Scrambled Aches

Scrambled Aches
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	January 26, 1957
Run time	6:52
Starring	Paul Julian
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn
Story by	Mike Maltese
Animation	Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Ken Harris
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Scrambled Aches is the three hundred and seventieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on January 26, 1957. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

After losing the Road Runner at an intersection, and after falling off the edge of a bridgeless gap, Wile E. Coyote pulls out all the tricks to catch the bird.

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
    • Southwest desert
      • Reservoir dam

Objects

• Fake coyote leg
• Dynamite and lasso sling
• Windsail pack
• Electric fan
• Roller skates
• Large firework rocket
• Large boulder
• Pulley stick
• Seesaw
• Balloon
• Anvil
• Spring launcher
• Acme Dehydrated Boulders
• Junior Size Outboard Steamroller
• Fake escape tunnel
• Cannon

Vehicles

• Train

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: January 26, 1957

Behind the scenes

• The pun is a play on "scrambled eggs." You're welcome.
• This is the second and last time the background style from There They Go-Go-Go! would be used for the Road Runner cartoons.
• On ABC, the scene in which Wile E. uses dynamite on a rope was cut.

Errors

• On the second disc of Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2, the cartoon's audio is significantly quieter than in other releases.

Legacy

• The spring coil launcher scene was used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
• The Acme Instant Boulder would used as a special attack for Wile E. Coyote in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • September 22, 1993: Warner Home Video releases Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote's Crash Course on VHS.
  • March 18, 1994: Warner Home Video releases Road Runner Vs. Wile E. Coyote: If at First You Don't Succeed... on LaserDisc.
  • November 2, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 on DVD.
  • October 19, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 7 on DVD.