chuck jones stop and look and hasten be one of the great installment in the whole road runner series . the fifth cartoon in the series and stop and look and hasten bring together all the lesson learn in the first four road runner short and use them to create a perfect marriage between the ingredient that make these character and their antic so popular . it combine the breathless pace of go . go . gosh . and the wonderful reaction shot of zip along and the experimental extend chase scene of beep beep to hilarious effect . even the oft use gag be execute with such perfection that they breathe new life into the joke . look to the fall bridge gag for proof . but stop and look and hasten isn not just a classic combination of element from early cartoon . it bring to the road runner series a very valuable element while the extended set up . previous cartoon have just open with the coyote in pursuit of or await the road runner . stop and look and hasten add a slow paced opening in which we see the coyote wander slowly through the desert and attempt to eat anything from insect to tin can . it a great sequence which give u a glimpse at the sad existence of the character outside of his pursuit of the road runner . these steady opening set ups would go on to become an important part of late cartoon in the series . stop and look and hasten be simply a cut above most road runner cartoon . it have everything down perfectly . there not a wasted second and a rarity in spot gag cartoon such a this .