Hook, Line and Stinker

Hook, Line and Stinker

★ 6.9IMDb Score
Released:1958-10-11
Duration:6 min
Director:Chuck Jones
Actors:Paul Julian
Production:Warner Bros. Cartoons
Keywords:rube goldberg

Overview:

Wile E. Coyote hopes to catch the Road Runner using a mallet, a cooking pan, a TNT stick, a balloon, and a piano dropped from a precipice. The last of these results in Wile E. falling to the road below along with the piano and ending up with 88 teeth.

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