Hook, Line and Stinker explained

Director:	Chuck Jones
Story:	Michael Maltese
Animator:	Character animation by the trio: Richard Thompson Ken Harris Ben Washam Effects animation by the solo: Harry Love (uncredited)
Layout Artist:	Philip DeGuard
Background Artist:	Philip DeGuard
Starring:	Paul Julian (uncredited)
Music:	Stock music produced, directed, written and composed by: John Seely (credited) and his composers (uncredited)
Producer:	John W. Burton (uncredited)
Studio:	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor:	Warner Bros.
Released:	(with The Old Man and the Sea)
Country:	United States
Color Process:	Technicolor
Runtime:	6 minutes

Hook, Line and Stinker is a 1958 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The title is a pun on the idiom Hook, Line and Sinker.^[1] The short was released on October 11, 1958 with The Old Man and the Sea, and stars Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner.^[2] When shown on Boomerang USA, this short plays in PAL audio.

Plot

The familiar chase between Wile E. Coyote (also known as "Famishius-Famishus"), and the Road Runner (or "Burnius-Roadibus), unfolds with its classic slapstick humor.

1. Coyote sets a trap with a washtub and dynamite, but ends up encased in a tube from the explosion.
2. Attempting to bash the Road Runner with a sledgehammer, Coyote gets bashed himself due to mishap.
3. ACME bird seed on railroad tracks leads to Coyote being flattened by a passing train.
4. Coyote's attempt to catch Road Runner with a harpoon attached to a balloon backfires as he gets struck by lightning.
5. Dynamite trap backfires as Coyote ends up blown up by his own detonator.
6. Using a piano suspended by a rope, Coyote's plan fails as he ends up with piano keys for teeth after the piano drops on him.
7. An intricate Rube Goldberg-style contraption sets off dynamite intended for Road Runner, but Coyote ends up as the unintended target, resulting in a humorous yet familiar conclusion.

Despite his elaborate schemes, Coyote's endeavors always end in comedic failure, leaving him battered and defeated while Road Runner speeds off unscathed.

Home media

• VHS- Auntie Mame (A Night At The Movies issue)
• VHS- Wile. E. Coyote Vs. Road Runner: The Classic Chase
• VHS- Chariots Of Fur
• VHS- The Stars Of Space Jam: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote
• DVD- ^[3]

See also

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Beck . Jerry . Friedwald . Will . Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons . 1989 . Henry Holt and Co . 0-8050-0894-2 . 311.
2. Book: Lenburg . Jeff . The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons . 1999 . Checkmark Books . 0-8160-3831-7 . 6 June 2020 . 128–129.
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2016-09-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160811114556/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/DVDvideo . 2016-08-11 .