Early Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote short, directed by Chuck Jones with a story by Michael Maltese. As you might expect from this series, there isn't much of a plot, just Coyote trying and failing to capture Road Runner over and over. The gags are funny, though. Some of the methods used by Coyote this time include a dynamite arrow misfire, quick-drying cement that isn't quite quick enough, and the old standby "fun with boulders." But the best and my absolute favorite bit from the whole cartoon (and one of my faves from ANY Road Runner cartoon) is when the Coyote dresses up in drag as a female hitchhiker. The animation is beautiful, with well-drawn characters and backgrounds and exciting action scenes. Really love the colors in this, too. Carl Stalling's music is energetic and fits the action perfectly. A fun cartoon that will surely please fans of the series. The gags are great and the animation is creative, which is all you can ask for from a Road Runner and Coyote short.

Coyote needs to buy food with the money he has or finds. Instead of the Acme products that fail to catch the Roadrunner as he does day in and day out.Plus he will never, ever learn to catch the fast and clever bird. You do have to give him credit for keeping on trying no matter what and for always being at it.Gags like the cement gag which the Roadrunner goes right on through, and trying to get the Roadrunner a blonde date. By going in drag as they all end up failing him.Still it is sad and funny at the same time where the Coyote is smart but not that smart in capturing the one thing that will always keep eluding him no matter what...THE ROADRUNNER!

The third episode of Chuck Jones' wonderful Road Runner series, this is by far the best of the three, and the one that really made this cartoon something special and unique. Jones and writer Michael Maltese allowed their imaginations to run wild, and the result is lots of fun for everyone. Everyone, of course, except poor Wile E Coyote, who must feel the entire universe is against him! *SPOILER ALERT -- WATCH THE CARTOON FIRST BEFORE READING ANY FURTHER.* He has to contend with the crazy laws of cartoon physics, which allow the Road Runner to speed right into a painting placed at the edge of a deep, deep canyon, while the confused and enraged Coyote can only hurl himself right through it and plummet to the ground far below, leaving a dust cloud spelling out "OH NO!" in his wake. His expressions throughout this scene (and the rest of the cartoon) are priceless. These same goofy laws of physics allow him to outrace an anvil he'd dropped several seconds before to the bottom of yet another canyon -- and we all know where that anvil will land. Carl Stalling's musical score is also the best thus far, especially the flute which sweetly plays as the rope around Wile E's hot-air balloon unravels. My only complaint is the ending is disappointingly similar to the previous two episodes (vehicles just can't seem to resist running him down, can they? -- but this time, we discover why!) Overall, though, a great cartoon, and one of the best in the entire series!

The third pairing of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner is still good and features many gags that work, including the Coyote dressing up as a woman hitch-hiker, a hot-air balloon, and the old paint a road gag. The ending is a tad too much like the ending to the first cartoon, but I can simply watch ANY cartoon with the pairing of these two and be endlessly entertained every single time. It's something that I can't truly explain to anyone who isn't a fan. But those who get it know what I'm talking of. This animated short can be seen on Disc 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2.My Grade: A-