Wild About Hurry

1959 American film

Wild About Hurry

Directed by| Chuck Jones
Story by| Michael Maltese
Produced by| Chuck Jones
Starring| Paul Julian
Music by| Musical direction:
Milt Franklyn
Animation by| Character animation:
Ken Harris
Abe Levitow
Richard Thompson
Ben Washam
Keith Darling
Effects animation:
Harry Love
Layouts by| Character and background layout:
Philip DeGuard
Backgrounds by| Background layout and paint:
Philip DeGuard
Color process| Technicolor

Production
company

Warner Bros. Cartoons

Distributed by| Warner Bros. Pictures

Release date

* October 10, 1959 (1959-10-10)

Running time

| 7 minutes
Country| United States

Wild About Hurry is a 1959 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.[1] The short was released on October 10, 1959, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.[2] The title is a pun on the then-popular song, I'm Just Wild About Harry.

## Plot

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Wile E. Coyote is shown brandishing scissors on top of a high-rise tree branch, ready to cut a rope and drop a rock onto the passing Road Runner. The rock displays the title, and when it falls to the ground and barely misses, the credits are shown in the dust and scrambled by the exhaust of a rocket.

1. Coyote rides the rocket, which lets him almost catch Road Runner.
2. An ACME giant elastic rubber band causes a hard faceplant.
3. Coyote tries to smash Road Runner with a rock, but it drops off a cliff with him on it and he must save himself with a "spinning top" run.
4. A hand-built railroad on another cliff, complete with rocket car, produces a crash.
5. Coyote tricks the bird into swallowing iron pellets, then puts a magnet and a hand grenade together with a roller skate. The assembly comes apart and leaves the grenade behind to explode in Coyote's face.
6. A bowling ball intended to squash Road Runner pounds Coyote instead.
7. With all the forces of nature against him, Coyote plugs himself into an ACME Indestructo Steel Ball and rolls himself off an escarpment. The ball rolls off course, Coyote inside, and through a tortuous course. The entire sequence repeats as the Road Runner approaches once again, and after Coyote misses him for a second time, the Road Runner holds up a sign that says "HERE WE GO AGAIN", beeps, and then dashes off into the distance as the cartoon irises out.

## See also

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* Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)
* Wile E.'s ACME Amusement Park (in the rocket sled segment)

## References

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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. 320\. 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 6 June 2020.

## External links

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* Wild About Hurry at IMDb

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Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner in animation

Short films|

| 1940s|

* Fast and Furry-ous (1949)

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1950s|

* Operation: Rabbit (1952; Coyote only)
* Beep, Beep (1952)
* Going! Going! Gosh! (1952)
* Zipping Along (1953)
* Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954)
* Sheep Ahoy (1954; cameo, Coyote only)
* Ready, Set, Zoom! (1955)
* Guided Muscle (1955)
* Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956)
* There They Go-Go-Go! (1956)
* To Hare Is Human (1956; Coyote only)
* Scrambled Aches (1957)
* Zoom and Bored (1957)
* Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958)
* Hook, Line and Stinker (1958)
* Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958)
* Hot-Rod and Reel! (1959)
* Wild About Hurry (1959)

1960s|

* Fastest with the Mostest (1960)
* Rabbit's Feat (1960; Coyote only)
* Hopalong Casualty (1960)
* Zip 'N Snort (1961)
* Lickety-Splat (1961)
* Compressed Hare (1961; Coyote only)
* Beep Prepared (1961)
* Adventures of the Road Runner (1962)
* Zoom at the Top (1962)
* Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963; Coyote only)
* To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
* War and Pieces (1964)
* Zip Zip Hooray! (1965)
* Road Runner a Go-Go (1965)
* The Wild Chase (1965)
* Rushing Roulette (1965)
* Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner (1965)
* Tired and Feathered (1965)
* Boulder Wham! (1965)
* Just Plane Beep (1965)
* Hairied and Hurried (1965)
* Highway Runnery (1965)
* Chaser on the Rocks (1965)
* Shot and Bothered (1966)
* Out and Out Rout (1966)
* The Solid Tin Coyote (1966)
* Clippety Clobbered (1966)
* Sugar and Spies (1966)

1970s|

* Freeze Frame (1979)

1980s|

* Soup or Sonic (1980)

1990s|

* Chariots of Fur (1994)

2000s|

* Little Go Beep (2000)
* The Whizzard of Ow (2003)

2010s|

* Coyote Falls (2010)
* Fur of Flying (2010)
* Rabid Rider (2010)
* Flash in the Pain (2014)

Feature films|

| Theatrical|

* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979; archive footage)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo)
* Space Jam (1996)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
* Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

|

Direct-to-video|

* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000; cameo, Coyote only)
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006; cameo)

Unreleased|

* Coyote vs. Acme

TV series|

* The Road Runner Show (1966–1972)
* Baby Looney Tunes (2002–2005)
* The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
* New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
* Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
* Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)
* Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023–present)

TV specials|

* Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies (1972)
* Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet (1976)
* Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
* Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
* The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980; Coyote only)

* v
* t
* e

Chuck Jones

Short subjects|

| 1930s|

* The Night Watchman (1938)
* Dog Gone Modern (1939)
* Robin Hood Makes Good (1939)
* Prest-O Change-O (1939)
* Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur (1939)
* Naughty but Mice (1939)
* Old Glory (1939)
* Snowman's Land (1939)
* Little Brother Rat (1939)
* The Little Lion Hunter (1939)
* The Good Egg (1939)
* Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939)
* The Curious Puppy (1939)

|

1940s|

* Mighty Hunters (1940)
* Elmer's Candid Camera (1940)
* Sniffles Takes a Trip (1940)
* Tom Thumb in Trouble (1940)
* The Egg Collector (1940)
* Ghost Wanted (1940)
* Stage Fright (1940)
* Good Night Elmer (1940)
* Bedtime for Sniffles (1940)
* Elmer's Pet Rabbit (1941)
* Sniffles Bells the Cat (1941)
* Joe Glow, the Firefly (1941)
* Porky's Ant (1941)
* Toy Trouble (1941)
* Porky's Prize Pony (1941)
* Inki and the Lion (1941)
* Snow Time for Comedy (1941)
* The Brave Little Bat (1941)
* Saddle Silly (1941)
* Porky's Midnight Matinee (1941)
* The Bird Came C.O.D. (1942)
* Porky's Cafe (1942)
* Conrad the Sailor (1942)
* Dog Tired (1942)
* The Draft Horse (1942)
* Hold the Lion, Please (1942)
* The Squawkin' Hawk (1942)
* Fox Pop (1942)
* The Dover Boys at Pimento University; or, The Rivals of Roquefort Hall (1942)
* My Favorite Duck (1942)
* Case of the Missing Hare (1942)
* To Duck or Not to Duck (1943)
* Flop Goes the Weasel (1943)
* Super-Rabbit (1943)
* The Unbearable Bear (1943)
* The Aristo-Cat (1943)
* Coming!! Snafu (1943)
* Wackiki Wabbit (1943)
* Spies (1943)
* The Infantry Blues (1943)
* Fin'n Catty (1943)
* Inki and the Minah Bird (1943)
* Point Rationing of Foods (1943)
* Tom Turk and Daffy (1944)
* Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears (1944)
* Private Snafu vs. Malaria Mike (1944)
* The Weakly Reporter (1944)
* A Lecture on Camouflage (1944)
* Going Home (1944, unreleased)
* Gas (1944)
* Angel Puss (1944)
* Outpost (1944)
* From Hand to Mouse (1944)
* Lost and Foundling (1944)
* Hell-Bent for Election (1944)
* Odor-able Kitty (1945)
* Private Snafu in The Aleutians—Isles of Enchantment (Oh Brother!) (1945)
* Trap Happy Porky (1945)
* It's Murder She Says (1945)
* Hare Conditioned (1945)
* Fresh Airedale (1945)
* No Buddy Atoll (1945)
* Hare Tonic (1945)
* Secrets of the Caribbean (1945)
* Quentin Quail (1946)
* Hush My Mouse (1946)
* Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
* Fair and Worm-er (1946)
* Roughly Squeaking (1946)
* Scent-imental Over You (1947)
* Inki at the Circus (1947)
* A Pest in the House (1947)
* House Hunting Mice (1947)
* Little Orphan Airedale (1947)
* A Feather in His Hare (1948)
* What's Brewin', Bruin? (1948)
* Rabbit Punch (1948)
* Haredevil Hare (1948)
* You Were Never Duckier (1948)
* Daffy Dilly (1948)
* My Bunny Lies over the Sea (1948)
* Scaredy Cat (1948)
* So Much for So Little (1949)
* Awful Orphan (1949)
* Mississippi Hare (1949)
* Mouse Wreckers (1949)
* The Bee-Deviled Bruin (1949)
* Long-Haired Hare (1949)
* Often an Orphan (1949)
* Fast and Furry-ous (1949)
* Frigid Hare (1949)
* For Scent-imental Reasons (1949)
* Bear Feat (1949)
* Rabbit Hood (1949)

1950s|

* The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1950)
* The Ducksters (1950)
* Dog Gone South (1950)
* 8 Ball Bunny (1950)
* The Hypo-Chondri-Cat (1950)
* Homeless Hare (1950)
* Caveman Inki (1950)
* Rabbit of Seville (1950)
* Two's A Crowd (1950)
* Bunny Hugged (1951)
* Scent-imental Romeo (1951)
* A Hound for Trouble (1951)
* Rabbit Fire (1951)
* Chow Hound (1951)
* The Wearing of the Grin (1951)
* Cheese Chasers (1951)
* A Bear for Punishment (1951)
* Drip-Along Daffy (1951)
* Operation: Rabbit (1952)
* Feed the Kitty (1952)
* Little Beau Pepé (1952)
* Water, Water Every Hare (1952)
* Beep, Beep (1952)
* The Hasty Hare (1952)
* Going! Going! Gosh! (1952)
* Mouse-Warming (1952)
* Rabbit Seasoning (1952)
* Terrier Stricken (1952)
* Orange Blossoms for Violet (1952)
* Don't Give Up the Sheep (1953)
* Forward March Hare (1953)
* Kiss Me Cat (1953)
* Duck Amuck (1953)
* Much Ado About Nutting (1953)
* Wild Over You (1953)
* Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
* Bully for Bugs (1953)
* Zipping Along (1953)
* Lumber Jack-Rabbit (1953)
* Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)
* Punch Trunk (1953)
* Feline Frame-Up (1954)
* No Barking (1954)
* The Cat's Bah (1954)
* Claws for Alarm (1954)
* Bewitched Bunny (1954)
* Stop! Look! And Hasten! (1954)
* From A to Z-Z-Z-Z (1954)
* My Little Duckaroo (1954)
* Sheep Ahoy (1954)
* Baby Buggy Bunny (1954)
* Beanstalk Bunny (1955)
* Ready, Set, Zoom! (1955)
* Past Perfumance (1955)
* Rabbit Rampage (1955)
* Double or Mutton (1955)
* Jumpin' Jupiter (1955)
* Knight-mare Hare (1955)
* Two Scent's Worth (1955)
* Guided Muscle (1955)
* One Froggy Evening (1955)
* 90 Day Wondering (1956)
* Bugs' Bonnets (1956)
* Broom-Stick Bunny (1956)
* Rocket Squad (1956)
* Heaven Scent (1956)
* Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z (1956)
* Barbary Coast Bunny (1956)
* Rocket-Bye Baby (1956)
* Deduce, You Say! (1956)
* There They Go-Go-Go! (1956)
* To Hare Is Human (1956)
* Scrambled Aches (1957)
* Ali Baba Bunny (1957)
* Go Fly a Kit (1957)
* Boyhood Daze (1957)
* Steal Wool (1957)
* What's Opera, Doc? (1957)
* Zoom and Bored (1957)
* Touché and Go (1957)
* Drafty, Isn't It? (1957)
* Robin Hood Daffy (1958)
* Hare-Way to the Stars (1958)
* Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958)
* To Itch His Own (1958)
* Hook, Line and Stinker (1958)
* Hip Hip-Hurry! (1958)
* Cat Feud (1958)
* Baton Bunny (1959)
* Hot-Rod and Reel! (1959)
* Wild About Hurry (1959)

1960s|

* Fastest with the Mostest (1960)
* Who Scent You? (1960)
* Rabbit's Feat (1960)
* Ready, Woolen and Able (1960)
* Hopalong Casualty (1960)
* High Note (1960)
* Zip 'N Snort (1961)
* The Mouse on 57th Street (1961)
* The Abominable Snow Rabbit (1961)
* Lickety-Splat (1961)
* A Scent of the Matterhorn (1961)
* Compressed Hare (1961)
* Beep Prepared (1961)
* Nelly's Folly (1961)
* A Sheep in the Deep (1962)
* Zoom at the Top (1962)
* Louvre Come Back to Me! (1962)
* Martian Through Georgia (1962)
* I Was a Teenage Thumb (1963)
* Now Hear This (1963)
* Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963)
* Mad as a Mars Hare (1963)
* Transylvania 6-5000 (1963)
* To Beep or Not to Beep (1963)
* Tom and Jerry (cartoon shorts, 1963–1967)
* War and Pieces (1964)
* The Dot and the Line: A Romance in Lower Mathematics (1965)
* The Bear That Wasn't (1967)

1980s|

* Spaced Out Bunny (1980)
* Soup or Sonic (1980)

1990s|

* Chariots of Fur (1994)
* Another Froggy Evening (1995)
* Superior Duck (1996)
* Pullet Surprise (1997)
* From Hare to Eternity (1997)
* Father of the Bird (1997)

Television
specials|

* How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1966)
* The Pogo Special Birthday Special (1969)
* Horton Hears a Who! (1970)
* The Cat in the Hat (1971)
* The Cricket in Times Square (1973)
* A Very Merry Cricket (1973)
* Yankee Doodle Cricket (1975)
* The White Seal (1975)
* Rikki-Tikki-Tavi (1975)
* Mowgli's Brothers (1976)
* Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (1976)
* A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court (1978)
* Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper (1978)
* Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile (1979)
* Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (1979)
* Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980)
* Daffy Duck’s Thanks-for-Giving Special (1980)
* A Chipmunk Christmas (1981)
* Peter and the Wolf (1995)

Feature films|

* Gay Purr-ee (1962, screenplay)
* The Phantom Tollbooth (1970)
* The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie (1979)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988, animation consultant)
* Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990, animation sequences)
* Stay Tuned (1992, animation sequence)
* Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, animation supervisor)

Television series|

* The Bugs Bunny Show (1960-1962, new animated sequences)
* Off to See the Wizard (1967-1968, animated sequences)
* Curiosity Shop (1971-1972)

Books|

* Daffy Duck for President (1997)

Characters|

* Bugs Bunny
* Charlie Dog
* Claude Cat
* Daffy Duck
* Elmer Fudd
* Gossamer
* Henery Hawk
* Hubie and Bertie
* Marc Antony and Pussyfoot
* Marvin the Martian
* Michigan J. Frog
* Nasty Canasta
* Penelope Pussycat
* Pepé Le Pew
* Porky Pig
* Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog
* Sniffles
* The Three Bears
* Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner
* Witch Hazel

Other works|

* Chuck Amuck: The Movie
* Chuck Jones: Extremes & Inbetweens – A Life in Animation

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