Chuck Jones & 'The Rules'

Chuck Jones & 'The Rules'

 

 

Chuck Jones

Jones is an animated director, he worked at Warner Brothers Studios for decades making short films starring the unforgetable Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and company.

 

As he created the character Road Runner, the cartoon episodes for Road Runner, a set of rules were created....

 

...'The Rules'

1. The Road Runner cannot harm or upset the Coyote except by going 'MEEP! MEEP!'

 

2. No outside force can harm the Coyote, only his own clumsiness or the failure of his plans, plots and Acme Products.

 

3. The Coyote could stop anytime - if he were not a fanatic.

 

4. No dialogue is to ever be included other than 'MEEP! MEEP!'

 

5. The Road Runner must stay on the road otherwise there's no point in calling him Road Runner.

 

6. All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters, which is the Southwest American desert.

 

7. All materials, tools, weapons or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from Acne Corporation.

 

8. Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote's greatest arch enemy.

 

9. The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures.