From Cancellation to Resurrection (With a Side of Ketchup): How 'Coyote vs. Acme' Bounced Back

In "Looney Tunes" canon, there isn't a character as frequently pancaked, dynamited or run over by a train that came out of a tunnel painted on the side of a canyon as Wile E. Coyote, who first appeared in the 1949 short "Fast and Furry-ous" alongside his foil the Roadrunner. And yet, his ineffable spirit remains. The coyote is the persistent embodiment of picking yourself up, dusting yourself off (or picking up your body parts that have been strew across a sandy gorge) and trying again – to catch that rascally Roadrunner, for sure, but also to follow your dreams, chase the rainbow, . . .