| The Road Runner Show | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Anthology |
| Theme music composer | Barbara Cameron |
| Opening theme | "The Road Runner Song" |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 26 |
| Production | |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | Warner Bros. Television DePatie-Freleng Enterprises |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS (1966–1968) ABC (1971–1973) |
| Release | September 10, 1966 (1966-09-10) – September 2, 1972 (1972-09-02) |
The Road Runner Show is an American Saturday morning animatedanthology series which compiled theatricalWile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons from theLooney Tunes andMerrie Melodies, which were produced byWarner Bros. Cartoons between 1949 and 1964. Several of the shorts, especially the ones produced from 1965 to 1966, were produced byDePatie–Freleng Enterprises after Warner Bros. closed their animation studio. DePatie–Freleng Enterprises provided the animation for the show's intro, closing credits as well as the wrap-around bumpers.[1][2]
From 1966 to 1968,The Road Runner Show initially ran for two seasons onCBS.[3][4] From 1968 to 1969, CBS combinedThe Road Runner Show withThe Bugs Bunny Show to produceThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour. The Road Runner and the Coyote more often shared at least an hour withBugs Bunny on CBS.[5] In 1971,ABC picked upThe Road Runner Show and ran for two seasons until 1973, when the network dropped the show due to its excessively aggressive scenes. Later on, CBS re-acquired the show and aired them as reruns underThe Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour until the mid-1980s.[6]
Each show would feature one Road Runner/Coyote cartoon, with aTweety andSylvester cartoon in the middle segment, and other WB animated character(s) in the third segment (usuallyElmer Fudd,Foghorn Leghorn,Speedy Gonzales,Pepé Le Pew andHippety Hopper). The intro of every cartoon was replaced with a simple title card, along with the shortened version of William Lava's arrangement of "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down".
The show aired in Albania on Bang Bang and Çufo, and in Hungary on M1 and RTL Klub. In Indonesia, The Road Runner Show was first aired onRCTI shortly after its launch in 1989 until 1990, and on TV7 (later rebranded asTrans7) between 2006 and 2008. In the Philippines, it was aired onRPN 9 from 1988 to 1990.
The theme song was written and performed by Barbara Cameron. In 1999, it was covered by the Mexican bandChicos de Barrio and was later parodied inHisteria! featuringFather Time andBig Fat Baby. It has also been covered byBarenaked Ladies, and Barbara Cameron re-recorded the theme with her son, jazz violinist Doug Cameron (with Paul Julian's iconicBeep-Beep and other sound effects from the shorts used on the recording) for hisDifferent Hats album in 2008. An instrumental version was used as the theme song for the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote segments ofThe Looney Tunes Show.
| Nº | Wile E. and Road Runner | Tweety and Sylvester | Other | Air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zip 'N Snort | The Jet Cage | The Wild Chase | September 4, 1971 (1971-09-04) |
| 2 | Beep Prepared | Putty Tat Trouble | Cats and Bruises | September 11, 1971 (1971-09-11) |
| 3 | Ready, Set, Zoom! | Hyde and Go Tweet | Weasel While You Work | September 18, 1971 (1971-09-18) |
| 4 | Zoom at the Top | Tree Cornered Tweety | Hoppy Daze | September 25, 1971 (1971-09-25) |
| 5 | War and Pieces | Tweety's Circus | A Sheep in the Deep | October 2, 1971 (1971-10-02) |
| 6 | To Beep or Not to Beep | Trick or Tweet | Birds of a Father | October 9, 1971 (1971-10-09) |
| 7 | The Solid Tin Coyote | A Street Cat Named Sylvester | The Dixie Fryer | October 16, 1971 (1971-10-16) |
| 8 | There They Go-Go-Go! | Dog Pounded | Woolen Under Where | October 23, 1971 (1971-10-23) |
| 9 | Scrambled Aches | Hawaiian Aye Aye | Dr. Jerkyl's Hide | October 30, 1971 (1971-10-30) |
| 10 | Sugar and Spies | A Bird in a Guilty Cage | Cannery Woe | November 6, 1971 (1971-11-06) |
| 11 | Whoa, Be-Gone! | Tweet Tweet Tweety | Don't Axe Me | November 13, 1971 (1971-11-13) |
| 12 | Clippety Clobbered | Greedy for Tweety | Pop 'im Pop! | November 20, 1971 (1971-11-20) |
| 13 | Hopalong Casualty | Tweet and Lovely | Wild Over You | November 27, 1971 (1971-11-27) |
| 14 | Hairied and Hurried | Tugboat Granny | Mother Was a Rooster | December 4, 1971 (1971-12-04) |
| 15 | Lickety-Splat | Tweet and Sour | Fish and Slips | December 11, 1971 (1971-12-11) |
| 16 | Tired and Feathered | Fowl Weather | A Mutt in a Rut | December 18, 1971 (1971-12-18) |
| 17 | Going! Going! Gosh! | Gift Wrapped | Mouse-Taken Identity | December 25, 1971 (1971-12-25) |
| 18 | Rushing Roulette | Ain't She Tweet | The Mouse on 57th Street | January 1, 1972 (1972-01-01) |
| 19 | Stop! Look! And Hasten! | Catty Cornered | Chili Weather | January 8, 1972 (1972-01-08) |
| 20 | Highway Runnery | A Pizza Tweety-Pie | Strangled Eggs | January 15, 1972 (1972-01-15) |
| 21 | Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z | Trip for Tat | What's My Lion? | January 22, 1972 (1972-01-22) |
| 22 | Shot and Bothered | Muzzle Tough | Touché and Go | January 29, 1972 (1972-01-29) |
| 23 | Fast and Furry-ous | A Bird in a Bonnet | Claws in the Lease | February 5, 1972 (1972-02-05) |
| 24 | Out and Out Rout | Tweet Dreams | The Slick Chick | February 12, 1972 (1972-02-12) |
| 25 | Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner | Snow Business | To Itch His Own | February 19, 1972 (1972-02-19) |
| 26 | Boulder Wham! | Tweet Zoo | The Slap-Hoppy Mouse | February 26, 1972 (1972-02-26) |
