The theme from The Road Runner Show as covered by Two Micks and a Chick. Track 20 on Gonna Have a Good Time: Two Decades of Saturdays, a collection of cover versions of Saturday Morning Cartoon favorites produced by Kelly McCubbin. Video edited by Mark Bowen.\r
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Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner are a duo of cartoon characters from a series of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons. The characters were created by animation director Chuck Jones in 1948 for Warner Bros., while the template for their adventures was the work of writer Michael Maltese. The characters star in a long-running series of theatrical cartoon shorts (the first 16 of which were written by Maltese) and occasional made-for-television cartoons. In each episode, instead of animal senses and cunning, Wile E. Coyote uses absurdly complex contraptions (sometimes in the manner of Rube Goldberg) and elaborate plans to pursue his quarry. It was originally meant to parody chase cartoons, like Tom and Jerry but it became popular, much to Jones chagrin. The original theme song was written and performed by Barbara Cameron.\r
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If youre on the highway and Road Runner goes beep beep. \r
Just step aside or might end up in a heap. \r
Road Runner, Road Runner runs on the road all day. \r
Even the coyote cant make him change his ways. \r
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Road Runner, the coyotes after you. \r
Road Runner, if he catches you youre through. \r
Road Runner, the coyotes after you. \r
Road Runner, if he catches you youre through. \r
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That coyote is really a crazy clown, \r
When will he learn he can never mow him down? \r
Poor little Road Runner never bothers anyone, \r
Just runnin down the roads his idea of having fun.
