Mucho Locos is a 1966 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The short was released on February 5, 1966, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales.[2]
| Mucho Locos | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | David Detiege |
| Produced by | David H. DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Edited by | Lee Gunther |
| Music by | Herman Stein |
| Animation by | Manny Perez George Grandpré Bob Matz |
| Layouts by | Dick Ung |
| Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:00 |
| Language | English |
In the short, Speedy highlights some of his and Daffy's previous exploits. It was the only cartoon in the series where Daffy gets the upper hand at the end. It was also the final appearance of Porky Pig in the Golden Age of American Animation. Porky appears in the Robin Hood Daffy segment. It is the only cartoon to have Porky Pig and Speedy Gonzales in the same film, although the two never interact.
Plot edit
Sitting in front of a broken television in a junkyard, Speedy Gonzales encourages a young mouse named Jose to watch "imagination TV." "The stupidest creature on Earth has always been the duck," Speedy claims, "and the smartest is the mouse." Speedy and Jose imagine the evidence, in the form of redrawn scenes from the following cartoons: Robin Hood Daffy, Tortilla Flaps, Deduce, You Say, Mexicali Shmoes, and China Jones.
Unfortunately for Speedy, Daffy has been watching the whole time, and emerges through the broken TV and hits Speedy with a mallet for the insults. Daffy calls Speedy a stupid mouse and he called himself a smart duck. Speedy decides to go home, stating that "this imagination TV gives me the terrible headaches!" This gives Jose something to ponder: "It looks so real. Could it be my imagination?"
Cast and crew edit
- Voice cast
- Mel Blanc voices Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, Crow, Cats, Mice
- Crew
- New Footage Director: Robert McKimson
- "Mexicali Shmoes" sequence directed by Friz Freleng[citation needed]
- "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Deduce You Say" sequences directed by Chuck Jones[citation needed]
- Additional Story: David Detiege
- "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Deduce You Say" stories by Michael Maltese[citation needed]
- "Tortilla Flaps" and "China Jones" stories by Tedd Pierce (uncredited)[citation needed]
- Uncredited Animation: Arthur Davis, Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Tom Ray and Ted Bonnicksen[citation needed]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 356. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links edit
- Mucho Locos at IMDb
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