Too much of everything

It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

Blistering performances.

This is a 7-minute animated short film that won the Academy Award 60 years ago. It was the first (or second) that featured Speedy Gonzalez, the fastest mouse in all Mexico. His pals really need him as a bloodlusty cat is guarding the local cheese factory and it has taken many mice from them already. Only their hats still exist. I thought this was a good watch with a couple funny moments, for example when all the mice sit in an egg carton which looks like a stand at a stadium and they applaud him. This cartoon also has a touch of Roadrunner vs. Coyote to it, mainly because of Speedy's velocity, but also because of all the technical equipment Sylvester uses to catch him and it backfires all the time, sometimes even in the truest sense of the word. Oh yeah and all that cheese looked really delicious too at the end. Good short film. Recommended and if you enjoy it take a look at the many more Speedy cartoons out there from the years after this one.

Despite the title, this is Speedy Gonzales' SECOND appearance, after Robert McKimson's Cat-Tails for Two. This is, however, his first time in the costume and design we know him from. In this short, after another mouse gets done for in trying to get cheese past the guard-Sylvester, Speedy accepts the challenge. The red-nosed cat is ready for the "fastest mouse in all Mexico" but gets defeated at every turn. This Oscar-winning cartoon from Friz Freleng gives us another classic Warner Bros. character that lasts for decades despite some PC controversy that almost got Speedy gone for good. Turns out many Hispanics consider Mr. Gonzales a hero for his exploits and don't find anything offensive about him. I certainly don't and I never understood why anyone would either. Anyway, while I don't consider this a great cartoon, it's certainly another highly enjoyable outing from Mr. Freleng.

The native mice of Mexico want some American cheese, but Sylvester the cat is guarding the border. After a few disastrous attempts to get at it. They send for Speedy Gonzales to get pass this gringo pussycat. The second appearance of Speedy is a classic and cemented yet another great character in the already impressive array of Looney stars. Don't listen to the mind-stealing PC police, Speedy is funny. This Oscar-winning animated short can be found on disc 4 of the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 and features an optional music only track as well as a commentary by Jerry Beck.My Grade: A

Man, I hope I'm in the majority here. But I gotta be honest, this mouse is so highly, extremely irritating. Does he ever shut up? Not only that but the whole character is kind of xenophobic and un-PC. Now I am certainly NOT one for being PC but I still find Speedy kinda offensive.In this cartoon he asked by his Mexican mouse pals to cross the border into America in bring them back cheese as they are all starving. Is there subtext here or am I reading too much into it?Sylvester is there to stop him. Or at least try. The usual Cat and Mouse hijinks follow. It's not really funny and I'm amazed it actually got an Academy Award.