Sugar and Spies is a 1966 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon.[1] The short was released on November 5, 1966, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.[2] It is the second of two Road Runner shorts directed by Robert McKimson and the only one to feature music by Walter Greene. It is also the final appearances of Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote during the Golden age of American animation.
Sugar and Spies | |
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Directed by | Robert McKimson |
Story by | Tom Dagenais |
Produced by | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
Starring | Paul Julian |
Edited by | Lee Gunther |
Music by | Walter Greene |
Animation by | Bob Matz Manny Perez Warren Batchelder Dale Case Ted Bonnicksen |
Layouts by | Dick Ung |
Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date | November 5, 1966 (US premiere) |
Running time | 6 minutes |
Country | United States |
The title of the cartoon is a play on the term "sugar and spice".
During one of his many chases with the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote is hit with a briefcase, thrown from an enemy agent's car that is evading the police. The briefcase is actually a spy kit containing several gadgets, along with a black coat and spy hat that Wile E. wears throughout the cartoon. The gadgets Wile E. attempts on the Road Runner (which all result in failure as usual), include:
The cartoon was included in the Supergenius Hijinks DVD.