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Cat-Tails for Two
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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Revision as of 04:40, 21 June 2024

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

Benny: P-E-T-R-O-L... Huh, that's a funny way to say water. This will cool you off, George!

Speedy: I love those fellows... They're so silly!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Benny	Stan Freberg
George	Mel Blanc
Speedy Gonzalez	Mel Blanc

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Shipyard Pier
  - S.S. Pancho Cucaracha

Organizations

Acme

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 the novella 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

Friz Freleng would redesign Speedy into his more familiar design the 1955 Merrie Melodies short Speedy Gonzales.

Home availability

In the United States:
- Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4

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 ==Legacy==
-* This cartoon marks the debut appearance of [[Speedy Gonzales (character)|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 redesign Speedy into his more familiar design the [[1955]] ''Merrie Melodies'' short ''[[Speedy Gonzales (theatrical short)|Speedy Gonzales]]''.
-** [[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==