The Road Runner cartoons created in the mid to late 1960's, after the original Warner Bros. cartoon studio shut down, and made without creator Chuck Jones, are widely panned by many. But despite the limited animation and canned musical score re-edited over and over again in the 11 shorts directed by Rudy Larriva, there were a few highlights. The final three gags in "Highway Runnery" (Rudy Larriva, 1965) are worth another look. One gag, the "electric fan sail", is actually iconic and well-remembe

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