Sugar and Spies
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| Production company | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | November 5, 1966 |
| Starring | Paul Julian |
| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Music composed by | Walter Greene |
| Story by | Tom Dagenais Larz Bourne |
| Animation | Bob Matz Manny Perez Warren Batchelder Dale Case Ted Bonnicksen |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Sugar and Spies is the four-hundred and sixty-second Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on November 5, 1966. It was written by Tom Dagenais, produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, and directed by Robert McKimson.
While chasing the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote stumbles across a spy kit containing everything he needs to catch the bird.
Detailed summary
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Midwest desert
- Junkyard pile
- United States
Organizations
Objects
- Spy kit
- Sleeping gas spray vial
- Explosive putty and long fuse
- Alarm clock
- Time bomb
- Packaging Paper
- General Delivery postage
- Mailbox
- Boom sign
- Mail stamp
- Boulder
- Bird seed canister
- Remote-Controlled missile bombs
Vehicles
- Black car
- Police car
- Makeshift spy car
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1965.
Music
The music score was done by Walter Greene, and it was the only Road Runner cartoon to be scored by him. It is the first to feature an all-original score since Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner, as the other shorts subcontracted to Format Films used stock music cues due to low budgets.[1]
Crew credits
- Layout: Dick Ung
- Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
- Film editor: Lee Gunther
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: July 31, 1965 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on "sugar and spice."
- This is the second and final Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner cartoon to be directed by McKimson, and the final appearance of both of those characters in the golden age of American animation.
- This is the second of three DePatie-Freleng Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies shorts to use any sound effects from Hanna-Barbera, the other two being Clippety Clobbered and Daffy's Diner.
- This is also the last Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short to reuse footage from previous shorts.
Home availability
- In the United States:
