Zoom and Bored

Zoom and Bored
Directed by	Chuck Jones
Story by	Michael Maltese
Produced by	Edward Selzer (uncredited)
Starring	Paul Julian
Music by	Milt Franklyn Carl Stalling
Animation by	Ken Harris Abe Levitow Richard Thompson Corny Cole (uncredited)
Layouts by	Maurice Noble
Backgrounds by	Philip DeGuard
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	September 14, 1957 (1957-09-14)
Running time	6 minutes 16 seconds
Country	United States
Language	English

Zoom and Bored is a 1957 Warner Bros. cartoon, being a part of the Merrie Melodies series and directed by Chuck Jones.^[1] The short was released on September 14, 1957, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.^[2] The title is a play on room and board, just like the Sylvester and Tweety short Room and Bird. This is one of the few shorts where the Road Runner shows a soft side for Wile E. Coyote and spares him.

After the Road Runner runs him off a cliff, Wile E. Coyote studies a book called The Art of Roadrunner Trapping for some new ideas. He tries to dig a hole in the road, but cannot successfully handle a jackhammer. Other attempted traps include a brick wall, a plate of birdseed attached to a beehive, an anvil, a ramp with a bomb at the top, a catapult, and a harpoon gun with a rope on one end. Wile E. gets his foot caught in the rope and gets hit by a truck and a train. After Wile E.'s traumatizing experience with the harpoon, he breaks down in tears. The Road Runner zips up behind Wile E., but doesn't have the heart to beep at him that time.

The music is Dance of the Comedians from The Bartered Bride by Bedrich Smetana.^[3]

• Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies filmography (1950–1959)

• Zoom and Bored at IMDb