Wild About Hurry

Wild About Hurry
Lobby Card
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	October 10, 1959
Run time	6:55
Starring	Paul Julian Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	John W. Burton
Music composed by	Milt Franklyn
Story by	Mike Maltese
Animation	Ken Harris Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Keith Darling Ben Washam Harry Love (effects animation)
Director(s)	Chuck Jones
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Wild About Hurry is the four hundred and fifty-second Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on October 10, 1959. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Chuck Jones.

After trying to chase the Road Runner on a rocket, Wile E. tries using other tactics to get the bird.

Memorable quotes

Road Runner: (holding up sign) Here we go again!

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

Organizations

• Acme
  • Acme Shopping Center

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Southwest desert
      • Aquatic dam

Objects

• Large boulder
• Rocket
• Acme Giant Rubber Band
• Y-shaped branch
• Flat, round boulder
• Acme Shopping Center invoice
• Acme Bird Seed
• Acme Iron Pellets
• Grenade-mounted, magnet-powered roller-skate
• Metallic pipe chute
• Bowling ball
• Acme Indestructo Steel Ball
• "Danger: abandoned mine field" sign

Vehicles

• Acme Rocket Sled
• Train

Production

Second lobby card.

Music

The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.

The title music is "I'm Just Wild About Harry" by Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake.

Crew credits

• Effects Animation: Harry Love
• Layouts: Maurice Noble
• Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
• Film editor: Treg Brown

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 10, 1959 in theaters

Behind the scenes

• The title is a play on the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry."

Everlasting influence

• Some scenes from this cartoon would be reanimated and used in The Wild Chase.
• The slingshot scene would be used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
• The Acme Indestructo Steel Ball would be reused in the the Acme Antics minigame of Looney Tunes Double Pack: Dizzy Driving/Acme Antics.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • On November 1999, Columbia House releases Looney Tunes The Collector's Edition: All Stars on VHS.