Road Rage

Further proof that Wile E. Coyote will never catch the Road Runner can be found in a new TV commercial for the Cartoon Network by Renegade Animation of Burbank, Calif.

Using a blend of live action and animation, the 60-second spot spoofs TV’s Law & Order. The cops, it seems, have nabbed the Road Runner and need Coyote to I.D. him. (“Think back,” says the grumpy officer. “Spring day in the desert. You have springs on your feet …”) The Road Runner is joined in the lineup by Foghorn Leghorn, Tweety Bird and Beaky Buzzard, each of whom is told to offer a “beep, beep.”