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Funny No More

It's 6:OOam on a Saturday morning; do you know where your children are? Well, if they are anything like we used to be, they are probably sitting down to watch the weekend cartoons. Yeah, you remember, the one time during the whole week when you got up before the sun came out and ate a big bowl of sugar coated garbage just so you could watch Wyle E. Coyote practically kill himself trying to catch the ever illusive Road Runner. We've all seen him try and inevitably fail at this task, but we get a good laugh at his expense. And isn't that the point; to laugh at something so ridiculous that it almost hurts? Well, according to Kirsten Dockendorff's essay, " The Road to Acme Looniversity (pg.232-234)" the laughter should end and Wyle E. Coyote should succeed in killing the Road Runner. Not only would this kill a cartoon legend, but the entire chemistry in which we see between the Road Runner and Wyle E. would no longer exist. And this would be a crime because one of the best cartoons ever made would no longer be funny.In this essay by Dockendorf, it is suggested that Wyle E. succeed in capturing the Road Runner by first hiring an assassin so he "can rest easily knowing a professional was at work." Now, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize that this idea would more then likely work. But, that defeats the entire purpose of the humor in the first place. As kids, we sat down to watch the show because we knew he would fail; that's what makes it funny! Also, an assassination of the bird would mean no more cartoon. Sure, I think that once in all of our lives we wanted to see Wyle E. catch the bird, but not indefinitely. The killing of the bird means the killing of the show. When was the last time you ever saw a classic cartoon character die anyway? It just doesn't happen! No, an assassin would be no good for the show. If the Road Runner is to get caught, it ...

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