This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

" . . . hit (the canyon floor in my Death Plunge)?" Wile E. Coyote plaintively pleads with his presumed creators as the Warner Bros. animated short GEE WHIZ-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z-Z wraps up. The main purpose of GEE is to illustrate the primary aspects of The Future's Quantum Physics and String Theory for the General Public of the 1950s. For instance, earlier in this cartoon Wile E. Coyote paints a mural of a fallen bridge over an imaginary canyon where neither exists, in an attempt to give the Roadrunner pause. Naturally, the mythical bird races right through this mirage, which doesn't even exist in the Mweep-Mweeper's Dimension. However, when Wile E. attempts to resume the Chase, he plunges into the canyon, since his own mind created it within HIS Dimension. Einstein could not have explicated String Theory any better. Just before Wile E.'s final travails in WHOA, he's chasing the Uncatchable Prey created by his own over-active Imagination while zooming along on an Acme Co. Wind Rider Jet, which Wile inadvertently shuts down to leave himself--and his ride--suspended over a chasm. This inert hunk of metal hangs motionless, defying the Law of Gravity, until the Roadrunner Mirage waves "Bye, bye" to Wile E., whose immediate plunge downward captures Quantum Physics in a nutshell.

Chuck Jones's 'Gee Whiz-z-z', the eighth Road Runner cartoon, introduced a significant new development into the series by replacing the sumptuous desert backgrounds with a more stylised, minimalist look. While this new look may not have been nearly as gorgeous to watch as the earlier shorts, it certainly didn't do anything to slow down the gag ratio. In fact, 'Gee Whiz-z-z' is so packed with great jokes that it forsakes the longer set-up sequences of the previous few Road Runner cartoons and pushes the action right into the credits in order to maximise the amount of time Jones has to make us laugh. 'Gee Whiz-z-z' features a few of the very best gags of the series (amongst a small handful of more forgettable moments). Chief among these is the legendary sequence with the green bat costume. On paper, this gag sounds like a weak offering but with hysterically funny facial expressions and one perfectly timed glimpse towards the camera, Jones turns it into gold and one of the most fondly remembered spot-gags in animation history. There's also a new take on the painted-scenery gag with a neat new twist. My favourite thing about 'Gee Whiz-z-z', however, is the ending in which Jones himself shares in the audiences sympathies for the Coyote so strongly that he cuts him a break with an early iris-out.

More of Wile E. Coyote - aka Eatius Birdius - trying unsuccessfully to catch Road Runner - aka Delicius Delicius. Among his Acme devices are a Batman suit, a rocket, and a fake destroyed bridge. Sure enough, they all backfire on him. I guess that "Gee Whiz-z-z-z-z-z-z" doesn't really add anything new; although, they occasionally have Road Runner quickly turn around while Wile E. keeps zooming straight ahead...most likely off of a cliff.So, even if there's nothing new here, it's always great to see what happens to Wile E. Among other things, it shows that you don't need words to be funny. And it shows that the classic cartoons are the gold standard (the more recent Looney Tunes cartoons just can't reach the quality set by their forbears). So check it out. You're sure to like it.

In this, the eighth pairing of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, the highly memorable gag of the batman type suit was first shown. And in a delightful change of the expected the crafty coyote paints a bridge, but this time it's a torn down bridge and the Road Runner goes through the painting, Wile E. is the one to go into it this time around. And as always ANY short with Wile E. in it is so VERY much worth watching, as he's one of my absolute favorite cartoon personalities of all time. This animated short can be seen on Disc 2 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. This cartoon also has an optional music only track.My Grade: A-