Wile E. Coyote Column

Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports
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…FWIW, in the early 80s National Lampoon (when it was funny)did a technically perfect story called ‘Coyote v. Acme’, the account of Mr. Coyote’s lawsuit against the company and its products. The jury found for Acme at the end of the story - but NatLamp got so much irate mail on it that they wrote a story a couple months later where the Coyote appealed and won.
For my money, it was a perfect way to end the saga.S

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And the column in question is, Did Wile E. Coyote ever catch the Road Runner?

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If anyone’s interested in reading the “transcript” of the court case, written by Ian Frazier in The New Yorker, there’s an excerpt here:

Wile E.'s Motion