Tired and Feathered
| Tired and Feathered | |
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| Production company | DePatie–Freleng Enterprises Format Films |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | September 18, 1965 |
| Starring | Paul Julian |
| Executive producer(s) | Herbert Klynn |
| Producer(s) | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Music composed by | Bill Lava |
| Story by | Rudy Larriva |
| Animation | Hank Smith Tom McDonald |
| Director(s) | Rudy Larriva |
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Tired and Feathered is the four-hundred and fiftieth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 18, 1965. It was produced by David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng, and it was both written and directed by Rudy Larriva.
After a few attempts at chasing the Road Runner, Wile E. gets an idea to make a fake bird sanctuary by rigging a phone from a phone booth with a stick of dynamite.
Detailed summary
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Midwest desert
- Fake Bird Sanctuary
- United States
Objects
- Binoculars
- Roadrunner feathers
- Black paint and brush
- Bullseye
- Bowl of bird seed
- Log-shaped boulder
- Lever and wedge stone
- Birds and their Habitat
- High-powered motor engine and roller skates
- Phone booth
- Acme Dynamite
- Assorted washers
- Fake phone
- "U.S. Government Bird Sanctuary" billboard
Vehicles
- Acme Rapid Transit bus
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1965 (MCMLXV).
Music
The music was composed by William Lava.
Starting with this cartoon until Clippety Clobbered the music for the Road Runner cartoons was utilized stock footage, all of which was composed by Lava due to extremely low budgets. This, as well as the other ten Larriva-directed Road Runner shorts after this one, would have the same exact music score from this short.
Crew credits
- Layout: Erni Nordli
- Backgrounds: Anthony Rizzo
- Film editor: Lee Gunther
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 18, 1965 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on "tarred and feathered," referring to the practice of tarring and feathering.
Legacy
- The "repetitive" music scores by Lava are also used in the bridging sequences in The Road Runner Show that were directed by an uncredited Robert McKimson, showcasing one of the Coyote's botched attempts at catching the Road Runner shown between shorts.
