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| Cat-Tails for Two | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | July 25, 1953 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Stan Freberg |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Charles McKimson Herman Cohen |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Cat-Tails for Two is the three hundred and sixty-nineth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 25, 1953. It was produced by Edward Selzer, written by Tedd Pierce, and directed by Robert McKimson.
Two cats, Benny and George, board a Mexican Cargo Ship to try and catch some Mexican Mice for dinner, but one mouse, calling himself Speedy Gonzales, proves to be much more of a challenge to the cats.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Speedy: I love those fellows... They're so see-lee (silly)!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Shipyard Pier
- S.S. Pancho Cucaracha
- United States
Organizations
Objects
- Cheese
- Speedy's calling card
- Acme Anvils Crate
- Fireworks Crates
- Firecrackers
- Petrol Bucket
- Casino Stand
- Pipes
- Skyrocket
- Mallet
- Monkey wrench
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Carl Stalling.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Robert Givens
- Backgrounds: Richard H. Thomas
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: July 25, 1953 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun of the song, Cocktails for Two.
- The cartoon is a successor to Hoppy-Go-Lucky, in where a more intelligent cat attempts to give a mouse to Benny in a spoof of Of Mice and Men. However, George and Speedy replaces Sylvester's and Hippety Hopper's roles in this short, respectively.
- Though the original opening and ending rings are known to exist, it was restored with the Blue Ribbon titles.
Legacy
- This cartoon marks the debut appearance of Speedy Gonzales, though his original design here is vastly different from his more popular design. The version of Speedy Gonzales in this short has wider eyes, bigger teeth (one of which has a gold cap on it), and messy, black hair, and wears a red shirt with no pants. And only in but a brief, short moment, he wears a green sombrero.
- Friz Freleng would later redesign Speedy into the character that he is in the 1955 Merrie Melodies cartoon of the same name as the character.
Home availability
- In the United States:
