Here Today, Gone Tamale
Here Today, Gone Tamale | |
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Directed by | Friz Freleng |
Story by | Michael Maltese[1] |
Produced by | John W. Burton (uncredited) |
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Music by | Milt Franklyn |
Animation by | |
Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
Color process | Technicolor |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Here Today, Gone Tamale is a 1959 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short, directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The short was released on August 29, 1959, and stars Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester.[3]
Plot[]
At a Mexican shipping port all the mice are starving to death. Suddenly a ship arriving from Switzerland with a cargo fill with cheese docks. They smell the cheese and race toward the ship, only to be chased away by Sylvester, who has beenhired to guard all the cheese.
The mice suggest that the only mouse to get by Sylvester is Speedy Gonzales. He is called to help get the cheese to the mice. Sylvester challenges Speedy to get by, which he does easily. Speedy goes back and forth to deliver the cheese to the mice. All attempts to stop Speedy (from netting him to using a guillotine) fail.
The final shot shows the mice happy with all their food as they dance in celebration. Sylvester sees this and declares "well, if you can beat them, join them I always say". He wears mouse ears and dances with the mice. Speedy sees this and claims that the cat has "gone loco in the cabeza". Speedy joins in the dancing as well, as the cartoon ends.
References[]
- ^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 144. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 319. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 137. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
External links[]
- 1959 films
- English-language films
- 1950s animated short films
- 1959 animated films
- 1959 short films
- 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- American films
- 1950s American animated films
- Short films directed by Friz Freleng
- Films featuring Speedy Gonzales
- American animated short films
- Animated films about cats
- Animated films about mice
- Films set in Mexico
- Films scored by Milt Franklyn
- Films with screenplays by Michael Maltese
- 1950s English-language films
- Looney Tunes stubs