'From Roadways to Cartoons: Unveiling the Surprising Origins of 'ACME' in Looney Tunes!'

Here's a quick story about the use and term ACME in American History. Where did it come from? Is it an acronym for something? Does history show us more about cartoons and the nature of institutions and social structures?

00:00 intro
00:45 where it came from
02:20 search engines and phone books
03:18 ACME in america
04:45 Who framed roger rabbit and roads

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[MrJayrock]

The one thing most people don’t realize is near the end of the RoadRunner series, it’s revealed that the ACME Corporation is owned by the RoadRunner himself. So not only did he guarantee his success for survival, he profited off it too.

[Owufbtlow]

We have a supermarket chain named Acme in the Philadelphia area and growing up I thought that’s where Wile E. Coyote bought his gadgets. My dad told me only he was allowed to buy those things when I’d ask to buy them when we went food shopping.

[allenatkins]

I wrote a paper in college with Wile E. Coyote suing ACME over defective products.

[michaeldriscoll]

My family is from Philadelphia and we never understood why Wile E. Coyote bought all his stuff from our local grocery store

[lewisdoherty]

I saw a flyer distributed by a sheriff's department telling those in their service area that people shouldn't worry about the coyotes and the police will not respond to calls concerning them unless they were carrying a product from ACME, a giant magnet, wearing springs on the feet, etc.

[alfinpogform]

I enjoyed this, thanks - the music is a bit too loud compared to the narrative audio though.

[s.d.]

I grew up in a town where the biggest grocery store was an ACME. This made watching loony toons fascinating to me, since I at one point thought I could by whatever gizmo, the coyote used in the show, at the same place we got our dinner, if I just had enough cash. To this day, roadrunner is by far my favorite of the loony toons.

[vaclavholek]

I used to do business with a company named A&A Manufacturing. I always assumed that the "A&A" stood for Attachments and Accessories" but when the company changed its name to "Dynatect" about 8 years ago, my local sales rep revealed that "A&A" had no meaning, whatsoever, and the founders of the company just wanted to be listed first in phone books and the Thomas Directory.

Side note: The new name "Dynatect" is short for "Dynamic Protection."

[Yngvarfo]

Acme appeared in James Bond, too. In the movie Diamonds Are Forever, Bond claims at one point to work for Acme Exterminators.

[Jarod-vgwq]

For a law class in high cholesterol I wrote a paper about a defence case for Wil E-coyote on why he should be compensated for all the injuries he got form ACME products he used(frankly he should get to sue)

[mysticwolf]

When I was little, we had a huge cardboard container in our pantry in which my Mom kept all the plastic cutlery and paper plates and cups for our picnics, and the outside lettering read ACME Pretzels. I remember thinking, "I didn't realize the place that Wile E. Coyote bought all his contaptions from also made pretzels!"

[STho]

It could have a lot to do with
ACME anvils...as most of the early sheepdog and wolf turned into W. Coyote involved ACME anvils.

[spazmaticaa]

ACME is also a trapezoidal thread type. I thought I had heard it used in the real world before.

[eatjoes]

Don't forget the town of Acme, Pennsylvania

[PatrickDKing]

We had an Acme grocery store when I was a kid. There was really only mom and pops around at the time.

[JohnPatterson-kzjr]

There's a small community in Hardeman County in the Texas Panhandle named Acme.
Also as a kid I wore Acme Cowboy Boots.

[acsaudiodramas]

I waited for this video at least for 33 years! Thank you!

[jackfrost]

Very well done and entertaining, haven't thought about that with Roger Rabbit in quite a while. The bad guys really did win in the end of that movie.

[joezelljr]

I worked in an Acme store for 4 yrs. Had to leave because long story short it was a toxic work environment


I always told friends and family i was in charge of preparing packages to a very determined Coyote

[dyscotopia]

As the great grandson of the ACME ruler company founder, I can assure you it was not at all fictional. It was Canadian however, founded by American migrants. Really well done video. Was shocked to see how new you are at this!