Hook, Line and Stinker

Hook, Line and Stinker is a 1958 Warner Bros. cartoon in the "Looney Tunes" series featuring Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner. In it, Coyote tries to catch the Road Runner in more hilarious ways, including swinging from the air and using a harpoon, trying to drop a grand piano on the Road Runner, and most notably, building a Rube Goldberg machine to try to lure the Road Runner into a trap.

Censorship

*On ABC, two dynamite gags were cut [http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/ltcutsh2.html] :
**The scene where Wile E. places a pot over the Road Runner and tosses a dynamite stick underneath it.
**Wile E. putting dynamite underneath a bridge.

Reception

This cartoon is widely disliked mainly due to the use of old needle-drop music cues from the Capitol Hi-Q library (the same library that "Gumby" used) instead of an original score.

Crew

Story: Michael Maltese
Animation: Richard Thompson, Ken Harris, Ben Washam
Layouts & Backgrounds: Philip DeGuard
Film Editor: Treg Brown
Music: John Seely
Director: Chuck Jones

ee also

*Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950-1959)