Zip 'n Snort
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| Zip 'n Snort | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | January 21, 1961 |
| Run time | 5:57 |
| Starring | Paul Julian Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | John W. Burton |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Chuck Jones |
| Animation | Richard Thompson Bob Bransford Tom Ray Ken Harris |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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Zip 'n Snort is the four hundred and sixty-sixth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 21, 1961. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by John W. Burton, and directed by Chuck Jones.
After outrunning a truck and failing to climb back up the cliff he fell off, Wile E. tries using many tricks to catch the Road Runner.
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Desert
- United States
Objects
- Giant archer's bow
- Grenade-mounted model airplane
- Wedge Pole
- Giant Boulder
- Acme Iron Pellets
- Ajax Bird Seed
- Fishing pole and small magnet
- A cannon
- A "Stop: Free Bird Seed" Sign
- A big bowl of Bird Seed
- An even larger cannon
- An umbrella
- Acme Axel Grease
Vehicles
- Truck
- Train
- Non-stop express train
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
- Film editor: Treg Brown
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 21, 1961 in theaters
Behind the scenes
- This is the first short where Wile E. gets another product that is not from Acme.
- The Title Music of this short would be reused in "Lickety-Splat".
Legacy
- Some of the scenes of this cartoon involving the archer's bow, topping a boulder and using the grenade-mounted model airplane would be used in the half-hour animated screwball comedy short film, Adventures of the Road-Runner.
- The giant archer's bow and large cannon scenes would be used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
- Some of the animations from this short as well as a redrawn version of the Grenade-mounted model airplane would reused for Road Runner's Death Valley Rally.
- And it was also used in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, as Damaged Wile E.'s basic attack, but the grenade was swapped with a stick of dynamite in its placed.
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
- 1996: Warner Home Video releases Stars of Space Jam: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote on VHS.
- October 9, 2018: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment releases Stars of Space Jam: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote on DVD.
