I just did a search for this, and I can’t believe it’s not been asked before. I’m sure it has but here goes anyway: I’ve heard rumours that Warner Bros (I do believe it was their puppy) produced a cartoon where Coyote caught Roadrunner and had his wicked way. I love that cartoon, but I’ve always wanted Roadrunner to get caught…the cocky little sod.
Does it exist? Anyone know where I can find it?
Being something of an afficionado of old WB 'toons, having watched them incessantly back in the days before they censored the violence (which was, admittedly, a full two-thirds of the cartoon, which is why The Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner Hour is now The Generic 30-second WB Cartoon Intermission.)
Anyway, as far as I can remember, I never saw an episode wherein Wile E. caught RR. That is, “caught”, to say nothing of kept, cooked and ate. (I’m assuming that’s what you meant.)
He did catch Bugs a couple of times, but he always escaped. In fact, the only exception to the WB 'Toon Heirarchy (Bugs always wins over Daffy or Elmer, Daffy always wins over Elmer, Bugs always wins over Sam, Baby Kangaroo always wins over Sylvester, ad nauseum) is, as far as I can tell, Foghorn and the brown-and-white barnyard dog, who seemed to fairly evenly split winning scores at the end of various episodes.
If such film exists, and it’s authentic, I, too, would be interested in seeing it.
And to slightly hijack the thread, does anyone know where one can purchase “old”, and preferably fully uncensored, original WB 'Toons? I see the occasional Bugs and Daffy tapes, but I was more interested in the classics- the War-era stuff, the obscure ones like Duck Dodgers in the 24th-1/2 Century, and so on.
There is an episode of the Coyote vs The Roadrunner, where the coyete actually does “catch” the roadrunner. The two of them run into a big pipe. The roadrunner takes a branching pipe, but the coyote keeps running straight. The pipe gets smaller and smaller until it is only a few inches tall. The coyote runs out of the pipe, and is not himeself only a few inches tall. The roadrunner (full height) is standing there and the coyote grabs hold of him. The coyote then holds up a sign sayings “Okay, you wanted me to catch him”, then another sign “Now what do I do with him?”
Unfortunately, there are so many fan sites it is hard to find a link to confirm it.
Glitch, you have not been imaging things…
I have seen that episode too, a long time ago. But I am yet to be dissuaded that Warner Brothers don’t have an episode “in the can” where the Road Runner gets nailed forever. Perhaps they are waiting for Doomsday to show it. 
**Fiendish Astronaut wrote:
I’ve heard rumours that Warner Bros (I do believe it was their puppy) produced a cartoon where Coyote caught Roadrunner and had his wicked way.**
Sorry, but you’ve just expressed a logical impossibility. In the WB Universe (no, not the Wildest Bill Universe! That’s something entirely different!), it is impossible for Wyle E. Coyote to catch the Road Runner. In that Universe, Wyle E. Coyote embodes the essence of a force known as Kappa (identified by the Greek letter of the same name). This force is better known as Murphy’s Law. Summarized: if it can go wrong, it WILL go wrong. No matter what Wyle E. does to catch the Road Runner, something will always happen to prevent him. Even in the one stated episode, Wyle E. did catch RoadRunner; but was still unable to do anything with him.
The equivilent in our universe is like trying to go faster than the speed of light, destroying mass/energy or getting entropy to reverse itself. It just can’t happen!
No, it never happened in a Warner Brothers cartoon. However, in the late 60s/early 70s, there was a popular poster (obviously not produced or sanctioned by WB) that depicted Wile E. Coyote succeeding for once. He’s shown grabbing the Roadrunner by the throat and saying “Beep-beep, yerass!”
This was along the same lines as the one with the entire stable of Disney characters engaging in a full-blown orgy. I seem to recall that Daisy Duck was having a particularly good time!
I never saw the coyote catch the roadrunner, but I do remember an episode where Bugs Bunny comes out on the short end of the stick.
In this cartoon, a pack of hunting dogs is chasing after bugs. Their goal is to “catch a rabbit and cut his tail off”. Bugs outsmarts all the dogs by sending them out a hollow log and over a cliff. They hang in the air for a monent before plunging out of site.
All the dogs except one, that is. A large oaf of a dog, sneaks up behind Bugs at the very end of the cartoon, cuts off Bugs’ tail with a large pair of scissors, and goes running off. After losing his tail Bugs says, “Oh well, you can call me Stumpy.” That’s the only time I can remember where Bugs gets bested…
I’ve seen Elmer best Bugs, too. He goes insane and thinks he’s the rabbit, then Bugs was somehow hypnitized into thinking he was Fudd. It ends when Bugs is hauled off for tax evasion and Elmer laughs to the audience, “I may be cwazy, but I’m not going to Alcatwaz!”
I’ve seen Tom beat Jerry (never eat him, though it was implied once). I’ve seen Sylvester defeat a dog, the only victory for him I know of. I’ve seen Tom, Jerry, and the Pink Panther speak. I’ve seen the Coyote’s pipeline “catch.” But I’ve never seen him eat the Roadrunner. And the world is a lesser place for it.
I distinctly remember the episode with the two inch coyote “catching” the road runner, too. Nope, it’s not your imaginations.
This is likely a subject for an upcoming Staff Report, as we’ve been investigating and researching. The overall conclusion is that there is certainly nothing “official” from Warner Brothers where the coyote catches the roadrunner. Whether there is an underground film (such as “Bambi meets Godzilla”) that is not sanctioned by WB is still being looked into.
I fourth this. IIRC, there’s another short where Wile E. “catches” Roadrunner, but is stopped from doing anything else.
I remember the end of a Coyote cartoon that closes with him leaning back, picking his teeth with a toothpick with a full belly. I can’t remember whether he was chasing the roadrunner of the rabbit.
Sylvester once catched Tweety. He puts him into a sandwich and eats him. Then a bulldog eats Sylvester… Then the old lady beats out Sylvester, then beats out Tweety. So he kinda won.
Sylvester once caaught Tweety. He put him into a sandwich and ate him. Then a bulldog ate Sylvester… Then the old lady beat out Sylvester, then beat out Tweety. So he kinda won.
Err, if you read the first one you’ll realize why I accidentally reposted a change. Sorry about that, all the same.
The one I remember was captioned “Beep Beep now, you bastard!”
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There was a whole series of crude posters of that ilk then, like the “Fly United” slogan with a drawing of a couple of screwing ducks in midair. One company circulated a lot of them. I believe the Girl Scouts actually sued over the one that said “Be Prepared” and showed a pregnant little girl in a Girl Scout uniform.
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About ten or twelve years ago, WB released a lot of these on video. I believe they were released for the anniversary of the cartoon studio (they were called the “Golden Anniversary” editions, or something like that), but they were indeed the original cartoons–uncut and uncensored, from across the years.
Each tape has about eight cartoons, showcasing either a WB star (Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Road Runner, etc.) or the work of a director (which includes the one-shot or seldom-seen characters: Michigan J. Frog, Sam and Ralph, and so on). For the most part, the cartoons selected are the classics: “Bully for Bugs,” “Duck Dodgers,” “Duck Amuck,” “What’s Opera, Doc?” and “One Froggy Evening” are examples. The rest are of special interest: Porky Pig’s first appearance, early Elmer Fudd stuff, and so on.
I doubt you could find new tapes in this series now, but you may have some luck at secondhand places or garage sales. They’re worth looking for; after seeing how these cartoons have been cut for TV, I find that I much prefer watching the original versions on the tapes in this series.
Riddle me this…
If Wile E. sends away for all these ACME gizmos, why can’t he just send out for a pizza?
This very thing was addressed. Each part of the Roadrunner has a different delectable taste, a veritable cornucopia of epicurian delight.
I don’t know about purchasing, but a local theater in Portland, Oregon just finished showing “Bad Bugs Bunny”, a compilation of 30’s, 40’s, and 50’s cartoons that absolutely could not be shown nowadays. Heavily racist, sexist, and violent. I wasn’t able to catch it myself.