Adventures of the Road-Runner (1962)

Adventures of the Road Runner

“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.   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 we’re watching are part of a TV show watched by two young boys. One of them is Ralph from “From A to Z-Z-Z-Z,” a little daydreamer with a rich imaginary life, and the other his unnamed friend who tries to psychoanalyze him. This lead” read more