Fast and Furry-ous
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| Fast and Furry-ous | |
| Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner series | |
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
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| Story by | Michael Maltese |
| Animation by | Ken Harris Phil Monroe Lloyd Vaughan Ben Washam A.C. Gamer (effects animation) |
| Voices by | Paul Julian (uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl W. Stalling |
| Produced by | Eddie Selzer |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date | September 16, 1949 |
| Format | Technicolor, 7 min |
| Language | English |
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Fast and Furry-ous is a 1949 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. It was later reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies cartoon.
This was the first cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. It set the template for the series, in which Wile E. Coyote (here given the ersatz Latin name Carnivorous Vulgaris) tries to catch Roadrunner (Accelleratti Incredibus) through many traps, plans and products, although in this first cartoon not all of the products are yet made by the Acme Corporation.
The title is a play on the old expression "fast and furious".
[edit] Running gags
A major running gag throughout the cartoon series is the fact that Wile E. Coyote (an ironic pun on "Wily") is continually defeated by his own gadgets, often obtained through a fictitious mail-order company called "ACME". A commentator in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection pointed out that what keeps Wile E. going is his perception that the gadgets typically almost work.
[edit] Music
This short uses music from the Bedřich Smetana opera The Bartered Bride.
