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Mucho Locos is a 1966 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.

Plot[]

Two mice, Pelon and Jose, are watching a broken television at the garbage dump. Jose says you just have to use your imagination, but a frustrated Pelon says he's going home to watch a real TV, and even insults and berates Jose that he's stupid and crazy, or in his words, "loco in the cabeza."

Jose gets depressed, lamenting on his own poverty-stricken life. Soon after, Speedy arrives and begins narrating scenes that show that the stupidest animal is the duck and the smartest one is the mouse. Together, they envision a Robin Hood scene where the duck, Daffy, can't even beat the pig, Porky. Speedy describes the time he outwitted El Vulturo. Then they imagine a time when Daffy failed as Sherlock Holmes, and a time when Speedy outwitted two cats named Jose and Manuel. Finally, Speedy tells of the Hong Kong Dragon Lady breathing fire on the duck.

When the story is over, Jose asks about the new duck on the television, with Speedy asking "What duck?". Just then, Daffy, angered about Speedy making him look like a complete fool, leans through the broken TV and heckles Speedy before using a mallet to flatten him. Speedy decides to go home now, because he thinks the imagination TV gives him the terrible headaches. Jose wonders if it is real or not.

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Censorship[]

  • On CBS, the scene recycled from the 1959 Robert McKimson short "China Jones", where Daffy is burnt and featherless after the Chinese dragon lady breathes fire on him was cut due to Chinese stereotypes (though CBS allowed outdated racial stereotypes in other shorts) and the censors objecting to Daffy being comically set on fire.[3]

Goofs[]

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Cel number visible near the bottom right of Manuel

  • When Manuel is waving his sombrero at the lit dynamite fuse, a cel number "#5" is visible on the bottom right of Manuel during one frame of the animation loop.
  • Due to redrawn animation, as well as budget cuts, some characters are erroneously colored incorrectly compared to the original shorts. Daffy's Robin Hood suit is green and yellow instead of red and green, Señor Vulturo is colored black instead of blue (hence giving him a crow-like appearance), and Jose and Manuel are colored lighter than in their original appearances.
    • Even the background art of these archive footage are colored drastically differently compared to the original shorts for this reason, for example in the clips from "Tortilla Flaps" and "Mexicali Shmoes", the sky colors in both cartoons are changed from blue to pink. In addition, the background art in all these cartoons tend to look more flat and less detailed with a notable lack of background shading and reflection compared to the original shorts as well.
  • When Daffy as China Jones talks to the dragon lady, the color of his hat flashes between a lighter and darker yellow as he talks.
  • As Daffy smashes Speedy with the mallet at the end of the short, Speedy does not disappear once Daffy slams the mallet, causing Speedy to briefly appear behind the mallet as it rebounds.
  • The restoration that aired on MeTV has a fake cutaway from the opening sequence to the title card, as with the other handful of 1960s cartoons that got a restoration in 2020.

Notes[]

  • As opposed to previous "cheater" shorts which use unmodified archive footage from previous cartoons, this short heavily relies on new animation made up of recycled animation from previous shorts, complete with newly-recorded dialogue and music. This is due to restrictions from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises where the original animation archives couldn't be used, so they were retraced from preexisting reference material. This short uses clips that are re-animated and re-dubbed from "Robin Hood Daffy" (1958), "Tortilla Flaps" (1958), "Deduce, You Say" (1956), "Mexicali Shmoes" (1959), and "China Jones" (1959).
    • It is also the last "cheater" short in the Golden Age of Animation.
  • This is the final short to feature Porky Pig in the Golden Age of American Animation, albeit in footage taken from "Robin Hood Daffy".
  • This was the second of three times that Daffy defeated Speedy, with the others being "Chili Corn Corny" and "Feather Finger". This is also the only Golden Age short where Speedy is unambiguously defeated.
  • When the short was shown on The Bugs Bunny Show, the title was changed to Muchos Locos.
  • This is the only Looney Tunes or Merrie Melodies short scored by Herman Stein.
  • MeTV aired a previously unreleased restored print of this cartoon on Toon In with Me.
  • While one of the lobby cards of the cartoon (pictured in the gallery below) depicts Speedy narrowly dodging the mallet which Daffy uses to smack him, the actual cartoon short itself depicts the exact opposite as Daffy successfully smacks Speedy with the mallet immediately in one attempt with Speedy failing to dodge said attack.

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References[]

Speedy Gonzales Cartoons
1953 Cat-Tails for Two
1955 Speedy Gonzales
1957 Tabasco RoadGonzales' Tamales
1958 Tortilla Flaps
1959 Mexicali ShmoesHere Today, Gone Tamale
1960 West of the Pesos
1961 Cannery WoeThe Pied Piper of Guadalupe
1962 Mexican Boarders
1963 Mexican Cat DanceChili Weather
1964 A Message to GraciasNuts and VoltsPancho's HideawayRoad to Andalay
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseCats and BruisesThe Wild ChaseMoby DuckAssault and PepperedWell Worn DaffyChili Corn CornyGo Go Amigo
1966 The AstroduckMucho LocosMexican MousepieceDaffy RentsA-Haunting We Will GoSnow ExcuseA Squeak in the DeepFeather FingerSwing Ding AmigoA Taste of Catnip
1967 Daffy's DinerQuacker TrackerThe Music Mice-TroThe Spy SwatterSpeedy Ghost to TownRodent to StardomGo Away StowawayFiesta Fiasco
1968 Skyscraper CaperSee Ya Later Gladiator
1979 Fright Before Christmas
1980 The Chocolate Chase
Porky Pig Cartoons
1935 I Haven't Got a HatGold Diggers of '49
1936 Plane DippyAlpine AnticsThe Phantom ShipBoom BoomThe Blow OutWestward WhoaFish TalesShanghaied ShipmatesPorky's PetPorky the Rain-MakerPorky's Poultry PlantPorky's Moving DayMilk and MoneyLittle Beau PorkyThe Village SmithyPorky in the North WoodsBoulevardier from the Bronx
1937 Porky the WrestlerPorky's Road RacePicador PorkyPorky's RomancePorky's Duck HuntPorky and GabbyPorky's BuildingPorky's Super ServicePorky's Badtime StoryPorky's RailroadGet Rich Quick PorkyPorky's GardenRover's RivalThe Case of the Stuttering PigPorky's Double TroublePorky's Hero Agency
1938 Porky's PoppaPorky at the CrocaderoWhat Price PorkyPorky's Phoney ExpressPorky's Five & TenPorky's Hare HuntInjun TroublePorky the FiremanPorky's PartyPorky's Spring PlantingPorky & DaffyWholly SmokePorky in WackylandPorky's Naughty NephewPorky in EgyptThe Daffy DocPorky the Gob
1939 The Lone Stranger and PorkyIt's an Ill WindPorky's Tire TroublePorky's Movie MysteryChicken JittersPorky and TeabiscuitKristopher Kolumbus Jr.Polar PalsScalp TroubleOld GloryPorky's PicnicWise QuacksPorky's HotelJeepers CreepersNaughty NeighborsPied Piper PorkyPorky the Giant KillerThe Film Fan
1940 Porky's Last StandAfrica SqueaksAli-Baba BoundPilgrim PorkySlap Happy PappyPorky's Poor FishYou Ought to Be in PicturesThe Chewin' BruinPorky's Baseball BroadcastPatient PorkyCalling Dr. PorkyPrehistoric PorkyThe Sour PussPorky's Hired HandThe Timid Toreador
1941 Porky's Snooze ReelPorky's Bear FactsPorky's PreviewPorky's AntA Coy DecoyPorky's Prize PonyMeet John DoughboyWe, the Animals - Squeak!The Henpecked DuckNotes to YouRobinson Crusoe Jr.Porky's Midnight MatineePorky's Pooch
1942 Porky's Pastry PiratesWho's Who in the ZooPorky's CafeAny Bonds Today?My Favorite Duck
1943 Confusions of a Nutzy SpyYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatA Corny Concerto
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredSwooner CroonerDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyBrother Brat
1945 Trap Happy PorkyWagon Heels
1946 Baby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesKitty KorneredThe Great Piggy Bank RobberyMouse Menace
1947 One Meat BrawlLittle Orphan Airedale
1948 Daffy Duck Slept HereNothing but the ToothThe Pest That Came to DinnerRiff Raffy DaffyScaredy Cat
1949 Awful OrphanPorky ChopsPaying the PiperDaffy Duck HuntCurtain RazorOften an OrphanDough for the Do-DoBye, Bye Bluebeard
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelAn Egg ScrambleGolden YeggsThe DuckstersDog Collared
1951 The Wearing of the GrinDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackFool Coverage
1953 Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
1954 Claws for AlarmMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Jumpin' JupiterDime to Retire
1956 Rocket SquadDeduce, You Say
1957 Boston Quackie
1958 Robin Hood Daffy
1959 China Jones
1961 Daffy's Inn Trouble
1965 Corn on the Cop
1966 Mucho Locos
1980 Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1996 Superior Duck
2004 My Generation G...G... Gap
Daffy Duck Cartoons
1937 Porky's Duck Hunt
1938 Daffy Duck & EggheadWhat Price PorkyPorky & DaffyThe Daffy DocDaffy Duck in Hollywood
1939 Daffy Duck and the DinosaurScalp TroubleWise Quacks
1940 Porky's Last StandYou Ought to Be in Pictures
1941 A Coy DecoyThe Henpecked Duck
1942 Conrad the SailorDaffy's Southern ExposureThe Impatient PatientThe Daffy DuckarooMy Favorite Duck
1943 To Duck .... or Not to DuckThe Wise Quacking DuckYankee Doodle DaffyPorky Pig's FeatScrap Happy DaffyA Corny ConcertoDaffy - The Commando
1944 Tom Turk and DaffyTick Tock TuckeredDuck Soup to NutsSlightly DaffyPlane DaffyThe Stupid Cupid
1945 Draftee DaffyAin't That DuckyNasty Quacks
1946 Book RevueBaby BottleneckDaffy DoodlesHollywood DaffyThe Great Piggy Bank Robbery
1947 Birth of a NotionAlong Came DaffyA Pest in the HouseMexican Joyride
1948 What Makes Daffy DuckDaffy Duck Slept HereThe Up-Standing SitterYou Were Never DuckierDaffy DillyThe Stupor SalesmanRiff Raffy Daffy
1949 Wise QuackersHoliday for DrumsticksDaffy Duck Hunt
1950 Boobs in the WoodsThe Scarlet PumpernickelHis Bitter HalfGolden YeggsThe Ducksters
1951 Rabbit FireDrip-Along DaffyThe Prize Pest
1952 Thumb FunCracked QuackRabbit SeasoningThe Super SnooperFool Coverage
1953 Duck AmuckMuscle TussleDuck Dodgers in the 24½th CenturyDuck! Rabbit, Duck!
1954 Design for LeavingQuack ShotMy Little Duckaroo
1955 Beanstalk BunnySahara HareStork NakedThis Is a Life?Dime to Retire
1956 The High and the FlightyRocket SquadStupor DuckA Star Is BoredDeduce, You Say
1957 Ali Baba BunnyBoston QuackieDucking the DevilShow Biz Bugs
1958 Don't Axe MeRobin Hood Daffy
1959 China JonesPeople Are BunnyApes of Wrath
1960 Person to Bunny
1961 The Abominable Snow RabbitDaffy's Inn Trouble
1962 Quackodile TearsGood Noose
1963 Fast Buck DuckThe Million HareAqua Duck
1964 The Iceman Ducketh
1965 It's Nice to Have a Mouse Around the HouseMoby DuckAssault and PepperedWell Worn DaffySuppressed DuckCorn on the CopTease for TwoChili Corn CornyGo Go Amigo
1966 The AstroduckMucho LocosMexican MousepieceDaffy RentsA-Haunting We Will GoSnow ExcuseA Squeak in the DeepFeather FingerSwing Ding AmigoA Taste of Catnip
1967 Daffy's DinerQuacker TrackerThe Music Mice-TroThe Spy SwatterSpeedy Ghost to TownRodent to StardomGo Away StowawayFiesta Fiasco
1968 Skyscraper CaperSee Ya Later Gladiator
1980 The Yolks on YouThe Chocolate ChaseDaffy Flies NorthDuck Dodgers and the Return of the 24½th Century
1987 The Duxorcist
1988 The Night of the Living Duck
1990 Box Office Bunny
1991 (Blooper) Bunny
1992 Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers
1995 Carrotblanca
1996 Superior Duck
2003 Attack of the Drones
2004 Daffy Duck for President
2012 Daffy's Rhapsody




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