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Lickety-Splat (1961)

Lickety-Splat poster
Directed by
Chuck Jones
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
6 min
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 17 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Wile E. Coyote uses increasingly elaborate traps to try to catch the Road Runner. Each plan fails in a spectacular and comedic way.

fast-pacedslapstickcartoonishfrustratedsilentwhimsicalplayful

What happens

Lickety-Splat is a 1961 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes theatrical animated short directed by Chuck Jones and Abe Levitow. The short was released on June 3, 1961, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. The title is a play on the expression "lickety-split", meaning as fast as possible. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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