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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jul 3, 2018 23:33:40 GMT
That is what I am unsure of. I know I saw something where a real roadrunner was shown-but I have this memory of people standing along a highway and watching them go by. maybe it is just something I always expected to happen when they show such a location.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 3, 2018 23:42:41 GMT
Geico did a Road Runner ad = no one got eaten apparently
I found a picture before of a real coyote and RR but cannot locate it … will post if found again !
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Post by Doghouse6 on Jul 4, 2018 0:34:40 GMT
Back in the '00's, there was a communications network called Road Runner. I guess it must have flopped, because I haven't heard anything about them for a long time. There was also the Plymouth Road Runner: Look closely on either of the doors and...yup: there he was!
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Post by jervistetch on Jul 4, 2018 4:10:52 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 4, 2018 10:51:16 GMT
jervistetchTHATS the one I was looking for ^^^^^^^^^^^ I can stop looking for it …. thanks ! Now I can get on with my life !
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 4, 2018 10:55:32 GMT
This one shows that Road Runners CAN FLY if they choose (or NEED)to
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Post by snsurone on Jul 4, 2018 22:47:13 GMT
Chuck Jones had said that roadrunners were plentiful in the desert areas of Southern California. Undoubtedly, that's what inspired him to create the series.
One characteristic that I don't like about the Road Runner is his rudeness. Have you noticed how he sticks his tongue out at everyone he encounters, not just the Coyote. There was a Geico commercial a few years ago showing the gecko lost and confused in the desert. The Road Runner passes by, sticks out his tongue, and runs away. Then the Coyote appears, thinks he might make a meal out of the gecko (ugh!), but before he can attack, he is flattened by an Acme iron safe. This ad wasn't run very long. And there is a cartoon from THE LOONEY TUNES SHOW, depicting Bugs Bunny as having collapsed from thirst in the desert. When he comes to, the Road Runner is standing over him, and yep! Sticking out his tongue! To tell the truth, I really don't find that funny.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 4, 2018 23:42:05 GMT
"One characteristic that I don't like about the Road Runner is his rudeness. Have you noticed how he sticks his tongue out at everyone he encounters... "
Rude dog !
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Post by snsurone on Jul 6, 2018 0:11:15 GMT
Going a bit OT:
In all his cartoons, Bugs Bunny is shown chomping carrots. But there is one thing he loves even more than carrots: performing in public. Even when unplanned, as in HOT CROSS BUNNY, THE RABBIT OF SEVILLE, or STAGE DOOR CARTOON, he's always willing to entertain an audience. He has show business in his blood; I bet he doesn't even know the meaning of "stage fright".
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Post by snsurone on Jun 24, 2019 18:50:05 GMT
A bird similar to the road runner is the bustard, who lives on the steppes and sandy plains of Asia. Like the road runner, he prefers to walk or run, and has the leg muscles to do so. But he also can fly if necessary, and probably better than the road runner could. But they are similar in that they are omnivorous and nest on the ground. I didn't check (too damned lazy) to see if they are related in genus or species, but they are very much alike.
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Post by fangirl1975 on Jun 25, 2019 1:13:25 GMT
Did you know that a coyote runs 37 km/h faster than a road runner in real life. So there is no way a road runner could outrun a coyote. That being said Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner are among my favorite cartoons. I still enjoy watching them even now when i am in my mid 30s Heck, I'm 44 and still enjoy Looney Tunes.
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Post by snsurone on Jan 15, 2020 17:04:10 GMT
"One characteristic that I don't like about the Road Runner is his rudeness. Have you noticed how he sticks his tongue out at everyone he encounters... "
Rude dog ! Aw, hell--that adorable li'l sweetheart is anything but "rude".
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Post by millar70 on Jan 16, 2020 23:38:30 GMT
Okay, so this thread is awesome, but the Cheers episode where they discuss the road runner and coyote at the bar has not been brought up yet.
Woody makes a good point, which always kind of bugged me as well.....if the coyote could afford to buy all of these contraptions from Acme, why doesn't he just buy some food and forget about the road runner.
Frasier Crane then came up with some psychiatrist stuff about the coyote not really caring about eating neccesarily, but needing to catch THAT particular road runner.
Norm and Cliff then joined in the conversation, and you can take it from there.....
Funny stuff, but it does get you thinking. 🤔
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Post by snsurone on Jan 17, 2020 0:48:35 GMT
Thank you for the awesome compliment, millar70. And to answer Woody's question, I don't think the Coyote actually pays anything because Acme just wants to unload its junk even free of charge. That, or he has limitless credit!
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 17, 2020 1:33:55 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 17, 2020 1:35:02 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 17, 2020 1:36:20 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jan 17, 2020 1:37:45 GMT
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Post by snsurone on Jan 17, 2020 12:50:41 GMT
Much better, BAT. Thank you. The Book of Leviticus lists the birds that are not kosher. And they are all birds of prey. It seems that road runners are birds of prey, so they are not kosher, even though it's doubtful that the authors of the Bible ever saw a road runner. Bottom line: if the Coyote converts to Judaism, he's have to give up road runners. And rabbits, too; they're not kosher either. BTW, the Bible also lists the bat in the list of forbidden birds. Hey, they were sages, not zoologists!!
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