Chuck Jones's Secret Rules to Wile/Road Runner shorts

RULE 1 THE ROAD RUNNER CANNOT HARM THE COYOTE EXCEPT BY GOING "BEEP-BEEP!" RuLE 2 NO OUTSIDE FORCE CAN HARM THE COYOTE ONLY HIS OWN INEPTITUDE OR THE FAILURE OF THE ACME PRODUCTS RULE THE COYOTE COULD STOP ANYTIME IF HE WERE NOT A FANATIC (REPEAT: "A FANATIC IS ONE WHO REDOUBLES HIS EFFORT WHEN HE HAS FORGOTTEN HIS AIM." -GEORGE SANTAYANA) RULE y. NO DIALOGUE EVER, EXCEPT "BEEP-BEEP!" THE ROAD RUNNER MUST STAY ON THE ROAD OTHERWISE, LOGICALLY, HE WOULD NOT BE CALLED ROAD RUNNER. RALE ALL ACTION MUST BE CONFINED TO THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE TWO CHARACTERS THE SOUTHWEST AMERICAN DESERT RULE 7. ALL MATERIALS, TOOLS, WEAPONS, OR MECHANICAL CONVENIENCES MUST BE OBTAINED FROM THE ACME CORPORATION. RULE s WHENEVER POSSIBLE, MAKE GRAVITY THE COYOTE'S GREATEST ENEMY RULE THE COYOTE IS ALWAYS MORE HUMILIATED THAN HARMED BY HIS FAILURES.

looney tunes wile e coyote road runner roadrunner chuck jones chase cartoons classic cartoons unwritten written rules rules cartoon cartoonist i mean wow it all really just clicks when you read it this just shows how much depth and subtlety can go into a genre most people think is just sight gags

Origin Entry: Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies

Notes:

This is one of my all time favorite animated series/shorts, and one of the single most influential to the history of chase cartoons next to Tom and Jerry and Bugs himself. Worth the time to read all 9
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http://www.knowable.com/a/legendary-cartoonist-chuck-jones-reveals-the-9-rules?utm_content=inf_4_3136_2&tse_id=INF_944ce3d8bf33418fa0b9dc2aa76775fa

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