''Hook, Line and Stinker'' is a 1958

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'' cartoon directed by

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. The title is a pun on the idiom Hook, Line and Sinker. The short was released on October 11, 1958 with ''The Old Man and the Sea'', and stars

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. The title is a pun on "hook, line and sinker", which means to have been deceived or tricked.

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The familiar chase between Wile E. Coyote (also known as "Famishius-Famishus"), and the Road Runner (or "Burnius-Roadibus"), unfolds with its classic slapstick humor. #Coyote sets a trap with a washtub and dynamite, but ends up encased in a tube from the explosion. #Attempting to bash the Road Runner with a sledgehammer, Coyote gets bashed himself due to mishap. #

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bird seed on railroad tracks leads to Coyote being flattened by a passing train. #Coyote's attempt to catch Road Runner with a harpoon attached to a balloon backfires as he gets struck by lightning. #Dynamite trap backfires as Coyote ends up blown up by his own detonator. #Using a piano suspended by a rope, Coyote's plan fails as he ends up with piano keys for teeth after the piano drops on him. #An intricate Rube Goldberg-style contraption sets off dynamite intended for Road Runner, but Coyote ends up as the unintended target, resulting in a humorous yet familiar conclusion. Despite his elaborate schemes, Coyote's endeavors always end in comedic failure, leaving him battered and defeated while Road Runner speeds off unscathed.

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