Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner

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Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner

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'''''Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner''''' is a 1965 [[Warner Bros. Entertainment|Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon directed by [[Rudy Larriva]].{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=353}} The short was released on August 21, 1965, and stars [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]].{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/128/mode/2up |pages=128–129}}
'''''Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner''''' is a 1965 [[Warner Bros. Entertainment|Warner Bros.]] ''[[Merrie Melodies]]'' cartoon directed by [[Rudy Larriva]].{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=353}} The short was released on August 21, 1965, and stars [[Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner]].{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/128/mode/2up |pages=128–129}}


It was the first of eleven Road Runner cartoons subcontracted to [[Format Films|Format Productions]], and one of the only three which composer [[William Lava]] was able to properly score (the subsequent cartoons had to use a set of stock musical cues due to extremely low budgets).
It was the first of eleven Road Runner cartoons subcontracted to [[Format Films|Format Productions]], and one of only three along with ''[[To Beep or Not to Beep]]'' and ''[[Rushing Roulette]]'' which composer [[William Lava]] was able to properly score (the subsequent cartoons had to use a set of stock musical cues due to extremely low budgets).


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