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The Road Runner Show

  • 1966-1973
  • 3 seasons
  • CBS
  • Animation, Family, Comedy
  • TV-G

The desert in the U.S. southwest is the natural habitat of the Road Runner, a high-octane, cartoon bird who runs so fast on the desert's roadways that he leaves a trail of flame or causes pavement to ripple, distort, or roll up like a carpet. This speedy bird is unrelentingly chased by a hungry coyote named Wile E., who, though believing himself to be a genius, repeatedly fails to catch the Road Runner with his endless supply of ACME Corporation gadgets, weapons, and other paraphernalia. Episodes of this television series contain three theatrical cartoons, one with the Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote, one with Tweety Bird and Sylvester Cat, and one with other characters from Warner Brothers' cartoon classics.

Season 1 Episode Guide

52 Episodes 1949 - 1966

Episode 1

Zip 'N Snort/The Jet Cage/The Wild Chase

Sat, Sep 4, 1971

Wile E. tries using grease to catch the Road Runner, but as always, his plan backfires. Also, Tweety gets a jet-propelled cage and who's faster? The Road Runner or Speedy Gonzales? They race to find out.

Episode 1

Fast and Furry-Ous

Fri, Sep 16, 1949

The desert in the U.S. southwest is the natural habitat of the Road Runner, a high-octane, cartoon bird who runs so fast on the desert's roadways that he leaves a trail of flame or causes pavement to ripple, distort, or roll up like a carpet. This speedy bird is unrelentingly chased by a hungry coyote named Wile E., who, though believing himself to be a genius, repeatedly fails to catch the Road Runner.

Episode 2

Operation Rabbit

A scheming coyote, constantly at odds with a swift and clever roadrunner bird, uses various gadgets and devices to try and catch his longtime rival.

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Episode 3

Beep Beep

Sat, May 24, 1952

Episode 4

Going! Going! Gosh!

Sat, Aug 23, 1952

In his attempt to catch the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote tries the old trick of putting up a painting of a continuing road where a bridge has in fact gone out.

Episode 5

Don't Give Up the Sheep

Sat, Jan 3, 1953

Episode 6

Zipping Along

Sat, Sep 19, 1953

Hypnosis doesn't help the Coyote catch the Road Runner, nor do a clutch of string-controlled rifles or dozens of mousetraps, but they all manage to backfire on him, naturally.

Episode 7

Stop! Look! and Hasten!

Sat, Aug 14, 1954

Episode 8

Ready.. Set.. Zoom!

Sat, Apr 30, 1955

Episode 9

Double or Mutton

Tue, Jul 23, 1957

Episode 10

Guided Muscle

Sat, Dec 10, 1955

Episode 11

Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z

Sat, May 5, 1956

Wile E. Coyote unsuccessfully chases the Road Runner using such contrivances as a rifle, a steel plate, a dynamite stick on an extending metal pulley, a painting of a collapsed bridge, and a jet motor.

Episode 12

There They Go-Go-Go!

Sat, Nov 10, 1956

Episode 13

To Hare is Human

Sat, Dec 15, 1956

Wile E. Coyote consults a "Univac Electric Brain (Do It Yourself)" in his efforts to catch Bugs.

Episode 14

Scrambled Aches

Sat, Jan 26, 1957

Episode 15

Steal Wool

Sat, Jun 8, 1957

Episode 16

Zoom and Bored

Sat, Sep 14, 1957

Episode 17

Whoa, Be-Gone!

Sat, Apr 12, 1958

Episode 18

Hook, Line, and Stinker

Sat, Oct 11, 1958

Episode 19

Hip Hip- Hurry!

Sat, Dec 6, 1958

Episode 20

Hot Rod and Reel

Sat, May 9, 1959

Episode 21

Wild About Hurry

Sat, Oct 10, 1959

Episode 22

Fastest With the Mostest

Sat, Jan 9, 1960

Episode 23

Rabbit's Feat

Sat, Jun 4, 1960

Episode 24

Ready, Woolen and Able

Sat, Jul 30, 1960

Ralph Wolf tries to outwit Sam Sheep-dog to steal the sheep Sam is guarding, but his schemes always seem to backfire.

Episode 25

Hopalong Casualty

Sat, Oct 8, 1960

Episode 26

Zip 'n Snort

Sat, Jan 21, 1961

Episode 27

Lickety-Splat

Sat, Jun 3, 1961

Episode 28

Compressed Hare

Sat, Jul 29, 1961

Episode 29

Beep Prepared

Sat, Nov 11, 1961

Episode 30

A Sheep in the Deep

Fri, Feb 10, 1961

Episode 31

Adventures of the Road Runner

Sat, Jun 2, 1962

Episode 32

Zoom at the Top

Sat, Jun 30, 1962

Episode 33

Woolen Under Where

Sat, May 11, 1963

Episode 34

Hare-Breadth Hurry

Sat, Jun 8, 1963

Episode 35

War and Pieces

Sat, Jun 6, 1964

Wile E. Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner with a grenade, a bow, a rope, invisible paint, a gun disguised as a peep show, and a rocket that tunnels him through the Earth to arrive in the Orient, where a Japanese Road Runner greets him.

Episode 36

To Beep Or Not To Beep

Sat, Dec 28, 1963

Wile E. Coyote attacks the Road Runner with an enormous boulder-throwing catapult, only to have it constantly backfire on him.

Episode 37

Zip Zip Hooray!

Fri, Jan 1, 1965

Episode 38

Roadrunner A Go-Go

Mon, Feb 1, 1965

Episode 39

The Wild Chase

Sat, Feb 27, 1965

Speedy Gonzales and the Road Runner are racing each other, with Sylvester Cat and Wile E. Coyote in hot pursuit.

Episode 40

Rushing Roulette

Sat, Jul 31, 1965

Wile E. Coyote chases the Road Runner, and his ploys such as glue on the road, a huge magnifying glass, an exploding piano, a cannon disguised as a camera, and an anvil dropped from a helicopter, all backfire on him, as usual.

Episode 41

Run, Run, Sweet Road Runner

Sat, Aug 21, 1965

Episode 42

Tired and Feathered

Sat, Sep 18, 1965

Episode 43

Boulder Wham!

Sat, Oct 9, 1965

Wile E. tries to get to the other side of a cliff using a tightrope, hypnotism, pole vaulting, a trampoline, and (a bit) more.

Episode 44

Just Plane Beep

Sat, Oct 30, 1965

Episode 45

Hairied and Hurried

Sat, Nov 13, 1965

Episode 46

Highway Runnery

Sat, Dec 11, 1965

Episode 47

Chaser on the Rocks

Sat, Dec 25, 1965

Episode 48

Shot and Bothered

Sat, Jan 8, 1966

Wile E. Coyote uses suction cups, a tennis net, TNT sticks on a rope, a skateboard, helium gas, and a bomb in his unsuccessful attempts to catch the Road Runner.

Episode 49

Out and Out Rout

Sat, Jan 29, 1966

Episode 50

The Solid Tin Coyote

Sat, Feb 19, 1966

Episode 51

Clippety Clobbered

Sat, Mar 12, 1966

Episode 52

Sugar and Spies

Sat, Nov 5, 1966

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