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Stuart G

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15. Strange as it may seem, I met the creater of Wiley E. Coyote..
Wed Mar 23, 2016, 06:31 PM
Mar 2016

and the mean old Road Runner...

Chuck Jones, Warner Bros cartoon director, was signing autographs at an art store. I had bought one of the animated cells that he created and I talked to him for a while. Very nice man, signed an autograph with a nice note. He created Wiley and did some of the funniest Warner Bros Cartoons ever made. (Duck Dodgers in the 24 th Centruy, Duck Amuck, etc..) He was the director of the toons. He worked with a writer two or three animators and people who created the cells for the cartoons. What is great about Wiley is this. The story is simple. You do not need any language or interpretation. It is funny in Idaho, in Great Britian, in Austrailia and everywhere. Wiley is obsessed with catching the Road Runner and that will never happen...

My kind of fellow!!!!!!!!!

Wiley E. Coyote.....

P.S. I got about 2/3 of the great Wiley E Coyote cartoons. There were some lousy ones made by another team after Jones left Warners, but the truly funny ones are his. I can watch the original and although I have seen it many times, still laugh

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not amusing greymouse Mar 2016 #1
That would only have happened if the driver was the type kentauros Mar 2016 #8
That's my thought as well Orrex Mar 2016 #11
Yup! I sure agree with you. That was my thought too. Akamai Mar 2016 #16
I just have to ask, did you try to drive through this same tunnel in the video? c588415 Apr 2016 #41
My suggestion to the grafitti artist kentauros Mar 2016 #2
Or the artisst should paint a barrier that says, "Road Closed!" csziggy Mar 2016 #4
"Road Closed To The Oblivious" kentauros Mar 2016 #9
Lots of kids and even teenagers today haven't got a clue as to who Road Runner is.. Stuart G Mar 2016 #17
Newer cartoons are more popular kentauros Mar 2016 #22
I cannot recommend old movies to the young because of dialogue.... Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #36
Or Citizen Kane's speech? kentauros Apr 2016 #38
Pu'in on Ritss Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #40
As with most humor, the old RR 'toons knew the art of delay.... Eleanors38 Apr 2016 #35
Not sure whether to laugh, cry, or just SMH... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #3
I don't think I'd find it terribly funny gratuitous Mar 2016 #14
BINGO. This graffiti wasn't entertaining or artistic or Karma13612 Apr 2016 #37
It's all fun and games till someone gets hurt NWCorona Mar 2016 #5
Its all fun and games until someone gets hurt.... then its hilarious. Hoppy Mar 2016 #12
That mural needs a camera like the '11 ft 8 inch Bridge' Brother Buzz Mar 2016 #6
Snarf! KamaAina Mar 2016 #7
Beep Beep.nt clarice Mar 2016 #10
How drunk was he? cannabis_flower Mar 2016 #13
Strange as it may seem, I met the creater of Wiley E. Coyote.. Stuart G Mar 2016 #15
I can always tell the Chuck Jones ones... First Speaker Mar 2016 #20
The studio cut the budget after 1964.. Stuart G Mar 2016 #21
"To the Vector belong the spoils." HubertHeaver Mar 2016 #25
His Backgrounds Are HIGHLY Stylized ProfessorGAC Mar 2016 #24
I adored Chuck Jones GreenEyedLefty Mar 2016 #31
Just as underappreciated is the musical score that goes with these. Tab Mar 2016 #33
The music that accompanied these toons was great.... Stuart G Mar 2016 #34
The very first Road Runner cartoon ...hit link below Stuart G Mar 2016 #18
Those Acme Tunnels fool me everytime! mackerel Mar 2016 #19
Dangerous Liberal_in_LA Mar 2016 #23
Wile E Coyote used to do that all the time! Helen Borg Mar 2016 #26
There was a building by an elevated highway where I grew up rocktivity Mar 2016 #27
Road Runner, the car is after you meow2u3 Mar 2016 #28
Should have painted train tracks in it instead.... chknltl Mar 2016 #29
umbriago allan01 Mar 2016 #30
Bloody brilliant Blue_Tires Mar 2016 #32
Okay, for everyone saying how "dangerous" this was: kentauros Apr 2016 #39
Not true either! cannabis_flower Apr 2016 #42
Yep, it's been mostly debunked Timer Apr 2016 #43
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