Wilie Coyote Question?

[69MOPE]

If you watch Roadrunner cartoons you see the coyote painting arched entrance ways on the side of large rocks/mountains. If he was such a great painter, why is he starving in the desert, chasing birds?

 

[eagleone1983]

because haven't you seen all the ACME contraptions he buys, I'll bet they are about as expensive as all the parts we buy

 

[b-star69]

:icon_batman: YEP! sell art = buy acme bat-man suit

 

[roadrunnerh]

You do realize he is a super-genius, right?

 

[tallhair]

You do realize he is a super-genius, right?

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[thomas93254]

the 10 rules the cartoon must follow
1. Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going "beep, beep".
2. No outside force can harm the Coyote -- only his own ineptitude or the failure of Acme products.
3. The Coyote could stop anytime -- IF he was not a fanatic. (Repeat: "A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim." -- George Santayana).
4. No dialogue ever, except "beep, beep".
5. Road Runner must stay on the road -- for no other reason than that he's a roadrunner.
6. All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters -- the southwest American desert.
7. All tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation.
8. Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote's greatest enemy.
9. The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures.
10. The audience's sympathy must remain with the Coyote.

Thomas

 

[pabster]

I just watched a Road Runner cartoon after reading this thread... hadn't seen one in ages, and they're just as good as I remember.

I'm starting a RR Cartoon thread now.

MEEP MEEP!

 

[2059]

thomas93254...."Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it"

 

[68X426]

Wilie Coyote Question?

The tragic-comedy story of the Coyote symbolizes the absurdity of the human condition. The Coyote story directly parallels the profund mythology of the ancient Greek's legend of Sisyphus.

Sisyphus has to roll a giant boulder up a hill every day, only to have it roll down the hill each night, and he is doomed to repeat the task of rolling the boulder up hill, to see it roll down again, for eternity. This is punishment for all time due to the trickery of Sisyphus.

Same with the Coyote. Wile is a trickster and as such he is doomed to perform stupid Acme failures forever and ever. And the ultimate fail is to think that he, or anyone, can ever catch a Road Runner.

Tricksters are eventually always punished in mythology. We as humans need these symbolic stories to cope with the human condition: "an eternity of useless efforts and unending frustration". Only when the trickster is punished do we humans "work harder when work seems more meaningful" thereby surviving the absurdity of life.

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[WileE]

You do realize he is a super-genius, right?

Anybody with a name of "Wile E" HAS to be a genius.... :eusa_liar:

 

[scotts74birds]

The coyote gets him in the end. Watch this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H754QCft8SY

 

[Pops1967GTX]

What the real story? The quest for more speed............................

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[WileE]

The tragic-comedy story of the Coyote symbolizes the absurdity of the human condition. The Coyote story directly parallels the profund mythology of the ancient Greek's legend of Sisyphus.

Sisyphus has to roll a giant boulder up a hill every day, only to have it roll down the hill each night, and he is doomed to repeat the task of rolling the boulder up hill, to see it roll down again, for eternity. This is punishment for all time due to the trickery of Sisyphus.

Same with the Coyote. Wile is a trickster and as such he is doomed to perform stupid Acme failures forever and ever. And the ultimate fail is to think that he, or anyone, can ever catch a Road Runner.

Tricksters are eventually always punished in mythology. We as humans need these symbolic stories to cope with the human condition: "an eternity of useless efforts and unending frustration". Only when the trickster is punished do we humans "work harder when work seems more meaningful" thereby surviving the absurdity of life.

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This is beyond my comprehension. How did he roll a boulder up the hill with a STD ?

 

[tallhair]

This is beyond my comprehension. How did he roll a boulder up the hill with a STD ?

ROFL ! I made the same connection

 

[Budnicks]

Anybody with a name of "Wile E" HAS to be a genius.... :eusa_liar:

of course you would say that