Road to Andalay

Road to Andalay
Production company	DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	December 26, 1964
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Music composed by	Bill Lava
Story by	John Dunn
Animation	Norm McCabe Don Williams Bob Matz
Director(s)	Friz Freleng Hawley Pratt
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Road to Andalay is the four hundred and ninety-sixth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on December 26, 1964. It was written by John Dunn, produced by Friz Freleng and David H. DePatie, co-directed by Hawley Pratt and directed by Freleng.

Tired of having to chase Speedy, Sylvester buys a hunter falcon by the name of Malcolm to help him catch the mouse. Malcolm has a bit of a short-temper and tends to peck Sylvester if something goes wrong.

Memorable quotes

Speedy: I don't see la gringo pussycats today. He must be asleep. I better go wake him up.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc
Sylvester	Mel Blanc
Malcom Falcon	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • Mexico
    • Pet shop

Objects

• Dynamite
• Salt shaker

Music

The music was scored by Bill Lava.

Crew credits

• Co-direction: Hawley Pratt
• Layout: Hawley Pratt (uncredited)
• Assistant Layout: Homer Jonas
• Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
• Film editor: Lee Gunther

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: December 26, 1964 in theatres

Behind the scenes

• The title is a pun on the 1917 novel The Road to Mandalay along with one of Speedy's signature phrases, "Andalay."
  • The working title was Tequila Mockingbird, a pun on the 1960 novel To Kill A Mockingbird.
• This is the first Merrie Melodies short to be produced by the DePatie-Freleng Enterprises studio. It is also the first short produced overall at DePatie-Freleng, but not the first short released until 1965.
• It is the only theatrical short where Speedy and Sylvester both lose in the end, after they both won back in A Message to Gracias.
• This is the only cartoon with Homer Jonas handling layouts, as he is credited as the assistant layout artist.
• The scenes of Sylvester falling in this short are reused from the 1962 Looney Tunes short, The Jet Cage. This scene is used twice in that short.
• Unlike other cartoons, Sylvester is drawn with his neck colored all black instead of white. It would happen again in the 1965 short Cats and Bruises.