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Zoom and Bored

  • 1957
  • Approved
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Zoom and Bored (1957)
AnimationComedyFamilyShort

Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his usual unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his usual unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.Wile E. Coyote uses a bottle full of bees, a brick wall, a boulder in a catapult, and a harpoon gun in his usual unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.

  • Director
    • Chuck Jones
  • Writer
    • Michael Maltese
  • Stars
    • Mel Blanc
    • Paul Julian
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    1K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chuck Jones
    • Writer
      • Michael Maltese
    • Stars
      • Mel Blanc
      • Paul Julian
    • 14User reviews
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    Mel Blanc
    Mel Blanc
    • Wile E. Coyote
    • (uncredited)
    Paul Julian
    Paul Julian
    • Road Runner
    • (archive sound)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Chuck Jones
    • Writer
      • Michael Maltese
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    • Trivia
      This short was created by the Warner animation team right after finishing What's Opera, Doc? (1957). That short took seven weeks to finish, but Warner allotted only 5 weeks to create any cartoon short. To cover up for it, Chuck Jones had the animation team doctor their timecards to state they were working on this short, when they were actually finishing up "What's Opera, Doc?". The team knew that Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote shorts were so by-the-numbers they could easily finish up the short in three weeks.
    • Goofs
      Wile E. is chasing the Road Runner through its contrail/dust cloud again. The only thing one can see are his ears sticking out above the cloud and he stops. Road Runner comes back, faces him, and the only thing one can see of him is his tail sticking up and out of the cloud. Road Runner beeps at Coyote and both stick their heads up and out of the cloud. Suddenly, Coyote realizes he is not standing on solid ground. He gets a pained look on his face and sticks his foot out and below the cloud in search of the ground. But at this point he is not looking down. Yet Road Runner does look down as Coyote's foot searches for the ground. So, if no one can see their feet, if Road Runner can not see their feet, then what is Road Runner looking at, why is Road Runner looking down? It is only after Road Runner looks down that Coyote looks down in search of solid ground, followed by the disappearing of the cloud (and revealing Road Runner at the edge of a cliff while Coyote is suspended in midair). Coyote then falls to the canyon floor and Road Runner then beeps and runs away. By having the Road Runner look down into the cloud, before either can see there is no ground below Coyote is putting the proverbial cart before the horse. Road Runner would have had no reason to look down until Coyote looked down, because neither would have know of Coyote's predicament until the cloud disappeared.
    • Crazy credits
      Coyote (Famishus Vulgarus)
    • Connections
      Edited into The Wild Chase (1965)
    • Soundtracks
      Dance of the Comedians
      (uncredited)

      from "The Bartered Bride"

      Music by Bedrich Smetana

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    • Which series is this from: Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies?

    Details

    • Release date
      • September 14, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Völlig durchgedreht
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 6m
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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