This short was one of the earliest ones produced by Depatie-Freleng under its agreement with Warner Brothers-I think it may be the first one. Because I want to discuss some of the details, this is a spoiler warning:
Pancho Vanilla, a bandit, comes into town to rob the bank and Speedy decides to get the money back. He interrupts Vanilla counting his stolen coins and breaks his concentration, scattering the coins. Speedy races by him, grabs a coin and races out, leaving Vanilla to shoot himself in the foot. It gets no better for Vanilla, who has no more luck catching Speedy than anyone else has had.
The bulk of this short is Speedy racing in to take a coin and Vanilla's schemes to stop him doing more damage to their perpetrator than to Speedy. The results are violent and predictable.
The final scene is the best part of the short, so I won't spoil it here. The gags all have a very familiar feel to them and the situation really seems forced. Sylvester really is the best and most logical adversary in Speedy cartoons, though the situation makes more sense here than the Speedy and Daffy shorts usually do.
This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4 and is worth seeing. The Collection itself is marvelous and comes highly recommended.
Pancho Vanilla, a bandit, comes into town to rob the bank and Speedy decides to get the money back. He interrupts Vanilla counting his stolen coins and breaks his concentration, scattering the coins. Speedy races by him, grabs a coin and races out, leaving Vanilla to shoot himself in the foot. It gets no better for Vanilla, who has no more luck catching Speedy than anyone else has had.
The bulk of this short is Speedy racing in to take a coin and Vanilla's schemes to stop him doing more damage to their perpetrator than to Speedy. The results are violent and predictable.
The final scene is the best part of the short, so I won't spoil it here. The gags all have a very familiar feel to them and the situation really seems forced. Sylvester really is the best and most logical adversary in Speedy cartoons, though the situation makes more sense here than the Speedy and Daffy shorts usually do.
This short is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection, Volume 4 and is worth seeing. The Collection itself is marvelous and comes highly recommended.