Wild About Hurry
| Wild About Hurry | |
|---|---|
| Merrie Melodies (Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner) series | |
| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Produced by | Chuck Jones |
| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Voices by |
Paul Julian (uncredited) |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by |
Ken Harris Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Ben Washam Keith Darling Harry Love (effects animation) |
| Layouts by | Philip DeGuard |
| Backgrounds by | Philip DeGuard |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | October 10, 1959 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Wild About Hurry is a Warner Bros. cartoon in the Merrie Melodies series featuring Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner released on October 10, 1959.
Introduction: Wile E. is shown brandishing scissors on top of a high-rise tree branch, ready to cut the 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. Director Chuck Jones' credit is displayed upon a rocket that the coyote plans to ride. The letters in Jones' name and his director credit fall off the rocket as it takes off. The rocket is paused in mid-flight to show the coyote's Latinesque name: Hardheadipus Oedipus. The Road Runner is still leading the way, and his flight is paused to show his Latinesque name: Batoutahelius.
The chase goes well for Wile E., until the rocket slams into a low plateau. Luckily enough, the coyote still can continue the air chase. He almost catches the Road Runner, but slams his head on a rock arch before he can pounce. Wile E., looking like a sunflower, looks at the camera and then trudges off.
1. Hoping for better luck this time, Wile E. takes delivery of an ACME giant elastic rubber band and attempts to launch himself off a slingshot, but only succeeds in going about 2 feet before face planting.
The coyote poses innocently on a rock perch until the Road Runner passes by below, and soon comes up with his next plan.
2. Again hoping for a big smash, he flips a clam-shaped rock across a thin outcropping, but when Wile E. finally pushes it over the edge, it flips over and the end attaches itself to the precipice. Wile E. attempts to push it down, and then stomps on and off it six times, with no result. Then, he jumps fully on and puts his whole might onto the rock, and succeeds. He continues to stomp on the rock until he realizes he's falling. He looks down and sees the ground, then attempts to jump off the rock. However, all that does is turn the rock in circles. Not giving up, Wile E. thus manages to slow the rock down, but the end result is the rock drilling through a large rock face and into a train tunnel, where the coyote is hit and thrown all the way back out. A small piece of the rock plants him on the ground neatly, and a relieved Wile E. steps off, but finds himself continuing to rotate periodically like the McKimson-created character Tasmanian Devil as he walks.
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