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'' cartoon directed by

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. The short was released on July 29, 1961, and stars

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and

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. This is the final first-run

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short in which Wile E. Coyote speaks, although he speaks again in the ''

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'' featurette a year later.

Plot

leaves a telephone in the

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of his neighbor

. He calls from his cave, asking to borrow a cup of diced carrots. Bugs' whiskers twitch as he looks at the Coyote's mailbox and he realizes what he's up against. After Bugs mocks him, Wile E. grabs Bugs, ties him to a stake, and prepares to complete his rabbit stew, but Bugs gets the upper hand by hopping on the floorboards and setting off a

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that, after it ricochets around the

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, triggers Wile E.'s

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to open, crushing the Coyote into the floor. Bugs makes his getaway and hops back to his hole. Wile E. then tries using a

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to suck up the rabbit, getting a

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decoy instead (before the decoy explodes, he says, "Well, well, the boy has talent"), a cannon shot, which Bugs re-directs at the Coyote thanks to some underground pipes (Coyote: "But how? Well, even a genius can have an off-day"), and "Quick-Drying

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". The cement dries into a cylindrical block. As Wile E. laughs, saying, "What a wonderful way to ''cement'' a friendship.", he runs right into the block, which tips over on top of him. Bugs then pops out and says, "Well, now he has ''concrete'' evidence that I'm a good neighbor". The final attempt is a 10 billion-volt electric magnet, which Wile E. activates after leaving an iron carrot in Bugs' hole. Bugs tricks him and sends the carrot right back at him. Bugs' mailbox is also pulled towards the magnet, hitting Wile E. in the face. To further batter the Coyote, Bugs throws out an

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, a frying pan, a garbage bin, and a mallet, as well as his bed and kitchen stove, all of which are attracted to the magnet. However, neither Bugs nor Wile E. expect the magnet to also attract everything else with metal properties (including

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, horse shoes, street lamps, kettles, cars, signs, bulldozers, iron fences, buses, an ocean liner, the

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, satellites, and, finally, a

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rocket trying to blast off into space). The Mercury rocket lodges itself in Wile E's cave and explodes, along with everything else the magnet attracted, blasting Wile E. Coyote into oblivion as Bugs watches from his hole. Bugs remarks jokingly: "One thing's for sure. We're the first country to get a coyote into orbit."

Additional Crew

*Directed by

*Co-Director:

Maurice Noble Maurice James Noble (May 1, 1911 – May 18, 2001) was an American animation production designer, background artist and layout designer whose contributions to the industry spanned more than 60 years. He was a long-time associate and right-hand man ...

*Film Editor:

Treg Brown Tregoweth Edmond "Treg" Brown (November 4, 1899 – April 28, 1984) was an American motion picture sound editor who was responsible for the sound effects in Warner Bros.' ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' cartoons from 1936 to 1963. ...

References

External links

* * {{Chuck Jones 1960s English-language films 1961 animated films 1961 short films Merrie Melodies short films American comedy short films Short films directed by Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny films Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner films Films scored by Milt Franklyn 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films American animated short films Films about Canis Animated films about rabbits and hares