Beep, Beep
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| Beep, Beep | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | May 24, 1952 |
| Run time | 7 minutes |
| Starring | Paul Julian |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Beep, Beep is the three hundred and fiftieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on May 24, 1952. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Chuck Jones.
After failing to stick it to the Road Runner with his eating utensils, Wile E. Coyote tries various attempts to catch the bird.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Road Runner: (holding sign) Road-Runners can't read and don't drink.
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Desert
- United States
Objects
- Springloaded boxing glove trap strapped to a boulder
- Anvil
- Tightwire
- Wile's backpack
- Acme Aspirin
- TNT-canister booby-trap rigged to a glass of water
- Mining caps
- Explosives (TNT, dynamite and nitroglycerine)
- Springboard catapult
- Rocket-bike
- Acme Rocket-Powered Roller Skates
- Railroad track piece
- Fake bushes
Vehicles
- Train
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: May 25, 1952 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title alludes to the unique sound that the Road Runner makes.
- Originally, this cartoon was going to be called, "The Pursuit of Slap Happiness", according to Michael Barrier on an audio commentary for Fast and Furry-ous.
- This cartoon once again uses the Latin names (Carnivorous Vulgaris and Accelleratii Incredibus) from Fast and Furry-ous. It would be used once more in Going! Going! Gosh!
- Wile E. used seven attempts to catch the Road Runner in this short.
Errors
- The title on the lobby card is missing a comma.
Legacy
- A small clip from this cartoon, involving the weirdly-abstrused rocket bike, is used in the television special Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet.
- The short was adapted into a picture book by Buzz Books in 1991, titled Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner in Beep Beep!
- In the 1996 film Space Jam, the scene of Wile E. attempting to cross over a tightwire is watched by Michael's kids on their TV, and plays as normal before he and the Road Runner get interrupted by Porky Pig for an emergency union meeting.
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
