Tabasco Road
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | August 29, 1957 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Tom Holland |
| Producer(s) | Edward Selzer |
| Music composed by | Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Ted Bonnicksen George Grandpré |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Tabasco Road is the three hundred and seventy-nineth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on August 29, 1957. It was written by Tedd Pierce, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.
When Speedy Gonzales' friends, Pablo and Fernando have too much tequila, they drunkenly go into an alley where a alley cat Bandito attempts to eat the mice. It's up to Speedy Gonzales to save them and thwart the bandito's attempts to eat them.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Speedy: Grab on to your sombreros, amigos... Here we go again!
Characters
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Locations
Objects
- Tequila
- Axe
- Mallet
- Mousetrap
- Firecracker
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by both Carl Stalling and Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: August 29, 1957 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on the 1932 novel, the 1933 play, and the 1941 film, Tobacco Road.
- It is the final Speedy Gonzales cartoon to receive a Blue Ribbon reissue, replacing the large orange Looney Tunes titles and rings with "A Vitaphone Release".
- In September 2021, a 35mm print sold on eBay had the original opening and closing titles.
- Although the original opening and closing titles are known to exist, it was restored with the Blue Ribbon titles instead. It is currently unknown if the original titles will ever be restored.
Critical Reception
This cartoon was nominated for the 30th Academy Awards for "Best Short Subject (Cartoon)", but it lost to Birds Anonymous. Both shorts were reissued as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies cartoons.
Home availability
- In the United States:
