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Mucho Locos is a 1966
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'' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on February 5, 1966, and stars
Daffy Duck Daffy Duck is an animated cartoon character created for Leon Schlesinger Productions by animators Tex Avery and Bob Clampett. Styled as an anthropomorphic black duck, he has appeared in cartoon series such as ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Mel ...
and
Speedy Gonzales Speedy Gonzales is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merrie Melodies'' series of cartoons. He is portrayed as "The Fastest Mouse in all Mexico" with his major traits being the ability to run extremely fas ...
. In the short, Speedy highlights some of his and Daffy's previous exploits. It was the only cartoon in the series where Daffy gets the upper hand at the end. It was also the final appearance of Porky Pig in the Golden Age of Animation. Porky appears in the ''
Robin Hood Daffy ''Robin Hood Daffy'' is a 1958 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short was released on March 8, 1958, and stars Daffy Duck as Robin Hood and Porky Pig as Friar Tuck. It was t ...
'' segment. It is the only cartoon to have Porky Pig and Speedy Gonzales in the same film, although the two never interact.


Plot

Sitting in front of a broken TV in a junkyard, Speedy Gonzales encourages a young mouse named Jose to watch "imagination TV." "The stupidest creature on Earth has always been the duck," Speedy claims, "and the smartest is the mouse." Speedy and Jose imagine the evidence, in the form of redrawn scenes from the following cartoons: ''
Robin Hood Daffy ''Robin Hood Daffy'' is a 1958 Warner Bros. '' Merrie Melodies'' cartoon, directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese. The short was released on March 8, 1958, and stars Daffy Duck as Robin Hood and Porky Pig as Friar Tuck. It was t ...
,'' ''
Tortilla Flaps ''Tortilla Flaps'' is a 1958 Warner Bros. ''Looney Tunes'' cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. The short was released on January 18, 1958, and stars Speedy Gonzales. Summary While Speedy is playing ping-pong (by himself), a hungry hawk named S ...
,'' '' Deduce, You Say,'' '' Mexicali Shmoes,'' and '' China Jones.'' Unfortunately for Speedy, Daffy has been watching the whole time, and emerges through the broken TV and hits Speedy with a mallet for the insults. Daffy calls Speedy a stupid mouse and he called himself a smart duck. Speedy decides to go home, stating that "this imagination TV gives me the terrible headaches!" This gives Jose something to ponder: "It looks so real. Could it be my imagination?"


Cast and crew

;Voice cast * Mel Blanc voices Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, Crow, Cats, Mice ;Crew * New Footage Director: Robert McKimson * "Mexicali Shmoes" sequence directed by Friz Freleng * "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Deduce You Say" sequences directed by Chuck Jones * Additional Story: David Detiege * "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Deduce You Say" stories by Michael Maltese * "Tortilla Flaps" and "China Jones" stories by
Tedd Pierce Edward Stacey "Tedd" Pierce III (August 12, 1906 – February 19, 1972) was an American screenwriter and voice actor of animated cartoons, principally from the mid-1930s to the late 1950s. Biography Pierce was the son of a stockbroker, Samue ...
(uncredited) * Uncredited Animation: Arthur Davis, Ken Harris, Abe Levitow,
Tom Ray Thomas Archer Ray (August 2, 1919 – April 6, 2010) was an American animator. Career Ray was born in Williams, Arizona. He began work at Warner Bros. Cartoons in 1937, working under Tex Avery for six months. He applied for a job at MGM and w ...
and Ted Bonnicksen


See also

*
List of Daffy Duck cartoons This is a list of the various animated cartoons featuring Daffy Duck. Daffy Duck shorts 1937−1968 1937 *''Porky's Duck Hunt'' April 17, 1937 (LT, Tex Avery) - with Porky Pig 1938 *'' Daffy Duck & Egghead'' January 1, 1938 (MM, Avery) ...


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* * 1966 films 1966 animated films 1966 short films Merrie Melodies short films Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Films scored by Herman Stein Daffy Duck films Porky Pig films Speedy Gonzales films 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films 1960s English-language films {{MerrieMelodies-stub