Good Morning !
With the Car Show taking place in Yarmouth tomorrow, I wanted to talk about my favorite car ” and Bird” The Road Runner !
First off the Cartoon Road Runner : Animator Chuck Jones introduced the comedic pair in the 1949 short film Fast and Furry-ous, produced by Warner Bros. for its Looney Tunes cartoon series. More than two dozen more episodes were produced in the 1950s and ’60s.
Chuck Jones felt that creating rules for your show was a clear way to make sure everybody was on the same page. Here are his ‘Roadrunner rules’, which are on display at the “What’s Up, Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones” exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York… ( source : DidYouKnowFacts )
1. The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going “meep, meep.”
2. No outside force can harm the Coyote — only his own ineptitude or the failure of Acme products. (Trains and trucks were the occasional exception…)
3. The Coyote could stop anytime — if he were not a fanatic.
4. No dialogue ever, except “meep, meep” and yowling in pain.
5. The Road Runner must stay on the road — for no other reason than that he’s a roadrunner.
6. All action must be confined to the natural environment of the 2 characters — the southwest American desert.
7. All tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from Acme Corporation.
8. Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote’s greatest enemy.
9. The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures.
10. The audience’s sympathy must remain with the Coyote.
11. The Coyote is not allowed to catch or eat the Road Runner.
Now, to my Favorite Car !
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The Plymouth Road Runner is a mid size car with a focus on performance built by Plymouth in the United States between 1968 and 1980. By 1968, some of the original muscle cars were moving away from their roots as relatively cheap, fast cars as they gained features and increased in price. Plymouth developed the Road Runner to market a lower-priced, basic trim model to its upscale GTX.
Plymouth paid $50,000 to Warner Bros.-Seven Arts to use the Road Runner name and likeness from their Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner cartoons (as well as a “beep, beep” horn, which Plymouth paid $10,000 to develop).[1] The Road Runner was based on the Chrysler B platform (the same as the Belvedere and Satellite), as a back-to-basics mid-size performance car. ( Sourced : Wikipedia )
I have also included a cool video to describe the Plymouth Road Runner in some detail .. Enjoy !