]] cartoon to be directed by [[Robert McKimson]], and it's also the final appearance of both of those characters in the Golden Age of American Animation.
* This is the second and final Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon to be directed by McKimson, and the final appearance of both of those characters in the golden age of American animation.
* This is the second of three DePatie-Freleng ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]'' and ''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]'' shorts to use any Hanna-Barbera sound effects, the other two being ''[[Clippety Clobbered]]'' and ''[[Daffy's Diner]]''.
* This is the second of three DePatie-Freleng ''[[Looney Tunes (theatrical shorts)|Looney Tunes]]''/''[[Merrie Melodies (theatrical shorts)|Merrie Melodies]]'' shorts to use any sound effects from [[Hanna-Barbera]], the other two being ''[[Clippety Clobbered]]'' and ''[[Daffy's Diner]]''.
** This is also the last ''Looney Tunes'' or ''Merrie Melodies'' short to rely on reusing footage from previous shorts of both series.
** This is also the last ''Looney Tunes''/''Merrie Melodies'' short to reuse footage from previous shorts.


==Home availability==
==Home availability==
* In the United States:
* In the United States:
**''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote - Supergenius Hijinx]]''
**''[[Looney Tunes Super Stars' Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinx]]''


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 23:17, 7 July 2024

Sugar and Spies
Sugar and Spies Lobby Card.png
Production company DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date November 5, 1966
Starring Paul Julian
Producer(s) David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Music composed by Walter Greene
Story by Tom Dagenais
Larz Bourne
Animation Bob Matz
Manny Perez
Warren Batchelder
Dale Case
Ted Bonnicksen
Director(s) Robert McKimson
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Sugar and Spies is the four-hundred and sixty-fourth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 5, 1966. It was written by Tom Dagenais, produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, and directed by Robert McKimson.

While chasing the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote stumbles across a spy kit containing everything he needs to catch the bird.

Detailed summary

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Road Runner Paul Julian
Wile E. Coyote N/A


Locations

Organizations

Objects

  • Spy kit
  • Sleeping gas spray vial
  • Explosive putty and long fuse
  • Alarm clock
  • Time bomb
  • Packaging Paper
  • General Delivery postage
  • Mailbox
  • Boom sign
  • Mail stamp
  • Boulder
  • Bird seed canister
  • Remote-Controlled missile bombs

Vehicles

  • Black car
  • Police car
  • Makeshift spy car

Production

Development

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1965.

Music

The music score was done by Walter Greene, and it was the only Road Runner cartoon to be scored by him. It is the first to feature an all-original score since Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner, as the other shorts subcontracted to Format Films used stock music cues due to low budgets.[1]

Crew credits

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: July 31, 1965 in theatres

Behind the scenes

  • The title is a pun on "sugar and spice."
  • This is the second and final Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon to be directed by McKimson, and the final appearance of both of those characters in the golden age of American animation.
  • This is the second of three DePatie-Freleng Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts to use any sound effects from Hanna-Barbera, the other two being Clippety Clobbered and Daffy's Diner.
    • This is also the last Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short to reuse footage from previous shorts.

Home availability

References

  1. ↑ "DePatie-Freleng WB Cartoons". Davemackey.com (2010). Retrieved from original on May 22, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
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