The Roadrunner had a method to the madness of Wile E Coyote

If you're on a highway and Road Runner goes beep beep.

Just step aside or you might end up in a heap.

Road Runner, Road Runner runs down the road all day.

Even the coyote can't make him change his ways.

Road Runner, the coyote's after you.

Road Runner, if he catches you you're through.

Road Runner, the coyote's after you.

Road Runner, if he catches you you're through.

That coyote is really a crazy clown,

When will he learn that he never can mow him down?

Poor little Road Runner never bothers anyone,

Just runnin' down the road's his idea of having fun.

Baby boomers fondly recall the original Road Runner cartoons and the wacky theme song. in my neck of the woods, the LOONEY TUNES cartoon came on every Saturday afternoon, I believe at either 12;30 or 1;00 PM. Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner were created in 1948 by animator Chuck Jones and writer Michael Maltese. These two have entertained children and adults for over seven decades. There are 49 animated shorts featuring this duo, one live action feature-length movie, and one animated half hour theatrical release.

MERRY MELODIES and LOONEY TUNES both have memorable shorts featuring the genius and trying to capture the fastest bird ever.Tom & Jerry, but soon became incredibly popular in its own right. Many fans might not know this but the creators actually came up with a code that governed this cartoon series. For the most part they stuck by their regulations but at times they slipped.

There has been ontroversy as to whether or not the fast-running bird is saying 'beep beep" or "meep meep." I have heard him sound as if he is saying both and depending on the cartoon I have noticed both words come on the screen when using close captioning. The Road Runner's signature sound was inspired by background artist Paul Julian who imitated an actual car horn. Julian voiced the various recordings of the two words which have been used throughout the Road Runner cartoon.

On-screen, however, Paul Julian remained uncredited for his famous wording. According to animation historian Michael Barrier, the preferred spelling of sound effects that Julian preferred "hmeep hmeep' or "mweep, mweep". The Road Runner and Wile E Coyote's escapades have been some of the most sidesplitting and laugh till tears animation ever created. The unlikely pair were initially supposed to be a parody of Tom & Jerry but quickly came into their own.

The restrictions included the Road Runner was only being allowed to harm the Coyote by startling. This was done when the bid would sneak up on wile E and use his trademark “meep meep” or "beep beep." It was determined that the Coyote would be foiled and humiliated by his failures, rather than actual harm being It was decided that gravity, when possible would be Wile E's biggest enemy and not the Road Runner himself. There are 9 rules which are outlined in the following tweet.

The regulation is find most interesting is that of the weapons, devices, tools, and materials, that were utilized by the Coyote had to be obtained from the infamous ACME Corporation. There were episodes where it was clear that these rules did not apply but that's entertainment. It is amazing now, looking back in hindsight to think that such a fascinating animated series had a playbook they went by. Currently, you can catch episodes of Wile E Coyote and the Road Runner on BOOMERANG and MeTV so check your local listings.