Hip Hip-Hurry!
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Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date | December 8, 1958 |
Run time | 6:20 |
Starring | Paul Julian Mel Blanc |
Producer(s) | John W. Burton |
Music composed by | John Seely |
Story by | Michael Maltese |
Animation | Ken Harris Ben Washam Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Keith Darling |
Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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Hip Hip-Hurry! is the four hundred and forty-first Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on December 8, 1958. It was written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.
After falling through a bridge, Wile E. decides to retaliate by catching the Road Runner by any means necessary.
Detailed summary
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Southwest desert
- Construction zone
- Southwest desert
- United States
Organizations
Objects
- Grenade
- Trapeze
- Slingshot
- Firecracker
- Dynamite with a long fuse
- Giant boulder
- Acme Mouse Snare
- Cheese ball
- Acme Hi-Speed Tonic
Vehicles
- Acme Truck
- Speedboat
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by John Seely and it was his last cartoon to provide stock music for a Warner Bros. cartoon. Milt Franklyn would return to continue composing music for the series until his death in 1962.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: December 8, 1958 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The MPAA number is 18949.
Errors
Everlasting Influence
- Scenes and animations from this cartoon would later be reused in Hare-Breadth Hurry and Adventures of the Road-Runner.
- The opening chase, Latin names and boulder drop scenes were used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States: