Zip 'N Snort
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{{Infobox film
| director = Chuck Jones
| producer = John Burton, Sr.
| story = Chuck Jones
| starring = Mel Blanc
Paul Julian
| music = Milt Franklyn
| animator = Bob Bransford
Ken Harris
Tom Ray
Richard Thompson
| layout_artist = Maurice Noble
| background_artist = Philip DeGuard
| studio = Warner Bros. Cartoons
| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
| released = {{Film date|1961|01|21}}
| color_process = Technicolor
| runtime = 6 minutes
| country = United States
}}
Zip 'n' Snort is a 1961 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=329}} The short was released on January 21, 1961, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/128/mode/2up |pages=128–129}}
Plot
Wile E. Coyote encounters the mischievous Road Runner, setting the stage for their iconic chase. In a series of comedic misfortunes, Wile E. devises elaborate schemes to capture his elusive prey, only to face the consequences of his own traps.
Initially, Wile E.'s attempts are straightforward, such as loading himself into a bow, but they invariably lead to his own downfall. As he escalates his tactics, using grenades, model airplanes, and cannons, each plan backfires spectacularly, leaving Wile E. battered but undeterred. In a desperate move, Wile E. greases his feet to glide across a mountaintop, but ends up impaled on a saguaro cactus. Despite his efforts to outwit the Road Runner, Wile E. finds himself careening down a mountainside, surfing power lines, narrowly avoiding a train, and eventually hurtling into a tunnel marked New York Express.
Crew
- Story: Chuck Jones
- Animation: Richard Thompson, Bob Bransford, Tom Ray and Ken Harris
- Layouts: Maurice Noble
- Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
- Film Editor: Treg Brown
- Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc and Paul Julian
- Music: Milt Franklyn
- Produced by John Burton, Sr.
- Directed by Chuck Jones
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0055637}}
{{Coyote and Road Runner}}
{{Chuck Jones}}
Category:Merrie Melodies short films
Category:Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner films
Category:Short films directed by Chuck Jones
Category:Films scored by Milt Franklyn
Category:1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
Category:Animated films without speech
Category:American animated short films