Adventures of the Road Runner

Adventures of the Road Runner
Adventures of the Road Runner
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Directed by	Chuck Jones; Co-direction:; Maurice Noble; Tom Ray; Supervising animators:; Ken Harris; Richard Thompson; Ben Washam
Story by	John W. Dunn; Chuck Jones; Michael Maltese
Produced by	David H. DePatie; Eddie Selzer; (both uncredited)
Starring	Voice characterizations:; Mel Blanc; Dick Beals; Nancy Wible; Additional voice characterizations:; Bea Benaderet; Norman Nesbitt; Marian Richman; (all uncredited); Vocalists:; Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires (all uncredited); Vocal effects:; Paul Julian; (uncredited)
Narrated by	ACME commercial announced by:; Dick Tufeld (uncredited)
Music by	Musical direction:; Carl Stalling; Milt Franklyn; (both uncredited); Music and song "Out in the Desert" written and orchestrated by:; Milt Franklyn
Animation by	Character animation:; Dick Thompson; Ben Washam; Ken Harris; Tom Ray; Bob Bransford; Additional character animation:; Lloyd Vaughan (uncredited); Special effects animation:; Harry Love
Layouts by	Character and background layout:; Maurice Noble; Ernie Nordli; (both uncredited); Character design:; Maurice Noble
Backgrounds by	Background paint:; Philip DeGuard
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	June 2, 1962
Running time	26 mins (two reels)
Language	English

Adventures of the Road Runner is a 1962 animated film, directed by Chuck Jones and co-directed by Maurice Noble and Tom Ray. It was the intended pilot for a TV series starring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner; however, the series was not picked up until four years later when Warner Bros. Television produced The Road Runner Show. As a result, Adventures of the Road Runner was released theatrically alongside the live-action film Lad: A Dog, and was subsequently split into three further shorts. The first, To Beep or Not to Beep, was released in 1963; the other two, Road Runner a Go-Go and Zip Zip Hooray!, were assembled by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises in 1965 after they took over the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series.

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