Gonzales' Tamales

Gonzales' Tamales
Directed by	Friz Freleng
Written by	Warren Foster
Produced by	Edward Selzer
Starring	Mel Blanc
Music by	Milt Franklyn Carl Stalling
Animation by	Gerry Chiniquy Arthur Davis Virgil Ross
Layouts by	Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by	Boris Gorelick
Color process	Technicolor
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	November 30, 1957(1957-11-30)
Running time	6:20
Language	English

Gonzales' Tamalesis a 1957Warner Bros.Looney Tunesanimated filmdirected byFriz Freleng.The short was released on November 30, 1957, and starsSpeedy GonzalesandSylvester.

Plot

The majority of the male mice in a Mexican village lament the fact thatSpeedy Gonzaleshas been getting in between them and the "pretty girls." One of the mice suggests that they get the "gringo pussycat"Sylvesterto chase Speedy out of town. The mice forge a note from Speedy, stating that he will pull Sylvester's tail out by the roots, which Speedy happily does when confronted by the cat.

In trying to get Speedy, Sylvester first uses a shotgun and then a hand grenade (as Speedy singsLa Cucarachain Spanish, complete with the lyric about the cockroach not having anymarijuanato smoke), with the usual disastrous results. Speedy, however, falls for the cat's final attempt: A wind-up female mouse doll. With Sylvester hot on his feet, Speedy grabs the wind-up toy and takes refuge in a box of red hot peppers—forcing the hungry pussycat to eat them one by one in order to find the resourceful rodent.

In between each ingestion of pepper, Sylvester runs to a nearby water cooler for relief. On his last trip to the cooler, he fails to notice that Speedy has substituted the water fortabasco sauce—which sends the cat 500 mi (800 km) high into the horizon.

External links

• Gonzales' TamalesatIMDb