Going! Going! Gosh!

Going! Going! Gosh!
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 23, 1952
Run time	6:23
Starring	Paul Julian
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam Ken Harris
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Going! Going! Gosh! is the three hundred and fifty-fourth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 23, 1952. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.

After attempting to lunge at the Road Runner with his eating utensils and after a brief chase, Wile E. Coyote tries various methods of catching the bird.

Characters

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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

• Earth
  • United States
    • Desert

Organizations

• Acme

Objects

• A bow and dynamite arrow
• Slingshot
• Quick drying cement
• Grenade
• Blonde hitchhiker disguise
• Acme Balloon Gondola Kit
• Acme Street Cleaners Wagon
• 500 lb. Anvil
• Harpooned spear

Vehicles

• Trucks

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling, with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 23, 1952 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun of the phrase, 'Going... Going... Gone!'
• This would be the last cartoon to use the Latin names Carnivorous Vulgaris and Accelleratii Incredibus, for Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, respectively. Starting with Zipping Along, both the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote would be given different Latin names for each of their appearances.
• The slingshot and female hitchhiker scenes would be used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2
  • October 13, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 7 on DVD.
  • Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2