A Taste of Catnip
| A Taste of Catnip | |
|---|---|
| Merrie Melodies (Daffy Duck/Speedy Gonzales) series | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Produced by |
David DePatie Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Michael O'Connor |
| Voices by |
Mel Blanc Gonzales Gonzales |
| Music by | Walter Greene |
| Animation by |
Ted Bonnicksen Bob Matz Manny Perez Norm McCabe George Grandpré Warren Batchelder |
| Layouts by | Dick Ung |
| Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
| Distributed by |
Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date(s) | 1966 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6:25 |
| Language | English |
A Taste of Catnip is a Merrie Melodies cartoon from 1966. It was first released to theaters on December 3, 1966.
Plot
At the Guadalajara Medical Centre, psychiatrist Dr. Manuel Jose Olvera Sebastian Rudolfo Ortiz Pancho Jimenez Perez III (Mexico's finest) describes an encounter one year ago with Daffy Duck. Daffy proceeds to tell Perez that he has been exhibiting progressively more extreme cat-like desires.
Perez discovers through a blood test that Daffy has lethal amounts of catnip in his blood, and he must discover the source. Daffy discovers that right across the street is the Continental Catnip Corp. of Chihuahua. He decides to destroy it with a rocket, ridding him of his cat-like desires but also arousing the rage of neighborhood cats, including Sylvester. Perez receives a phone call about Daffy's success, and his next patient, Speedy Gonzales, enters; he exhibits duck-like desires. Moaning, Perez claims, "I should have listened to mi padre. He wanted me to be a bandido."
Edited versions
- On CBS, the part where Daffy blows up the catnip factory and is pummelled by the neighborhood cats was cut.
Trivia
- This is Sylvester's final appearance from the Golden Age of American Animation, although his screen time here is limited to two cameos.
See also
External links
A Taste of Catnip at the Internet Movie Database