Zipping Along
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| Zipping Along | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | October 3, 1953 |
| Run time | 6:50 |
| Starring | Paul Julian |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation | Ken Harris Ben Washam Lloyd Vaughan |
| Director(s) | Charles M. Jones |
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Zipping Along is the three hundred and seventieth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 19, 1953. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.
After attempting to catch the Road Runner (velocitus-tremenjus), at an intersection, Wile E. Coyote (road-runnerus digestus), tries using other tactics to try and catch the bird.
Detailed summary
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Desert
- United States
Objects
- Grenade
- Mousetraps
- Acme Giant Kite Kit
- One aerial bomb
- An axe to cut down a telephone pole
- Acme Bird Seed
- Ace Steel Shot
- Giant magnet
- TNT canister
- Hypnotism Self-taught
- Hand mirror
- Seesaw
- Shotguns
- Knife
- "Human Cannon Ball" circus cannon
- Wrecking ball
- Explosive crates
- Acme Nitroglycern
- Fake bird seed entry trap
- Acme Detonator
Vehicles
- Train
- Truck
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling, with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip De Guard
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 19, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- This was the first Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon to credit Maurice Noble as a layout artist.
- Wile E. has a chipped fang when he first spots the Road Runner; it has not been seen following this.
- This is one of a few cartoons where Wile E. doesn't chase the Road Runner at the beginning of the cartoon.
- Wile E.'s scream when he gets snapped by the mousetraps was previously heard in Snow Business, which was released in the same year, when the mouse bites Sylvester's tail at said cartoon's ending.
- This exact stock sound effect was heard again from Wile E. in the 1994 Looney Tunes cartoon, Chariots of Fur, when he accidentally wraps his arms around himself while wearing the cactus costume.
Errors
Legacy
- The human cannonball and wrecking ball scenes would be used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
- Wile E.'s ending poses when he sticks his tongue out and beeps like the Road Runner were reused in Road Runner's Death Valley Rally.
- Wile E.'s Cannonball Daredevil persona would be used in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem.
Critical reception
In other languages
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Home availability
- In the United States:
