Fast and Furry-ous (S)

Fast and Furry-ous is a 1948 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon, released on September 16, 1949, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. It was later reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies cartoon in the beginning opening, with the original Looney Tunes ending sequence (this version can be seen on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 and Looney Tunes Premiere Collection DVD release of the short). As a result, the Looney Tunes theme (The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down) plays over the Merrie Melodies title card. This was the first cartoon to feature Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. It set the template for the series, in which Wile E. Coyote (here given the ersatz Latin name Carnivorous Vulgaris) tries to catch Roadrunner (Accelleratii Incredibus) through many traps, plans and products, although in this first cartoon not all of the products are yet made by the Acme Corporation. The title is a play on the old expression "fast and furious".