Beep, Beep

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
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, 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.

Memorable quotes

Road Runner: (holding sign) Road-Runners can't read and don't drink.

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

Organizations

• Acme

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Desert
      • Old Cactus Mine

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

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.

Everlasting influence

• The short was adapted into a picture book by Buzz Books in 1991, titled Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner in Beep Beep!

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
  • Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1