Sugar and Spies

Sugar and Spies
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 composition	Walter Greene
Story	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.

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

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Southwest desert
      • Junkyard pile

Organizations

• Acme

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

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1965.

Music

The score was composed by Walter Greene and is the only one he did for a Road Runner cartoon. It is the first short 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.

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:
  • Looney Tunes Super Stars' Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinx