Rodent to Stardom
| Rodent to Stardom | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Alex Lovy |
| Story by | Cal Howard |
| Produced by | William L. Hendricks |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Edited by | Hal Geer |
| Music by | William Lava |
| Animation by | Volus Jones Ted Bonnicksen Laverne Harding Ed Solomon |
| Backgrounds by | Bob Abrams |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts Vitagraph Company of America |
Release date |
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Running time | 6 minutes |
| Language | English |
Rodent to Stardom is a 1967 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Alex Lovy.[1] The short was released on September 23, 1967, and stars Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales.[2] It is the first cartoon to credit Warner Bros.-Seven Arts, but still uses the "Abstract WB" titles.
Plot
Daffy is plucked for stardom by director Harvey Hassenpfeffer of Colossal Studios — or so he thinks. However, as he was in A Star Is Bored (1956), Daffy's real fate is to be the stuntman for the star, in this case Speedy Gonzales. The picture is The Nursery Rhyme Review. First, "the sky is falling"; next, the "rockabye baby" cradle falls from a treetop. Daffy realizes he needs to get rid of Speedy, so he asks for an autograph and traps Speedy in a book, which he deposits in a library. Daffy gets the love scene with Ducky Lamour, but after a number of stunts and just before the kiss, his stand-in, Speedy, takes over, and tells the duck, "There's no business like show business, eh, Señores Daffy?" Disgusted, Daffy replies, "Boy, you can say that again!" as he watches Speedy kissing Ducky on the cheek.
References
- ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 362. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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- 1967 films
- Looney Tunes shorts
- 1960s American animated films
- Films scored by William Lava
- 1960s Warner Bros. animated short films
- Daffy Duck films
- Speedy Gonzales films
- Animated films about mice
- Films directed by Alex Lovy
- 1960s English-language films
- English-language short films
- 1967 animated short films
- Looney Tunes stubs
- 1960s animated film stubs
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