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Speedy Gonzales: Cat Tails for Two
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Speedy debuted in 1953's Cat-Tails for Two, directed by Robert McKimson and RT 6:39. This early Speedy was a meaner, skinnier, rattier-looking creation with a sizable gold front tooth.
Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all of Mexico, makes his screen debut, outwits and outruns two waterfront alley cats out for some "Mexican food."
Speedy Gonzales, the fastest mouse in all of Mexico, makes his screen debut, outwits and outruns two waterfront alley cats out for some "Mexican food."
Mar 23, 2009 8:46 AM
Re: Speedy Gonzalez: Cat Tails for Two
Here's one that I do not recall having ever seen before. With a little web searching, it seems that this was supposedly forbidden from the syndication outlets, though I don't find it any more racist or offensive than other cartoons of the era.
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Speedy Gonzalez: Cat Tails for Two
Maybe Steinbeck disapproved of the appropriation of George and "Bennie" characters.
By: athomascrawley
Re: Speedy Gonzalez: Cat Tails for Two
Of Mice and Men was also a part of the era.
Bennie? Lennie?
Bennie? Lennie?
By: spam_vigilante
Re: Speedy Gonzalez: Cat Tails for Two
Yup, They just substituted Bennie for Lennie. Maybe Steinbeck's people still saw fit to send a "cease and desist" letter. And Speedy, he's straight out of Tortilla Flat... With a Grapes of Wrath reference, this could be the beginning of an ambitious thesis.
By: athomascrawley
