Zoom and Bored

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Zoom and Bored
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Directed by Chuck Jones
Story by Michael Maltese
Produced by Edward Selzer (uncredited)
Starring Paul Julian
Music by Milt Franklyn
Carl Stalling
Animation by Ken Harris
Abe Levitow
Richard Thompson
Corny Cole (uncredited)
Layouts by Maurice Noble
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date
  • September 14, 1957 (1957-09-14)
Running time
6 minutes 16 seconds
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Zoom and Bored is a 1957 Warner Bros. cartoon, being a part of the Merrie Melodies series and directed by Chuck Jones. [1] The short was released on September 14, 1957, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. [2] The title is a play on room and board, just like the Sylvester and Tweety short Room and Bird . This is one of the few shorts where the Road Runner shows a soft side for Wile E. Coyote and spares him.

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Plot

After the Road Runner runs him off a cliff, Wile E. Coyote studies a book called The Art of Roadrunner Trapping for some new ideas. He tries to dig a hole in the road, but cannot successfully handle a jackhammer. Other attempted traps include a brick wall, a plate of birdseed attached to a beehive, an anvil, a ramp with a bomb at the top, a catapult, and a harpoon gun with a rope on one end. Wile E. gets his foot caught in the rope and gets hit by a truck and a train. After Wile E.'s traumatizing experience with the harpoon, he breaks down in tears. The Road Runner zips up behind Wile E., but doesn't have the heart to beep at him that time.

Music

The music is Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana. [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 301. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ↑ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . Checkmark Books. pp.  128-129. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. ↑ 15 Pieces of Classical Music That Showed Up in 'Looney Tunes', Mental Floss, July 31, 2015
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