Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)
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“Beginning life as a failed TV pilot, Adventures of the Road Runner was eventually released as a theatrical short, before finally getting chopped up into three further shorts. Taken individually, everything here is a wonderful piece of animation, filled with smart gags and a frantic go-go-go pacing. All of it taken together without the benefit of commercial breaks leaves a certain feeling of a padded out running time. ย This becomes most obvious when the Adventures of the Road Runner goes meta-textual in its humor. We pull back to see that the cartoons weโre watching are part of a TV show watched by two young boys. One of them is Ralph from โFrom A to Z-Z-Z-Z,โ a little daydreamer with a rich imaginary life, and the other his unnamed friend who tries to psychoanalyze him. This lead” read more