Zoom and Bored
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| Zoom and Bored | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | September 14, 1957 |
| Run time | 6:20 |
| Starring | Paul Julian Mel Blanc |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Mike Maltese |
| Animation | Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Ken Harris |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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Zoom and Bored is the four hundred and twenty-ninth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 14, 1957. It was written by Michael Maltese, and directed by Chuck Jones.
After getting tricked off a cliff by the Road Runner (birdibus-zippibus), Wile E. Coyote (famishus-vulgarus) tries various tricks from a pitfall trap to launching a harpooned lasso to try and catch the bird.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Road Runner: (holds up sign) I just don't have the heart. (dashes away and flips sign) 'Bye!
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Desert
- United States
Objects
- The Art of Roadrunner Trapping
- Jackhammer
- Brick wall
- Dynamite stick
- Bird seed can
- Acme Bumble Bees
- Bowl of bird seed
- Wooden plank
- Anvil
- Wooden chute
- Bomb
- Trebuchet catapult
- Acme Harpoon Gun
Vehicles
- Truck
- Train
Production
Development
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
- Film editor: Treg Brown
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 14, 1957 in theaters
Behind the scenes
- This is the first Road Runner cartoon to utilize the yellow sky background.
- The backgrounds from this short would be inspired the ones used in later Road Runner shorts, from Hook, Line and Stinker up to Fastest with the Mostest.
- The bomb chute would be used again in "Hot-Rod and Reel!", but with a new setting at the top.
Errors
- When Wile E.'s tail gets caught on fire, he was left without pain-reacting vocal audio when he soared off the cliff.
Everlasting influence
- Scenes from this cartoon would be reanimated and used in The Wild Chase.
- The opening chase and jackhammer scenes would be used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie.
- Some of the animations from this short would reused for Road Runner's Death Valley Rally.
- This short would be used as part of the Bugs Bunny at the Symphony concert.
Critical reception
Home availability
- In the United States:
