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KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
Fri Mar 6, 2015, 08:49 PM Mar 2015

See the 9 Strict Rules Every 'Road Runner' Cartoon Had to Follow

https://www.yahoo.com/tv/chuck-jones-road-runner-rules-112898494205.html

Try as hard as he might, Wile E. Coyote could never quite catch the Road Runner. Now, the nine rules set for the series by the creator behind the Looney Tunes classic, which stacked the deck against the character, have caused much social media buzz.

Chuck Jones’ rules that governed each and every encounter between Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote have gone viral on Twitter after director Amos Posner shared a page from the 1999 autobiography of Jones, Chuck Jones, Chuck Amuck: The Life and Times of an Animated Cartoonist.

The nine strict rules made sure there was no dialog apart from “beep beep,” that every episode was set in the American south west, that Wile E. Coyote only shopped at Acme Corporation despite the appalling success rate of their products and, most tellingly, gravity was to be the coyote’s worst enemy whenever possible.

Taken together, Coyote was never going to win.




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See the 9 Strict Rules Every 'Road Runner' Cartoon Had to Follow (Original Post) KamaAina Mar 2015 OP
As many times as WEC fell off a cliff, I can't say #9 was really observed. eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #1
But he always dusted himself off KamaAina Mar 2015 #3
Just like in real life ! eppur_se_muova Mar 2015 #4
He's like the unofficial patron saint for engineers... Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #10
If you want to read some fabulous legal humor, Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #2
ian frazier --one of my most favorite writers/authors.. hopemountain Mar 2015 #5
Kind of like Itchy and Scratchy almost. Initech Mar 2015 #6
I'm kind of surprised they haven't spun off I&S KamaAina Mar 2015 #7
Actually I'd like to see a prequel starring Krusty the Klown. Initech Mar 2015 #8
The writers/producers considered it cemaphonic Mar 2015 #9

eppur_se_muova

(36,227 posts)
1. As many times as WEC fell off a cliff, I can't say #9 was really observed.
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 01:37 AM
Mar 2015

(Now I've got "number nine ... number nine ... " going through my head.)

 

Manifestor_of_Light

(21,046 posts)
2. If you want to read some fabulous legal humor,
Sat Mar 7, 2015, 04:02 AM
Mar 2015

look up "Coyote v. Acme Products" opening statement of Plaintiff's Counsel, by Ian Frazier. It was first published in The New Yorker and later in the Texas Bar Journal in Judge Jerry Buchmeyer's column.

"Plaintiff is unable to pursue his usual occupation as a predator."

 

KamaAina

(78,249 posts)
7. I'm kind of surprised they haven't spun off I&S
Sun Mar 8, 2015, 01:03 PM
Mar 2015

remember, The Simpsons began life as a sketch on Tracey Ullman.

Initech

(99,914 posts)
8. Actually I'd like to see a prequel starring Krusty the Klown.
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 12:07 AM
Mar 2015

They could do it "Better Call Saul" style and show Krusty's transformation from mild mannered Judaism student Herschel Krustofsky into Krusty and forming Krustylu Studios and starting the media and defective merchandise empire that he has today.

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)
9. The writers/producers considered it
Mon Mar 9, 2015, 12:30 AM
Mar 2015

And quickly discovered that about 1 minute is the point at which laughter turns into awkward silence for an audience watching Itchy and Scratchy. (Naturally, this is echoed in the Simpsons when Bart is watching I&S with Mr. Burns, and is creeped out by how delighted Mr. Burns is by the cartoon)

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