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Adventures of the Road Runner

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Adventures of the Road Runner
File:Adventures of the Road Runner.jpg
Directed byChuck Jones
Co-direction:
Maurice Noble
Tom Ray
Supervising animators:
Ken Harris
Richard Thompson
Ben Washam
Story byJohn W. Dunn
Chuck Jones
Michael Maltese
Produced byDavid H. DePatie
Eddie Selzer
(both uncredited)
StarringMel Blanc
Dick Beals
Nancy Wible
Bea Benaderet
Norman Nesbitt
Marian Richman
Jud Conlon's Rhythmaires
Paul Julian
(all uncredited)
Narrated byACME commercial announced by:
Dick Tufeld (uncredited)
Music byMusical direction:
Carl Stalling
Milt Franklyn
(both uncredited)
Music and song "Out in the Desert" written and orchestrated by:
Milt Franklyn
Animation byCharacter animation:
Dick Thompson
Ben Washam
Ken Harris
Tom Ray
Bob Bransford
Additional character animation:
Lloyd Vaughan (uncredited)
Special effects animation:
Harry Love
Layouts byCharacter and background layout:
Maurice Noble
Ernie Nordli
(both uncredited)
Character design:
Maurice Noble
Backgrounds byBackground paint:
Philip DeGuard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
June 2, 1962
Running time
26 mins (two reels)
LanguageEnglish

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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