"The Road Runner Show" (1966) TV series 1966-1973

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Directors:

Gerry Chiniquy
Friz Freleng

Release Date:

10 September 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Comedy

Plot:

The desert in the U.S. southwest is the natural habitat of the Road Runner, a high-octane, cartoon bird...

Plot Keywords:

Tweety | Sylvester | Road Runner Coyote | Surrealism | Famous Opening Theme

Cast

Bea Benaderet	...	Additional Voices (voice)
Mel Blanc	...	Various Characters (voice)
June Foray	...	Various Characters (voice)
Hal Smith	...	Various Characters (voice)

Runtime:

Argentina:30 min | USA:30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp | USA:TV-G

Company:

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Futurama: Bender's Big Score (2007) (V)

Classics!

The "Road Runner Show" is filled with pure classics. It consists of one Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner, one Sylvester and Tweety, and one random cartoon. Unlike what ABC did, in butchering the cartoons when guns and weapons were used, these are original and uncut. The reason is to watch this show on Teletoon is to wait for one of two classic Sylvester/Tweety battles: Gift Wrapped; which takes place on Christmas, with it's cowboys and Indians segment, and the parody of Little Red Riding Hood with some "The Honeymooners" added in. The random cartoon can be just about anything except Bugs Bunny. I've seen Foghorn Leghorn, Ralph and Sam (Wile E. Coyote trying to steal sheep from a sheep dog), Speedy Gonzales vs. Sylvester, Sylvester (sometimes with Sylvester Jr.) vs. The Baby Kangaroo, and an all-star cartoon featuring Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, and the Ralph the Dog that is featured in the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. Great stuff! If only there was a place to see Bugs Bunny on T.V., I'd be happy. Maybe they'll show the Bugs vs. Wile E. confrontation in which Bugs takes The RRs place, and was so good, they later had Bugs face a talking Wile E. several times...