Trust me, this rivals that woman who suffered horrific burns when hot coffee spilled on her lap. This supersedes that case where the defective part in the Audi made those cars lurch forward on their own, without any prompting.
No, this is the case of someone who purchased products from a mail-order company, expecting them to work, only to discover – to his utter dismay and to eventual body harm – that the products were about as a defective as a $1.95 wristwatch.
Specifically … this guy.
Yep. A sentient and anthropomorphic coyote who yearns for sustenance in the Mojave Desert. Trying to catch that elusive Road Runner – because, hey, your boy gotta eat. But since roadrunners are faster than coyotes, sometimes you need to order some equalizers. And that would include the Amazon of the era – products from the ACME Corporation.
But the ACME Corporation’s products are rather faulty, to the detriment of the coyote’s existence. Such is the basis for over 70 years of classic comedy.
That being said … our furry friend may have a true products liability case. If you purchase defective products, you are certainly entitled to compensation.
And in 1990, a New Yorker reporter created a totally logical scenario where Wile E. Coyote decided, instead of taking matters into his own hands, to take the ACME Corporation to court. Thus began the article Coyote v. ACME, which I’ve linked to here.
Eventually that article grew a life of its own, and the story evolved into a live action-animated motion picture. And in 2022, we got Coyote vs. Acme, the movie.
And then it was taken away from us.
See, at the time, the head honcho at Warner Bros. was David Zazlav, a man who never saw a tax break he couldn’t exploit. Several films that were completed or almost finished were cancelled and shelved under Zazlav’s stewardship, including a live-action Batgirl, a new animated Scooby-Doo film, and the Coyote vs. ACME project.
Okay. We could live without another Scooby-Doo movie. I think the WORLD could live without another Scooby-Doo movie. Trust me, I saw the two seasons of Velma on HBO Max and I almost cancelled my streaming subscription. And as for the Batgirl film … if there’s no Yvonne Craig, there’s no Batgirl. Do not make me explain this in more detail.
But the Coyote vs. ACME film. That hurt the most. This looked like it would be a fun two-hour romp. A mixture of live action and hand-drawn animation in the style of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Space Jam.
Eventually, I don’t know how it happened, but Warner Bros. saw the success of another full-length film that featured the classic Warner Bros. characters, The Deay the Earth Blew Up – you know, that one with Daffy Duck and Porky Pig – a film that Warner Bros. finished and then threw in the vault for a tax write-off. Somehow the studio relented, the film got released, and it was a box-office smash.
So … some back-stage negotiations between Hollywood lawyers (whom I understand could squeeze blood out of a stone), and Coyote vs. ACME has a release date.
In other words … we can actually WATCH this film. And not through “alternative” underground platforms. In real movie theaters with real quiescent oiled popcorn and overpriced candy bars.
I mean … here’s the trailer. With Will Arnett and John Cena, no less.
Oh yeah. I’m so ready for this.
Coyote vs. ACME hits movie screens on August 28.
That’s all, folks!
Chuck The Writer 
Like you, I grew up with Yvonne Craig as Batgirl. However, Zaslav, being a moron, had more, ah, ulterior reasons for shelving the movie that, IMO, didn’t have anything to do with tax breaks. After all, he’s a right wing dirtbag. Back to the subject at hand. Coyote vs. ACME looks like fun. Zaslav, OBTW, is out, as you mentioned, getting a sweetheart severance package before the merger with Skydance-Paramount is final. He owes us the truth about some of his decisions.
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one of my fave cartoons
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Ditto!
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