Cannery Woe
Cannery Woe | |
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Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date | January 7, 1961 |
Starring | Mel Blanc Tom Holland (uncredited) |
Producer(s) | John W. Burton David H. DePatie |
Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
Story by | Tedd Pierce |
Animation | George Grandpré Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder Tom Ray |
Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Cannery Woe is the four hundred and fourteenth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on January 7, 1961. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by John W. Burton and David H. DePatie, and directed by Robert McKimson.
Jose and Manuel, needing food, decide to go to a cheese festival hosted by Mayor Raton's reelection campaign. When the festival is threatened by Sylvester's refusal to let the mice have any cheese for their festival, Jose and Manuel suggest to the mayor that in exchange for doing something nice for them, they would call for Speedy Gonzales to come and get the cheese for them.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Cheese Inspector Manuel: You know, Jose, I think we got a muy better job than the mayor.
Cheese Inspector Jose: Si, you said El Mouthful.
Speedy: Si, but I have the best job of all: (Presents a Chick Inspector ribbon badge and pulls in a female mouse) RAWR!
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- Mexico, Mexico City
- Mexico City Park
- Cheeseria Cheese Shop
- Mexico, Mexico City
Objects
- Sardine can (used for a bed)
- A tattered Cheese Committee Sign
- Speedy Gonzales' calling call with gym whistle
- Box of tacks
- Crowbar
- Cannon and Cannonball
- Mousetraps
- Ping-Pong Balls
- Cheese
- Chick Inspector Ribboned Badge
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: January 7, 1961 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is another pun of the 1945 John Steinbeck novel. Cannery Row. It is the second title to use the novel title with the first one being Canary Row (1950).
- Jose and Manuel return in this cartoon reincarnated as Mexican Mice. They would reincarnate to crows once more in their final appearance in the 1962 Merrie Melodies cartoon, Crows' Feat.