Fun fact: Coyote vs Acme used puppetry behind the scenes!
(Screencaps come from a few BTS reels posted by the crew when the film was originally cancelled: first is from the one that went viral and got taken down by Warner Bros, the rest of the images are from a video Ivan Puentes posted on his Instagram)
I was at a screening of Coyote vs Acme last night and was pleasantly surprised to spot Dave Barclay credited as "Puppeteer"! Apparently this was information that Barclay has been open about for years and the director has been talking about it in recent interviews, but it kind of flew under my radar. According to Will Forte during the Q&A after the screening, Barclay built the Looney Tunes puppets himself and would rehearse with the actors for reference and even perform them for a few takes before he'd be swapped out with a tennis ball.
Some of you might remember David Barclay played a similar role with B Lanoil on Looney Tunes: Back in Action. In that case, the puppets were originally built by the Creature Shop, but when they turned out to be too large Barclay rebuilt them himself.