Remember reading this years ago. Apparently the Road Runner creators had some ' Rules' (usually followed in all the cartoons but not always)- "The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going 'Beep-Beep!'" "No outside force can harm the Coyote — only his own ineptitude or the failure of the Acme products." "The Coyote could stop anytime — if he were not a fanatic. (Repeat: 'A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim.' — George Santayana)." "No dialogue ever, except 'Beep-Beep!'" "The Road Runner must stay on the road — otherwise, logically, he would not be called a Road Runner." "All action must be confined to the natural environment of the two characters — the southwest American desert." "All materials tools, weapons, or mechanical conveniences must be obtained from the Acme Corporation." "Whenever possible, make gravity the Coyote's greatest enemy." "The Coyote is always more humiliated than harmed by his failures."
@Barry Ancona I don't know if you saw this, but in that period when you weren't posting, I tried to lure you to post by posting something that you typically come down on with both feet. I said that I was trying to draw you out, but apparently "the roadrunner is too clever for this coyote". Someone, I wish I could remember for sure (please take a bow), posted "Barry says, 'Beep, beep'". I laughed until I cried.
@Barry Ancona That was the first thing I thought upon completing the puzzle. It was always Meep-Meep to me but I do see there is an online debate on this as Warner Brothers says it is beep beep.
What a fun puzzle - I smiled all through the solve. Sometimes I think we overly focus on difficulty and forget about joy.
@Wes Right, famous talk show hostess, from NOLA- Okra Winfrey.
@Wes OKRAS yesterday annoyed me, as the plural is just OKRA.
I just happened to see this cartoon last night on the Me Cartoon channel. Or whatever it's called. Personally, I never found the roadrunner cartoons to be the best work from the studio, but they're ok. Nonethess, it was irksome to see that the required sound effect was "BEEP BEEP", when the sound is very clearly "MEEP MEEP"! :) Also, despite what's published by right-wing sources, there is no established group called "antifa". It's a boogie-man construct the right uses to scare its ranks. Might be best just to avoid using it in the future.
@S Godwin I had the same thought about "antifa". Thanks for bringing that up.
@S Godwin Funny how several commenters have felt the need to point out that antifa is NOT an “organization” (and that this claim is an invention of the right)…and yet the clue only referred to it as a “movement”.
@JUDITH CONRAD it is a stance more than anything, short for "anti-fascist", which says a lot about the people who get enraged over it. Also, being "antifa" should be as basic as it gets.
Awesome puzzle, I loved noticing Coyote and the anvil! The 'HELP' sign was the icing on the cake 👌 Super job Daniel, thanks!
7 seconds off my best ever Sunday time. I will die on the mEEP mEEP hill though.
@abelsey Also a PB for me (1st time sub-20 min) MEEP-MEEP!!!
@abelsey yeah, beep beep is how you show 'em that a Cadillac is not a car to scorn.
@abelsey YES! It is Meep Meep!
Hah! And this is true ... Chuck Jones' original name for the Road Runner's nemesis was Don Coyote. Et tu, emu.
@Lewis that is actually very good.
@Lewis Don Coyote would have been the perfect foil to a character called Windy Miller who featured In the British kids’ show Camberwick Green. Alas I think the latter had no falling anvils.
I have to say that including "antifa" this week in particular feels a little unfortunate at best, and inflammatory at worst. #ReadTheRoom
@Chris Chamberlain First off, these puzzles are not authored/edited a few days before publication — i.e. it’s entirely fair to assume that this grid was completed prior to the last week’s events. But even if this puzzle had been created yesterday, how could including “antifa” as an answer in the NYT’s daily crossword puzzle be “inflammatory”? Who/what could possibly be inflamed by that? Please give the manufactures outrage a rest.
@Anonymous I didn't see the comment as expressing outrage. It was actually pretty neasured and mild. And note that inflammatory was the "at worst" description. But giving credence to the misrepresentations of the right is indeed unfortunate and should be avoided. As another commenter noted, the existence of a broad leftwing organization called antifa is a right-wing fiction.
Ok. I will plant my flag on the mEEP mEEP hill. ANTIFA. No, it’s not an organisation. It’s a right wing thought bubble. What is a TEA PITCHER? How does it differ from a teapot? Is it for cold drinks? Cold tea isn’t so much a thing here, unless the young ‘uns have picked up such a heathen concept. Good Sunday puzzle, chewy but fun. Love the art work, once I got the theme. Always loved ROAD RUNNER; the ACME instant tunnel cracked me up every time. Yep, still wheezing and coughing here. Am going to try for a GP appointment tomorrow. Wish me luck.
@Helen Wright I wish you all the luck that an elderly pessimist with a bad attitude can offer. I've come to look for your posts. You are 100% correct, that "antifa" is a boogey man that the right has created from nothing. Not that facts matter in the slightest any longer. I loved the painted tunnels, too. A sight gag that works Every. Single. Time. I hope you feel better. Although I wish you'd reconsider "beep, beep".
@Helen Wright Agree with you. Was taken aback by clue and answer.
@Helen Wright I have a glass pitcher for iced tea, which I guess never caught on in the UK. Also suitable for sangria. And while ANTIFA may eschew formal structure, they are definitely a thing here. An old friend of mine is involved with the Boston chapter...as an artist, not a rock-thrower.
A morass of arcane trivia and bad fill, which I managed to solve unaided in about 40 minutes. Hope others liked this one a lot more than I did. Beep! Beep!
@Xword Junkie Why do you feel the need to take time from your day to trash such a fun puzzle that many of us will enjoy, bringing back memories of happy times spent watching the genius that is a Chuck Jones cartoon? Are you that unhappy with yourself that you have to bring us down with you?
@Xword Junkie Everyone has their right to express their opinion. But man, you probably picked the wrong one to hate on. If you get more than 3 recs, I’ll be shocked. Even with this being a Sunday. So many more visitors
@Xword Junkie There in the ivory tower, where I sat watching cartoons with a panel of grey bearded guardians of arcana, even they thought Wilee and the Road Runner were funny, and afterward were heard whispering to each other "meep meep" or "beep beep" (it was hard to tell which), and were giggling.
@Xword Junkie I guess I’m not the wet blanket today 😂. Vive la difference! I gave you a rec 🤓
@Xword Junkie I’m with you here. I didn’t particularly enjoy this puzzle or its theme, and I find the “grid art” too much of a stretch to be particularly clever/fun. Also: while this was generally an exceptionally easy puzzle, that GINZA / ZIN crossing is pretty ridiculous.
@Xword Junkie 40 minutes for a puzzle like this? "Skill issue" as the gamers say. I thought it was delightful. Delightful, easy, good fill, nice flow to it, and a very creative idea and grid.
@Xword Junkie I certainly did! One of the most fun puzzles I've solved in a long time. And I was only one minute off my personal best, so the problem may not lie with the puzzle's difficulty.
@Xword Junkie I notice that you (wisely) don't list the clues in your "morass of arcane trivia". Otherwise smart alecks (like me) would be telling you, "That's all well-known information by any intelligent solver." I'll note that this was a relatively easy solve for me. YMMV. I hate it when we disagree, though.
@Xword Junkie Congratulations(?) on getting so much attention! I'm surprised that your simple statement of opinion has drawn so much IRE. I look forward to coming back at the end of the day and see who wins the "competition" between you and @Tom!
So much fun! Love the anvil and coyote that popped up at the end! Great cluing and answers. Thanks, Daniel!
I've been doing the puzzles regularly, even if I haven't hung out in Comments much lately... but I do pop in here once in a while. Have had a few hiccups in my streaks from now and then simply not getting 'round to doing the puzzle in time and then catching up… to some gold, some blue due to two full days between. Oh well... but it makes the month-of-puzzles page look a bit like my Alma Mater, UMich. Blo gue! 🟨🟦 I have just two things to say about today's puzzle: 1) When I finally copped onto who the characters were that all those clues referred to, I gave truth/resonance to the constructor's name by getting a big Grin(berg)!! Delightful, fun puzzle, fantastic graphic, very lovely Sunday crossword. And the other thing I have to say, passing through here? Simple: MEEEP MEEEP! *swiiissshhh* 〰️〰️💨💨
@Becca Ah, my sentiments exactly. In the early days of Internet chat intra-university, I made a friend with a fellow student whose online name was Meep after the call of the cartoon desert bird.
Heehee, can’t help but imagine another hilarious mishap for poor old Wile E, involving the ACME brand AB ROLLER. Fill in the details yourself.
@Cat Lady Margaret I was never much of a Roadrunner fan, but this puzzle was fun and imagining Wile E. being done in by an ab roller is very funny to contemplate, so thanks!
It's "meep meep". Fight me.
@Catherine lolllll i thought the same
@Catherine "Meep meep!" is definitely how Mel Blanc voiced it. Ain't no B's in there.
@Catherine Facts. almost threw me off the theme lol. (not really but still haha)
@Catherine Absolutely “ meep meep”. Mel Blanc said it himself. I believe it was on an appearance of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.
@Catherine I was really hoping we were going to get a Schrodinger puzzle there. Alas.
It was seeming to be a fun puzzle until I got to 69A. At that point I stopped solving and downloaded the Washington Post puzzle for my Sunday puzzle fix. ANTIFA does not exist. It is a creation of Donald Trump's fevered so-called-mind. You can clue it as a right-wing fantasy if you want, but you cannot clue it as a left wing movement. I am quite thoroughly imbedded in the left wing and I do not know a single person who claims to be part of it. Let us try to stick to truth in cluing in the future.
@JUDITH CONRAD Just because you don't know anyone identifying as antifa doesn't mean that it doesn't exist. From the NYT in 2020... <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-antifa-trump.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/article/what-antifa-trump.html</a>
@JUDITH CONRAD that is patently false it exists on both the left and right radical spectrums as non centralized extremism its simply an umbrella term and does not refer to a specific group nor imply those on the 'left' are Antifa the right extreme is simply called the 'right wing'
Post-solve thoughts about Wilee: • I loved his falls down the canyon, often accompanied by the sound of a slide whistle, and often seen from above, where he got smaller and smaller until he was just a dot; then came the explosion, with clouds of dust, and afterward, a closeup of him dazed, determined to find a new way to get the Road Runner. • I forgot that he never spoke, that when he had something to say he held up a sign, like the HELP in the grid. • Most important, now that I think about him, I love his determination and hopeful outlook. There’s a bit of Thomas Edison in him. No matter how many times Wilee failed, he knew he’d succeed the next time. He never gave up. Determination like that often gets things done that have never been done before. When a puzzle is a hoot and trigger of inspiration in addition to a fill-in, it’s a big winner in my book. Thank you for this, Daniel!
A couple of grid nerd-notes: • Sunday puzzles average 74 black squares; today’s had 100 due to the grid art. Before the puzzle I couldn’t figure out what those big blotches were. Now, to me, they are gorgeous. Not only do they capture the anvil and Wilee, but that anvil is so close to flattening Wilee, it feels to me as if it is moving. • Because of the grid art, the puzzle is asymmetrical, but Daniel skillfully gave it a symmetrical echo, with many left-right black square symmetry.
@Lewis I loved your analysis of the Sisyphean nature of poor old Wile E. Coyote. No matter how wile he is, he'll never get that reward. I have often seen him as a fellow traveller.
@Lewis I never thought of Wile E Coyote as an exemplar of hope and determination. More of a reminder that those who set out to harm or prey on others often bring heaping coals (or accelerating anvils) on their own heads.
@Lewis I loved the faux Latin taxonyms in the captions, like hot-roddicus supersonicus and eatibus anythingus. I found a list of them in the wiki, sorted by episode: <a href="https://looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Latin_Names" target="_blank">https://looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Latin_Names</a>
I'm just so upset! When I couldn't fill OKRAs in, which is obviously the most favored way to speak of the vegetable, I assumed it was a rebus puzzle. When I didn't get the gold star, I had to spend hours flyspecking and finally take out that extra s I put in as a rebus. Not fair!! Har!n In actuality, I had roux before okra for Cajun staple to start with. My only slowdown was putting in papaya instead of KAHUNA at 33D. I may be one of few people who has never watched Pulp Fiction. I know enough about it but certainly not the fictional hamburger joint. Papaya Burger seemed like a great answer to me. Though I'm more of a mango and pineapple girl, myself!! Anyhow, fast and cute, just like that speedy old ROADRUNNER! mEEP, mEEP! I don't remember their name but I kind of feel bad for the commenter on Saturday's puzzle, who stated they didn't want to see any more cartoon characters, etc in the puzzles. Whoops! 😬 Better luck tomorrow!! ☺️
@HeathieJ I’m not a fan of Tarantino- he uses violence as a crutch most of the time, it’s lazy. But I loved Pulp Fiction when it came out, despite the violence. It was written by Tarantino and Roger Avary (although Tarantino didn’t want to give Avary credit). And maybe that’s why it’s better than others by Tarantino, about which I say Meh.
@HeathieJ "Papaya" is a fun word, but KAHUNA is even funner. Perhaps when you entered PAPAYA, you were thinking of the legendary hot dog franchise Gray's Papaya. <a href="https://grayspapaya.nyc" target="_blank">https://grayspapaya.nyc</a>/ The diner that Uma Thurman and John Travolta visit in "Pulp Fiction" is extremely '50s-themed. Their waiter is dressed up to look like Buddy Holly, and it takes a minute to realize that this is a young Steve Buscemi. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSWe3ga9ObI" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSWe3ga9ObI</a> (No violence or danger in this scene.)
what a search says about "meep" vs. "beep": "The Road Runner says both "meep" and "beep" depending on the version. The original sound was a "meep meep," recorded by animator Paul Julian, but "beep beep" later became the official version to match the theme song and sounds of the car horn on the Plymouth Roadrunner car. The "Meep Meep" Era Origin: The phrase originated with Paul Julian, an animator for the cartoons. Inspiration: Julian would say "meep, meep" to avoid bumping into colleagues in the studio. Adoption: His voice was recorded and sped up to become the Road Runner's iconic sound. Preference: Julian's preferred spelling was "hmeep hmeep" or "mweep, mweep". The "Beep Beep" Era Theme Song: The theme song, "Beep Beep," solidified this sound as official. Car Inspiration: The phrase also mimicked the horn of the Plymouth Road Runner car from the 1960s. Official Status: "Beep beep" became the accepted catchphrase, even in official YouTube videos of the character."
@The Poet McTeagle Wait! What happened to The Little Nash Rambler? Did it get bLeeped?
22 mins, a new PB for a Sunday! Honestly thought it was ‘meep meep’, but who’s complaining
🫤 I thought I had looked up all my unknowns and handled all problem spots with intelligent guesses. But no, I did not get my gold star upon entering the final letter. I was not prepared to flyspeck a zillion squares so I checked the puzzle. It was the crossing of the actress and the gel that got me. I remembered her name as AzO, and EzEGEL looked fine - I thought it was an American brand, and they can have much more slily names than that. To me that square was a natick. The theme didn't grab me. Already as a child I didn't much like the Roadrunner cartoons. Every episode was exactly the same and the hapless coyote was unlikeable, but not nearly as much as the smug bird. I wonder, is there a crossover between fans of this cartoon and the equally unfunny three stooges? Also, I thought the catchphrase was mEEPmEEP - that's what it sounded like to me, anyway.
@Andrzej My God, a community, networked though it may be, where I can actually take part in a discussion with civilized, intelligent people (reportedly), about whether the Road Runner was saying "Meep, Meep" or "Beep, Beep". I feel like I'm in a Twilight Zone episode. Concerning the repetitiveness of the cartoon...yeah, that is interesting. I've found playing with my grandchildren that they absolutely love knowing what's coming and delighting in it. And they can go through it time after time after time, long after you, the grandfather, are sick to death of it, enjoying every second of it.
@Andrzej On a separate note... my wife and daughter are currently in Tennessee readying to bring two dogs up to Minneapolis, to my (ok, "our") house. One of the dogs is quite old, and all we're really expecting to do for this one is to provide a nice, comfortable send off into what I can only hope is either nothingness or a better world. The younger one, though, will quite likely outlive me, so I can fairly say that this day, September 14, 2025 will be my last dogless day on earth. Don't get me wrong. I love dogs. I probably love dogs too much. But I am a lone wolf, in a lot of respects. And I'm not really wanting to spend the rest of my days responsible for the happiness of a pet, however deserving. And yet that seems to be my penitence for the sins of my youth. The wonderful thing about this forum is that I feel as if I can express my concerns and nobody will know who the weirdo is. Anyway, tomorrow I get to tend to the needs of two very unlucky dogs, who lost a home in mid to late life. I hope I'm up to it.
@Andrzej I, too, had trouble with that crossing. AdO struck me as a name that I had heard somewhere, and EdEGEL could easily be a brand for skin treatment. (There are millions of such goos in American department stores.) I like your brand name better, especially if you could drop the second E: EZ-GEL seems quite plausible. AzO does appear occasionally in NYTimes puzzles, but usually as a kind of "dye". For me, recognizing that the ending was GEL made me realize the folly of my ways, and I was able to correct my mistake quickly. I, too, was never a fan of ROAD RUNNER cartoons. It was not the gratuitous violence that bothered me, but the boring repetitiveness of the plots. I was quickly rooting for the COYOTE...and was therefore always disappointed. "The Three Stooges", on the other hand, was a favorite of mine as a child. Although I didn't like Moe (he was just mean), I loved Curly. It's still a guilty pleasure, although I can only bear it now in small doses. I'm sure there are cultural critics out there who will tell us the meaning of our interest in such things.
I haven't commented in a while, but I think this might be one of my favorite NYT crosswords of all time! As a longtime fan of Looney Tunes I was smiling like a child the whole time, hats off to you Daniel Grinberg!
I always check the comments for the controversy du JOUR. I doubt it’ll ever get sillier than meep meep versus BEEP BEEP. (Though I’m a meep-meep-truther.)
Uneducated 20-something here, I didn't really watch much Looney Tunes. As a kid, sometimes I'd catch a scene or two on the Boomerang channel, but that was it. This puzzle was a fun way to learn about a cartoon I probably shouldn't have skipped over. Thank you for a fun puzzle! I have a feeling I'm spending the rest of today watching Wile E Coyote on YouTube.
@Michael while you're watching, check out bug bunny too. 😜
Bro. PR. Bro I usually loathe Sundays because I solve on my standard size phone. But I’m old. So I have to zoom in, then once you fill in an answer the cursor jumps all over the place because the grid doesn’t fit on the screen. And honestly finding that incorrect cell is just torture on a 21x21 grid. Even when I’m flying. It still takes me 45 minutes. Today. A personal best / personal record. This will never be broken. Unless I start solving in a laptop, where I can type in answers. Today. I was BEEP BEEP. and that two tone shading in cells that comprise Wily ears, nose, and neck. Great work. Tech team.
@Weak When I saw on a Sunday on my phone, I turn that setting off in settings, so that I can dictate where the cursor goes. It doesn't bother me on weekday puzzles on my phone, but on Saturday it definitely does. Congrats on your new PR!
@Weak Thank you for sending “the rules” for my favorite childhood cartoon . A nice addition to a delightful puzzle.
@Weak you can turn off the option that makes the cursor jump after a word is filled. I did and it’s much more peaceful.
Gah! I always mix up ADOLPHE Sax and ADOLPHo Kazoo.
@ad absurdum Not to many people named ADOLPHE (or Adolpho) these days. I wonder why.
Mostly a good puzzle but the middle gave me trouble. It’s meep meep, I know this because I watched the show.
Lots of debut, some granola. Glad I had the previous Mel Blanc man of a thousand voices puzzle done from a couple of months ago. Thanks for the great puzzle. The anvil in the middle was a great clue.
There's some argument as to whether Roadrunner says Meep Meep or Beep Beep. There's no argument that David Bowie says Beep Beep in Fashion, though it's not produced by ENO. <a href="https://youtu.be/F-z6u5hFgPk?si=qqvcRKC07o6vwsdG" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/F-z6u5hFgPk?si=qqvcRKC07o6vwsdG</a>
@Vaer I stopped listening to pop music in 1974 when I went off to grad school. So I was used to rock being "Share the Land" and "Woodstock" and "Ohio" and "Whoopie, we're all gonna die". Many years later, apparently about the time of this video, I happened to be in a hotel room and this video was playing. I was transfixed. It was like I was Rip Van Winkle, and had been asleep for a decade. First of all, what's this "fashion"? Fashion to me meant whatever I could afford. Second, the "Beep, beep" was weirdly disconcerting. I didn't know what to do with that. And that's what made me the man I am today.
@Vaer i always love a bowie reference!
No cigar. Not even close. Just couldn't get anywhere with this one. Used to watch those cartoons a lot but never caught on to the theme with this one. Not sure why. No big deal. That's just me. See you tomorrow. ...
@Rich in Atlanta It happens to the best of us. It happens to the rest of us.
@Rich in Atlanta My reaction as well.
@Rich in Atlanta If it's any consolation, the cigar was an ACME product, and it exploded.
Oh, the shame of it. That desert fur, Coiled, taut, wound, fused hot Fury and ire amalgamated with ill-spent hopes Perched atop a dream of exhilirating capture A primitive, cartoonish acrobatic sext. Oh, would that he of burst rockets Busted springs and wounded pride Would rage less, Pause, Love more And find a more reputable mailorder supplier.
These cartoons show just what a waste it was to extend the US interstate system to Arizona. Never a car--not one! Imagine spending all this money just to facilitate the antics of a bird and a coyote. Barry Goldwater would be rolling over in his grave.
@Jeff Z But I'm pretty sure there were trucks, along with the occasional bulldozer--driven, unless I'm mistaken, by the Roadrunner. Surely you remember Wile E. turning to face the grille of the oncoming truck.
TIL that FASTANDFURRYOUS and steamboatwillie have the same number of letters. I liked it. I was always team Warner Bros. over Disney. No shade.
In my book, Roadrunner is the devious one.
@Michael Ostroff Right? It wasn't Wile E. Coyote's fault that his digestive system couldn't provide nourishment from what the road runner ate. I think this is speciesism in the worst possible way.
Learned something from this week's puzzles. I'm back from a five-day hiking trip in the Grand Tetons with no cell service. Previously if I missed a day I could always just make sure to do the day I missed first and then the current puzzle and the streak would remain intact. However, this doesn't work when you are gone for 5 days. My best guesstimate based on this trip and the pattern of blue and gold stars that resulted from solving all the puzzles I missed in order is that it only works for three days. So for now the streak ends at 309. I do plan on emailing <a href="mailto:NYTGames@nytimes.com">NYTGames@nytimes.com</a> to see if they can reinstate my streak. If not, I still had an epic trip and look forward to starting a new streak!
@Dave Munger That sounds like a great trip. When the NYT Tech Guild went on strike last year, I didn't do the crossword for a week. When they went back to work and lifted the request for a boycott, I did the puzzles I'd missed in the order in which they were published — and lost a streak of 640 or something like that.
@Dave Munger I lost my initial streak in 2019 when I was vacationing in Europe. I solved every puzzle but neglected to log on to the internet for 24 hours. I figured that if you don't log in before the puzzle deadline you lose your streak. Maybe they have extended it now.
@Dave Munger spending 5 days in the Tetons is worth losing any streak....
@Dave Munger Very useful information. I am regularly offline for 1, 2, or sometimes even three consecutive days and had therefore abandoned any idea of a long-term streak. You have revived my dimmed ambitions.
Here is my contribution to the BEEP BEEP-MEEP MEEP debate. If you go by the theme song it is BEEP BEEP. If you go by the road runner's voice it is MEEP MEEP. So I'd go with MEEP MEEP unless the roadrunner had a speech impedibent.
hazard of coaching singers for a living: i thought that “silence-enforcing doc” was ENT
@deborah So did I! Friends were put on 'vocal rest' by the ENT for over-use injury to their voices!! This was my first thought, but eventually I remembered our son applied to a job that required (just to be interviewed!) an NDA signature.... which seemed bizarre, but "trade secrets" are a thing....
I almost never solve in the evening, so it's rare for me to be here so early. But I have to say that I seem to remember that Chuck Jones had rules for the ROADRUNNER/WILE E. COYOTE universe, and one of them was that the ACME CORPORATION products were *never* faulty; they did not fail, WILE E. simply managed to misuse them. That's borne out by the clip we just saw linked, even though I don't think the CORPORATION was specifically named in this first appearance. Oddly, for some reason someone recently reposted this several-years-old post from the Paramus NJ police. It itself was a repost from a Monroe County NY post. You needn't read the article, just scroll down to the screen grab of the Facebook post. <a href="https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/paramus/2018/08/29/paramus-police-puts-humorous-spin-coyote-warnings/1130831002" target="_blank">https://www.northjersey.com/story/news/bergen/paramus/2018/08/29/paramus-police-puts-humorous-spin-coyote-warnings/1130831002</a>/
@Bob T. Versions of this regularly pop up all over the place and never fail to make me chuckle.
@Bob T. I loved your post about Brian Eno yesterday. On a sort of similar note, I met someone from Natick, MA recently. They had no idea that they live in one of the most famous places in Crosslandia.
I flat ironed out the kinks and solved this delightful puzzle slowly, deliciously, remembering all the screaming and laughing at the Saturday matinees. Those two were hilarious! When I finally saw a real roadrunner in Texas, what a letdown. Wilee would have got him first try. Thank you Mel and Chuck for all the fun, and thank YOU, Daniel Grinberg, for giving them back to us.
The YouTube video includes only part of "Fast and Furry-ous." To see the entire film, go to <a href="https://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/fast-and-furry-ous" target="_blank">https://www.supercartoons.net/cartoon/fast-and-furry-ous</a>/
@laviolet thanks…some of the funniest LOL scenes are in the full version and missing in the other.
WILE E. COYOTE has a voice?! Who knew? Today I learned the hard way that CHUCK JONES and Walt Disney have the same number of letters (and even a couple of common ones). I stand firmly with Team Meep Meep.
@Andrew Interestingly, FASTANDFURRYOUS and steamboatwillie also have the same number of letters. I quickly caught on that it was about cartoon characters but I thought of the wrong ones first.
Loved this one. My favorite cartoon, and the roadrunner is my favorite bird. They are quite tame here in the city. One visits my yard almost daily and will come within a few feet of me. It keeps the area free of vermin as it eats anything that moves.
@Mark So it doesn't take the left turn there in Albuquerque? I don't know why, but that bit always killed me.
Beyond the usual metrics like 'time to solve' and 'like / don't like', it's interesting to see how a puzzle gets solvers to engage and share after the experience. In this thread alone, the constructor has inspired solvers around the world to share: - whether they're team beep beep or meep meep - studio rules guiding character behavior like the rule Wile E can only buy from ACME - what his middle initial E stands for - that epic Paramus NJPD antic warning to stay away from coyotes 'on roller skates with rockets attached... Brilliant. And what a fun puzzle. Beep Beep!
I've never been sure whether it was "meep-beep" or "beep-meep." Loved the rebus at 34D, fitting PREPARATION H into six squares.
@Bill Before yesterday, I would have said it was “Beep beep.” But in the clip Caitlin linked to, it sounds more like “Meep meep” to me. What kind of a—hole would use Preparation H that way? (Yes, I’ve read that suggestion.)
wow! doesn't get better than this thanks for an all time classic!
Too easy (under 30 minutes), but it was so cute and so fun that I don't mind at all ... :)
I enjoyed today’s puzzle quite a bit! The theme brought me back to my childhood (I’m sorry but I’m in the BEEPBEEP camp all day long) and even though I caught on quickly it was still challenging in spots, especially smack in the middle. I loved the grid art and its eccentricities were definitely worth it in the support of the theme, although I’m not entirely sold on the unchecked letters in DODGE (maybe because I had EVADE to start with). Thanks for another fun Sunday.
@SP Like Stealers Wheel, stuck in the middle with you.
@SP BeepBeepers are good people. Salt of the earth.
A delightful and fun puzzle, well done!
Fun Sunday with a little nostalgia. I’m firmly in the mEEP mEEP camp. Great grid art. Speedy solve. Thank you, Daniel. 💨💨💨 meep meep!!