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Whoa, Be-Gone!

Whoa, Be-Gone!

1958Short⏱️ 6mApproved
AnimationFamilyShortComedy
7.4
IMDB Rating
868 votes

Wile E. Coyote's plans for catching the Road Runner involve a giant elastic spring, a gun and trampoline, TNT sticks in a barrel, and tornado seeds. The last of these schemes results in the Coyote being swept up by a twister and c...

Director
Chuck Jones
Writers
N/A
Stars
Paul Julian
Release Date
April 12, 1958
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 12
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Paul Julian
Paul Julian
as Road Runner

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Sound
Mono
Production
Warner Bros. Cartoon Studios

🏷️ Keywords

cartoon coyotewile e. coyote characterroad runner characteranthropomorphic animalcartoon roadrunner

🎯 Categories

AnimationComedyFamilyShort

⭐ Featured Review

Fun Short
by Michael_Elliott2009-05-02

"Whoa, Be-Gone! (1958) *** (out of 4) Twelfth film for Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner turns out to be one of their best. This time out the hungry coyote uses all sorts of tricks including bombs, large rocks, a nailed barrel with dynamite and perhaps best of all, a grow your own tornado kit. This is an extremely fast-paced entry in the series and I might even call it the best as it does a very good job at matching the freshness of the first film. We've seen a few of the jokes before but even so they come off very fresh here. The best joke is a reworked one of something we saw earlie..."

💡 Did You Know?

The cartoon opens with Wile. E. Coyote riding a rocket, in a nod to the space age. Sputnik had been launched the year before by the U.S.S.R., so space fever gripped all aspects of U.S. life.

📖 Synopsis

Wile E. Coyote's plans for catching the Road Runner involve a giant elastic spring, a gun and trampoline, TNT sticks in a barrel, and tornado seeds. The last of these schemes results in the Coyote being swept up by a twister and c...