"Zoom and Bored"

"Zoom and Bored" (short), 1957. Coyote tries to catch Road Runner.

Directed by Chuck Jones. Written by Michael Maltese.

Concept: 3/4 (Good)
Story: 1/4 (Bad)
Characters: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 4/4 (Great)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent). This is the cartoon that had its production time cut short to make room for "What's Opera, Doc?" and it shows. The quality, on a technical level, is worse than any Looney Tunes of this era that I've seen.
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 4/4 (Great)
Subjective Rating: 7/10 (Good, 3/4). A couple gags are amusingly quirky, with nearly Bob Clampett levels of weird. There's also some filler, but the timing's good enough to keep it funny. It's a shame, though. There are some unique ideas in here. If they'd taken the time to do it right, this could have been really great.
Objective Rating (Average): 2.5/4 (Okay)