Cat-Tails for Two

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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Cat-Tails for Two is the three hundred and sixty-ninth 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 get some mice for dinner. But a rodent by the name of Speedy Gonzalez proves to be much more of a challenge for the two.

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

Organizations

• Acme

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Shipyard Pier
• Mexico (mentioned)

Objects

• Cheese
• Speedy's calling card
• Acme Anvils crate
• Fireworks crates
• Firecrackers
• Petrol bucket
• Casino Stand
• Pipes
• Skyrocket
• Mallet
• Monkey wrench

Vehicles

• S.S. Pancho Cucaracha

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", by Arthur Johnston and Sam Coslow.
• The short is a successor to Hoppy-Go-Lucky, in which 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 replace Sylvester and Hippety Hopper's roles in this short, respectively.
• Although the original opening and ending rings are known to exist, the Blue Ribbon titles are still used in most prints of the short.

Legacy

• Following his debut in the short, Friz Freleng and animator Hawley Pratt would redesign Speedy into his more familiar design, in the 1955 short Speedy Gonzales. Additionally, Speedy's surname was also changed in that short, instead of "Gonzalez" like in his debut.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • October 7, 1985: Warner Home Video releases Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies on VHS
  • November 14, 2006: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4 on DVD