Mucho Locos

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{{Infobox film

| name = Mucho Locos

| image =

| caption =

| director = Robert McKimson

| story = David Detiege

| animator = Manny Perez
George Grandpré
Bob Matz

| layout_artist = Dick Ung

| background_artist = Tom O'Loughlin

| editing = Lee Gunther

| starring = Mel Blanc

| music = Herman Stein

| producer = David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng

| studio = DePatie–Freleng Enterprises

| distributor = Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

| released = {{Film date|1966|2|5}}

| color_process = Technicolor

| runtime = 6:00

| language = English

}}

Mucho Locos is a 1966 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.{{cite book |last1=Beck |first1=Jerry |last2=Friedwald |first2=Will |title=Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons |date=1989 |publisher=Henry Holt and Co |isbn=0-8050-0894-2 |page=356}} The short was released on February 5, 1966, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |accessdate=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/60/mode/2up |pages=60–62}}

In the short, Speedy tells another mouse, José, about some of his and Daffy's exploits, which are illustrated by clips from earlier cartoons.

Plot

Sitting in front of a broken television 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 says, "and the smartest is the mouse." Speedy and Jose imagine the evidence, in the form of scenes from the following cartoons: Robin Hood Daffy, Tortilla Flaps, Deduce, You Say, Mexicali Shmoes, and China Jones.

Daffy has been watching them, and emerges from behind the broken TV and hits Speedy on the head with a mallet. Daffy calls Speedy a stupid mouse and himself a smart duck. Speedy says he will go home now, stating that "this imagination TV gives me the terrible headaches!" Jose says: "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{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
  • "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Deduce You Say" sequences directed by Chuck Jones{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
  • Additional Story: David Detiege
  • "Robin Hood Daffy" and "Deduce You Say" stories by Michael Maltese{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
  • "Tortilla Flaps" and "China Jones" stories by Tedd Pierce (uncredited){{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}
  • Uncredited Animation: Arthur Davis, Ken Harris, Abe Levitow, Tom Ray and Ted Bonnicksen{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

See also

References