Stop! Look! And Hasten!

Stop! Look! And Hasten!
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	August 14, 1954
Run time	7:05
Starring	Paul Julian Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling
Story by	Michael Maltese
Animation	Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Harry Love
Director(s)	Charles M. Jones
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Stop! Look! And Hasten! is the three hundred and seventieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 14, 1954. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Chuck Jones.

While out for a walk in the desert while hungry, Wile E. Coyote spots the Road Runner and figures he'd make a good meal.

Memorable quotes

Wile E.: (holds up sign) STOP IN THE NAME OF HUMANITY!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Wile E. Coyote	N/A
Road Runner	Paul Julian
Burmese tiger	Mel Blanc

Organizations

• Acme

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Southwest American Desert

Objects

• Empty tin can
• Rope and rock trap
• Lasso
• How to Build a Burmese Tiger Trap
• Pitrap
• Pop-up roadwall mechanism
• TNT and Detonator
• Acme Bird Seed
• Saw
• Acme Triple-Strength Fortified Leg Muscle Vitamins

Vehicles

• Truck
• Train
• Motorcycle

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Crew credits

• Layouts: Maurice Noble, Robert Gribbroek
• Backgrounds: Philip De Guard

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: August 14, 1954 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun ofn the phrase, "Stop, look and listen."
• This is one of the rare instances where a Warner Bros. cartoon ends differently, with the Road Runner writing "That's all folks!" in smoke.
• The Burmese tiger has a mock Latin name in this short: Surprisibus! Surprisibus!

Legacy

• The roadwall, bird seed on bridge, and leg muscle vitamins scenes (minus the ending) were used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
• The opening scene where Wile E. walks through the desert is used in the TV special Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet.
• The roadwall is used as an obstacle in the video game Desert Demolition.

In popular culture

• In the 1980 film The Shining, a selection of this cartoon can be heard when Danny watches it on the TV, when her mother Wendy tells him about staying about the Overlook Hotel. In a later scene, the same cartoon is heard in bits on another TV, when Wendy tells her son that she will be leaving to check on Jack.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • November 2, 2004: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 2 on DVD.
  • October 13, 2009: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 7 on DVD.