chuck jones's rules

before chuck jones wrote and created the roadrunner cartoon he made himself a set of rules he should never break.

The rules of the 'roadrunner'

The roadrunner cannot harm or upset Wiley coyote except by annoying him by going 'MEEP'! 'MEEP'!.

No outside force can harm the Wiley coyote, only his own ineptitude or failure of acme products.

the Wiley coyote could stop anytime if he were not a fanatic.

No dialogue ever except 'MEEP'! 'MEEP'!.

the roadrunner must stay on the road otherwise logically he would not be called a roadrunner.

all actions must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters, the south-west american dessert.

all materials, tools, weapons or mechanical convinces must be obtained by acme corporation.

whenever possible make gravity the Wiley coyotes greatest enemy.

the Wiley coyote is always more humiliated that harmed by he's failures.