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Doing some research for my shortfilm, I went through the first twenty<\/strong> of the 49 Wile E Coyote and Road Runner short films<\/a> and it saddens me to say….. I didn’t break one laugh. <\/p>\n The worst is that those were all directed by animation legend Chuck Jones<\/strong>, a man that is wildly accepted as one of the funniest men in the animation industry.<\/p>\n Despite the great Carl Stalling<\/strong> soundtrack, gorgeous stylized Maurice Noble<\/strong> backgrounds, the crazy animation, brush work and comedic timing, nothing helped. I might have smiled few times to how Chuck Jones played with our expectation on the final gag but I didn’t find anything worthy of a laugh.<\/p>\n The Wile E. Coyote series<\/strong> came out at the end of the 1950s and was probably really funny at that time but I feel that the humor didn’t age well.<\/p>\n Would this be due to the fact that, he … invented it all? So many variations have been seen for the past 50 years that maybe we have now become desensitized to the original material?<\/strong><\/p>\n If you want to do the same test you are in luck, Youtube user<\/strong> CoyoteAndRoadRunner<\/a> uploaded pretty much all the shortfilms, by chronological order, to his channel .<\/p>\n While watching the shorts, one thing struck me…. For some reasons, Youtube kept suggesting the viewing of a series of candid\/hidden camera gags and I eventually did.<\/p>\n Man, I didn’t expect what would follow. <\/p>\n After only watching one video, I was in stitches.<\/p>\n “Just for Laughs Gags”<\/a> is an hilarious Canadian secret camera show using all the comedic elements of cartoony pantomime. The gags are beautifully set up, staged and acted by a cast of very likable characters. Even with the inevitable “background laughs” muted, it is impossible to resist laughing hysterically.<\/p>\n For comparison, here is a selection of Chuck Jones<\/strong> directed “Wile E. Coyote”<\/strong> short films followed by “Just for laughs gags”<\/strong>. See what you respond the most to. Maybe you will differ from me but if not, we need to rethink what constitutes comedy in animation.<\/p>\n Coyote and RoadRunner – Gee Whiz-z-z-z (05.05.1956)<\/strong> Coyote and RoadRunner – Chariots of Fur (21.12.1994)<\/strong> Infinite Ice Cream<\/strong> Honking At Hookers<\/strong> Worker Stuck In Ceiling<\/strong> Mall metal detector<\/strong> Stretcher In Water Prank<\/strong> Related posts:<\/em><\/strong> Doing some research for my shortfilm, I went through the first twenty of the 49 Wile E Coyote and Road Runner short films and it saddens me to say….. I didn’t break one laugh. The worst is that those were all directed by animation legend Chuck Jones, a man that is wildly accepted as one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,11],"tags":[189,358,408,448,650],"class_list":["post-3486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animation","category-education","tag-chuck-jones","tag-hidden-camera","tag-just-for-laughs-gags","tag-looney-tunes","tag-secret-camera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3486\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=G_xJmvk9utA[\/youtube]<\/p>\n
\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=f0nrLIcdOdE[\/youtube]<\/p>\n
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\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XEos0ej9CEY[\/youtube]<\/p>\n
\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=kdlaZQyVxxM[\/youtube]<\/p>\n
\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=2-pPusCToyY[\/youtube]<\/p>\n
\n[youtube]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IX6SLDCIJzA[\/youtube]<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.olivier-ladeuix.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/2012\/01\/l.GICLEE-118-436x600.jpg\" "\\"Chuck")
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\nReel FX Looney Tunes shorts online<\/a>
\nJosh Carey VFS rigging submission<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"