Tabasco Road

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-sixth 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.

Memorable quotes

Speedy: Grab on to your sombreros, amigos... Here we go again!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Speedy Gonzales	Mel Blanc
Pablo	Mel Blanc
Fernando	Mel Blanc
Alley Cat Bandito	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • Mexico
    • Village

Objects

• Tequila
• Axe
• Mallet
• Mousetrap
• Firecracker

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.

Accolades

Award	Date of ceremony	Category	Recipient	Result
Academy Award	March 26, 1958	Best Animated Short Film	Edward Selzer	Nominated

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4
  • Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2