1962 film

Mexican Boarders

Title card

Directed by| Friz Freleng
Hawley Pratt (co-director)
Story by| John Dunn[1]
Produced by| David H. DePatie (uncredited)
Starring| Mel Blanc
Tom Holland (uncredited)
Narrated by| Tom Holland (uncredited)
Edited by| Treg Brown
Music by| Milt Franklyn
Animation by| Virgil Ross
Gerry Chiniquy
Bob Matz
Art Leonardi
Lee Halpern
Layouts by| Hawley Pratt
Backgrounds by| Tom O'Loughlin
Color process| Technicolor
Distributed by| Warner Bros.

Release date

| May 12, 1962

Running time

| 6 minutes
Language| English

Mexican Boarders is a 1962 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon short directed by Friz Freleng.[2] The short was released on May 12, 1962, and stars Speedy Gonzales and Sylvester.[3] Voice actors are Mel Blanc (doing the voices of Sylvester and Speedy), and Tom Holland as the narrator.

The cartoon has Sylvester trying to catch Speedy in a house they share in Mexico. Sylvester switches targets when Slowpoke Rodriguez, Speedy's cousin, comes to visit. This is the second and final classic Looney Tunes short (after Mexicali Shmoes) to feature Slowpoke Rodriguez.

## Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Other media
* 3 Home media
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Plot[edit]

Speedy Gonzales, "the fastest mouse in all Mexico", is living in the "fine hacienda of José Álvaro Meléndez" in an unnamed "big city" in Mexico where fellow resident Sylvester the Cat (dubbed "Sylverro Gato" here) is "the most pooped cat in all Mexico" from his futile attempts to catch Speedy. He eats pep pills for energy to catch the mouse, to no effect. Their pursuit is interrupted when Speedy's country cousin, Slowpoke Rodriguez, knocks on the door.

Taller, thinner, and slower talking than Speedy, Slowpoke arrives carrying a bindle stick and singing "La Cucaracha". Sylvester, seeing easier prey, lets Slowpoke into the hacienda where he is quickly rescued by Speedy. Complaining of hunger, Slowpoke sets out for the kitchen to get food only to be rescued again by Speedy. Speedy successfully raids the kitchen for cheese but Slowpoke complains that his cousin forgot the Tabasco sauce. During this second raid, Sylvester paints the floor with glue and actually catches Speedy but winds up swallowing the hot sauce, not the mouse, and Speedy escapes.

After a very large meal, Slowpoke announces that he's ready for dessert. An incredulous Speedy makes another raid on the pantry where Sylvester has put up a wire mesh to stop the mice. Speedy runs right through the large holes with Sylvester right behind, stretching the mesh but passing through apparently unharmed. As the chase continues, Sylvester falls to pieces one cube at a time.

That night, as Slowpoke and Speedy go to sleep in bunk beds made from match boxes, Slowpoke says he's still hungry and gets up to stage his own kitchen raid over Speedy's objections. Slowpoke reassures him, "maybe Slowpoke is pretty slow downstairs in the feet, but he is pretty fast upstairs in the cabeza." Sylvester does swiftly capture Slowpoke but the mouse instantly mesmerizes the cat, making him an unwilling servant to bring them food and cool them with a fan. ("I like your pussycat friend. He's nice and stupid.")

## Other media[edit]

Portions of this short were edited into the 1964 short Road to Andalay and the 1982 feature film Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales.[4]

## Home media[edit]

The unedited cartoon was released on DVD in November 2006 on the third disc of Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4.[5] This DVD release includes a commentary track by animator Greg Ford.[6]

## See also[edit]

* List of American films of 1962

## References[edit]

1. ^ Beck, Jerry (1991). I Tawt I Taw a Puddy Tat: Fifty Years of Sylvester and Tweety. New York: Henry Holt and Co. p. 150\. ISBN 0-8050-1644-9.
2. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 337\. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. XXX. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
4. ^ Weinberg, Scott (October 31, 2005). "Looney Tunes Movie Collection". DVD Talk. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
5. ^ Desowitz, Bill (August 29, 2006). "Frank Tashlin Spotlighted in New Golden Looney Tunes DVD Collection". Animation World Network. Retrieved November 14, 2011.
6. ^ Rich, Jamie S. (November 18, 2006). "Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Four". DVD Talk. Retrieved November 17, 2011.

## External links[edit]

* Mexican Boarders at IMDb
* Mexican Boarders at The Big Cartoon DataBase

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