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|image = RushingRoulette.png
  
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|Director = [[Robert McKimson]]
  
|Director = [[Robert McKimson]]
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|producer = [[David H. DePatie]]<br>[[Friz Freleng]]
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|producer = [[David H. DePatie]] <br>[[Friz Freleng]]
 
|airdate = July 31, 1965
  
|airdate = July 31, 1965
 
|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
  
|series = [[Merrie Melodies]]
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|next = [[Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner]]
  
|next = [[Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner]]
 
|Writer = [[David Detiege]]
  
|Writer = [[David Detiege]]
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|Animators = [[Bob Matz]]<br>[[Manuel Perez|Manny Perez]]<br>[[Warren Batchelder]]<br>[[Norman McCabe|Norm McCabe]]<br>[[Don Williams]]
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|Animators = [[Bob Matz]] <br>[[Manuel Perez|Manny Perez]] <br>[[Warren Batchelder]] <br>[[Norman McCabe|Norm McCabe]] <br>[[Don Williams]]
 
|Layout-artist = [[Dick Ung]]
  
|Layout-artist = [[Dick Ung]]
 
|Background-artist = [[Tom O'Loughlin]]
  
|Background-artist = [[Tom O'Loughlin]]
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== Plot ==
  
== Plot ==
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Wile E. Coyote tries various methods to nab the speedy bird:
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[[Wile E. Coyote]] tries various methods to nab [[Road Runner]]:
 
* Wile grabs Road Runner with a lasso but is merely dragged into a large cactus.
  
* Wile grabs Road Runner with a lasso but is merely dragged into a large cactus.
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* Wile sets up a fake photo booth which has a cannon behind it. When the Road Runner actually gets a real picture taken at the booth, Wile, puzzled, looks into the barrel of his own cannon and is shot (in the smoke, a picture of the charred coyote floats past).
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* Wile sets up a fake photo booth which has a cannon behind it. When Road Runner actually gets a real picture taken at the booth, Wile, puzzled, looks into the barrel of his own cannon and is shot (in the smoke, a picture of the charred coyote floats past).
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* Wile puts on spring boots but is startled by the Road Runner's trademark "Beep beep!" and bounces off a nearby cliff. However, he bounces back up due to his boots and hits a rock. Both Wile and the rock fall to the ground, where the rock flattens Wile.
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* Wile puts on spring boots but is startled by Road Runner's trademark "Beep beep!" and bounces off a nearby cliff. However, he bounces back up due to his boots and hits a rock. Both Wile and the rock fall to the ground, where the rock flattens Wile.
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* Wile puts Ajax glue on the pavement to stick Road Runner. His plan backfires when he accidentally steps on the sticky pavement and Road Runner startles Wile so much with his "Beep beep!" that he actually lifts the pavement off the ground (with Wile still attached) and lands face down.
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* Wile puts Ajax glue on the pavement to stick Road Runner. His plan backfires when he accidentally steps on the sticky pavement and gets scared by Road Runner beeps at him. He jumps into the air with such force that he actually lifts a chunk of the pavement off from the road, and gets crushed when he lands upside down. Road Runner then darts off.
 
* Wile tries to catch Road Runner with a handcar. This backfires when Road Runner gets his own handcar, rides it up to the top of a ledge, and chases Wile off a cliff with another "beep beep!"
  
* Wile tries to catch Road Runner with a handcar. This backfires when Road Runner gets his own handcar, rides it up to the top of a ledge, and chases Wile off a cliff with another "beep beep!"
 
* Wile uses a sunbeam to roast Road Runner, but the bird uses a mirror to bounce the sunbeam back and burn the platform on which Wile is standing.
  
* Wile uses a sunbeam to roast Road Runner, but the bird uses a mirror to bounce the sunbeam back and burn the platform on which Wile is standing.
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== Availability ==
  
== Availability ==
 
* Streaming - Boomerang App
  
* Streaming - Boomerang App
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== Goofs ==
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* When the Road Runner sticks his tongue out at Wile the usual put-put-put sound is missing, nothing but silence.
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* When Wile is on the broken sunbeam his reflection doesn't move, meaning while his eyes are closed the reflection's eyes are opened, and while his eyes get bloodshot his reflection's stay normal.
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== Notes ==
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* This is one of the few Road Runner shorts without the opening chase sequence.
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* This is the first Road Runner short with no animation directed by [[Chuck Jones]] at all.
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* It was also the first to drop the Latin names gag, which wouldn't be used again until "[[Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales]]".
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* This is the first time that [[Robert McKimson]] directed a Road Runner short, he'd later direct "[[Sugar and Spies]]" and the bumpers for "[[The Road Runner Show]]"
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* When this short aired on TV a unknown channel removed the opening credits, and added two bumpers from ''[[The Road Runner Show]]'' to keep the six-minute runtime.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo24NR7e4ew</ref>
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* Several cels from this cartoon have been found, one of them had been incorrectly identified as "[[Zipping Along]]".
   
 
== Gallery ==
  
== Gallery ==
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lt rushing roulette tbbrrs fs.jpg|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (Final Season)]]''
  
lt rushing roulette tbbrrs fs.jpg|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show|The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show (Final Season)]]''
 
</gallery>
  
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== Notes ==
  
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* This is one of the few Road Runner shorts without the opening chase sequence.
  
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* This is the first Road Runner cartoon with no animation directed by Chuck Jones whatsoever.
  
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* [[Robert McKimson]]'s first time directing a Road Runner cartoon, he'd later go on to direct "[[Sugar and Spies]]" and the bumpers for "[[The Road Runner Show]]"
  
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* When this short aired on tv a unknown channel removed the opening credits, and added two bumpers from The Road Runner Show to keep the six-minute runtime.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo24NR7e4ew</ref>
  
   
 
== External Links ==
  
== External Links ==
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[[Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Matz]]
  
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Matz]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Norman McCabe]]
  
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Norman McCabe]]
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[[Category:Cartoons animated by Manuel Perez]]
  
 
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Don Williams]]
  
[[Category:Cartoons animated by Don Williams]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin]]
  
[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin]]
 
[[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Dick Ung]]
  
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Rushing Roulette
RushingRoulette
Directed By: Robert McKimson
Produced By: David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Released: July 31, 1965
Series: Merrie Melodies
Story: David Detiege
Animation: Bob Matz
Manny Perez
Warren Batchelder
Norm McCabe
Don Williams
Layouts: Dick Ung
Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
Film Editor: Lee Gunther
Voiced By: Paul Julian
Music: Bill Lava
Starring: Wile E. Coyote
Road Runner
Preceded By: Corn on the Cop
Succeeded By: Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner

Rushing Roulette is a 1965 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson

Title

The title is a play on Russian roulette.

Plot

Wile E. Coyote tries various methods to nab Road Runner:

  • Wile grabs Road Runner with a lasso but is merely dragged into a large cactus.
  • Wile sets up a fake photo booth which has a cannon behind it. When Road Runner actually gets a real picture taken at the booth, Wile, puzzled, looks into the barrel of his own cannon and is shot (in the smoke, a picture of the charred coyote floats past).
  • Wile puts on spring boots but is startled by Road Runner's trademark "Beep beep!" and bounces off a nearby cliff. However, he bounces back up due to his boots and hits a rock. Both Wile and the rock fall to the ground, where the rock flattens Wile.
  • Wile puts Ajax glue on the pavement to stick Road Runner. His plan backfires when he accidentally steps on the sticky pavement and gets scared by Road Runner beeps at him. He jumps into the air with such force that he actually lifts a chunk of the pavement off from the road, and gets crushed when he lands upside down. Road Runner then darts off.
  • Wile tries to catch Road Runner with a handcar. This backfires when Road Runner gets his own handcar, rides it up to the top of a ledge, and chases Wile off a cliff with another "beep beep!"
  • Wile uses a sunbeam to roast Road Runner, but the bird uses a mirror to bounce the sunbeam back and burn the platform on which Wile is standing.
  • A repeat of the classic Exploding Piano Gag.
  • Wile pushes a boulder off a narrow ledge to hit Road Runner on the pavement below, but the boulder misses and keeps eating away at his platform until he's at pavement level. He manages to duck into a manhole right before getting hit by an oncoming truck, but the boulder lands on top of the manhole, preventing his escape.
  • Finally, Wile uses a personal helicopter but accidentally runs into the top of a tunnel. He's also flattened by an anvil he was prepared to drop on Road Runner, and is also hit by a bus, driven by Road Runner.

Availability

  • Streaming - Boomerang App

Goofs

  • When the Road Runner sticks his tongue out at Wile the usual put-put-put sound is missing, nothing but silence.
  • When Wile is on the broken sunbeam his reflection doesn't move, meaning while his eyes are closed the reflection's eyes are opened, and while his eyes get bloodshot his reflection's stay normal.

Notes

  • This is one of the few Road Runner shorts without the opening chase sequence.
  • This is the first Road Runner short with no animation directed by Chuck Jones at all.
  • It was also the first to drop the Latin names gag, which wouldn't be used again until "Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales".
  • This is the first time that Robert McKimson directed a Road Runner short, he'd later direct "Sugar and Spies" and the bumpers for "The Road Runner Show"
  • When this short aired on TV a unknown channel removed the opening credits, and added two bumpers from The Road Runner Show to keep the six-minute runtime.[1]
  • Several cels from this cartoon have been found, one of them had been incorrectly identified as "Zipping Along".

Gallery

TV Title Cards

External Links

References

  1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jo24NR7e4ew



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