Though the coyote is the basis for the character of Wile E. Coyote in the Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated cartoons, especially about the Road Runner, coyotes have not been known as yet to attack greater roadrunners for prey.

He directed many of the classic short animated cartoons starring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, Sylvester, Pepé Le Pew and a slew of other Warner characters.

Jones-created characters from this period includes Claude Cat, Marc Antony and Pussyfoot, Charlie Dog, Michigan J. Frog, and his three most popular creations, Marvin the Martian, Pepe LePew, the Road Runner, and Wile E. Coyote.

The Road Runner cartoons, in addition to the cartoons that are considered his masterpieces ( all written and conceived by Michael Maltese ), Duck Amuck, One Froggy Evening, and What's Opera, Doc?

Jones also produced the 1979 film The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie which was a compilation of Jones ' best theatrical shorts ; Jones produced new Road Runner shorts for The Electric Company series and Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales ( 1979 ), and even newer shorts were made for Bugs Bunny's Bustin ' Out All Over ( 1980 ).

Jones did produce a few more Looney Tunes-based and non-related cartoons, a noticeable one being Chariots of Fur, his final Road Runner cartoon, in 1994.

Meanwhile Robert Zemeckis helmed Who Framed Roger Rabbit, in which featured several famous cartoon characters from the " Golden Age of animation " including Mickey Mouse, Minnie Mouse, Donald Duck, Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Droopy, Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, Sylvester the cat, Tweety Pie and Jiminy Cricket among others.

Petersen called Fahrenheit 9 / 11 " the Road Runner of manipulation ... removing all avenues of thought through over-determination ... leaving no room for the viewer's own judgment.

In fact, it was the success of the compilation film, The Bugs Bunny / Road Runner Movie in 1980, featuring the archived film of these characters that prompted Warner Brothers to organize Warner Brothers Animation as a new production division to restart production of original material.

She raced around Hazzard with her cousins, first in a yellow and black 1974 Plymouth Road Runner ( later on it was a Plymouth Satellite ) and then, from the mid-second season, in her trademark white 1980 Jeep CJ-7 christened " Dixie " with a Golden Eagle emblem on the hood ( and the name " Dixie " on the hood sides ).

Also, it has been announced that Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner will be making a return to the big screen in a series of 3-D shorts that will precede select Warner Bros. films.

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Roadrunner or Road Runner may also refer to:

* Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, an animated character based on the bird

** The Road Runner Show, compiled cartoons including the character

** Road Runner ( video game ), a 1985 platform game

* Plymouth Road Runner, a type of automobile, eponymous for the cartoon character

* "( I'm a ) Road Runner ", a 1965 song written by Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, and Edward Holland, Jr., and made famous by Junior Walker and the All-Stars

* Road Runner ( album ), a 1966 album by Junior Walker & The All-Stars

* Road Runner High Speed Online, an Internet service provider, a Time Warner service

* Road Runner, a shell for carputers

Nugegoda is also famous for its high quality cloth stores near the infamous Bogaha Junction in the Highlevel Road which sits besides a famed Bo tree.

Replacing the old road with cobblestones of cement in Bo ' ao Road area, Haikou City, Hainan, China

At this point, The Gants had a professional sound and a repertoire of original material and an even larger repertoire of covers, which were reflected in the choice of sides for their first single: ( Bo Diddley's ) " Road Runner " backed with ( their own ) " My Baby Don't Care ", released on the Statue label in mid-1965.

Banff, Bathgate, Blairgowrie, Bo ' ness, Campbeltown, Carnoustie, Coatbridge, Craigmarloch, Crieff, Cumbernauld, Dalgety Bay, Dalkeith, Dingwall, Dumfries, Dunbar, Dundee ( two ), Dunfermline, Edinburgh ( two ), Elgin, Forfar, Forres, Fort William, Galloway, Govan ( Paisley Road West ), Grangemouth, Greenock, Haddington, Helensburgh, Inverness, Inverurie, Keith, Kilmarnock, Kirkcaldy, Kirkintilloch, Kirriemuir, Lanark, Linlithgow, Milngavie, Monifieth, Montrose, Oban, Perth ( two ; one on Victoria Street in the city centre and one on the Crieff Road ), Rosyth, St Andrews, Stranraer, and Wishaw.

The Presidential Office Building occupies the city block between Chongqing South Road and Bo ' ai Road in downtown Taipei.

Charlton fans ' chants have included " Valley, Floyd Road ", a song noting the stadium's address to the tune of " Mull of Kintyre ", and " The Red, Red Robin ".

* " Futurist ", a song by Miss Kittin from On the Road

* 1970 – " The Long and Winding Road " becomes the Beatles ' last US Number 1 song.

The title of I Mother Earth's song " Shortcut to Moncton " on the album Scenery and Fish ( track 7 ) was inspired by a highway sign on the Trans-Canada highway that points to the old Fredericton Road that says, " Shortcut to Moncton ".

The same year, Orbison was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and initiated into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame by Bruce Springsteen, who concluded his speech with a reference to his own song " Thunder Road ": " I wanted a record with words like Bob Dylan that sounded like Phil Spector — but, most of all, I wanted to sing like Roy Orbison.

* Steve Earle's " Snake Oil ": Singer-songwriter Steve Earle recorded a song critical of the Ronald Reagan administration entitled " Snake Oil " for the album Copperhead Road, released in 1988.

*" Sacramento ( A Wonderful Town )", a hit song by the band Middle of the Road

Orphans also continues Waits's newfound interest in politics with " Road to Peace ", a song about the Israeli – Palestinian conflict.

*" Jubilee ", a song from Mary Chapin Carpenter's album Stones in the Road

Also taking place on this day is the crowning of the Road March King or Queen, where the singer of the most played song at judging sites over the two days of the Carnival is crowned winner, complete with prize money and usually a vehicle.

* " Liberty ", a song by the Grateful Dead, on their albums So Many Roads ( 1965 – 1995 ) and Road Trips Volume 2 Number 4

Although many modern listeners believe that the premier song about soul-selling at a crossroads is " Cross Road Blues " by Robert Johnson, the song may be a description of standing at a cross roads and trying to " flag a ride " or hitch-hike ; the sense of foreboding coming from the singer's apprehension of finding himself, a young black man in the 1920s deep south, alone after dark and at the mercy of passing motorists.

That year they released " Unfinished Sympathy " as a single, a string-arranged track at Abbey Road studio, scored by Will Malone, that went on to be voted the 10th greatest song of all time in a poll by The Guardian.

* Toots Thielemans recorded this song with Oleta Adams in 2006 for his album One More for the Road

" Bright Side of the Road " was a joyful, uplifting song that would appear on the soundtrack of the movie, Michael.

Mitchum also co-wrote ( with Don Raye ) the theme song, " The Ballad of Thunder Road.

A year later he recorded a song he had written for the film Thunder Road, titled " The Ballad of Thunder Road ".

In 2010, she sang another Springsteen song, this time Thunder Road, on the public radio program Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, accompanied by acclaimed whistler Eric Gilliland.

* Johnson County is the setting for the Steve Earle song " Copperhead Road " and features in Cormac McCarthy's book Outer Dark.

* Clash drummer Topper Headon as a solo artist recorded a song called ' DuCane Road ', named after a road in East Acton