Wednesday, July 15, 2009

See Ya Later Gladiator: Speedy Gonzales and Daffy Duck

By the late 60s, Warner Brothers had self-mutilated its lauded animation division, farming out work in agreements with sub-contractors and hack, in-house "producers." The result? Not exactly animation history! Like this video I just stumbled across from 1968, " See Ya Later Gladiator:



The comments on imbd.com are right on the mark.

I will say this: the "Mexican" scientist who invents the machine is a curious Tex[t]-Mextian anti-type.
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1 comment:

  1. Guy LairdSaturday, April 2, 2011 at 10:05:00 AM PDT

    I'd heard this was the worst cartoon of the entire W-B catalogue. Not great, but there were others done in the mid-late sixties that are every bit as weak. Sad end to a magnificent series...

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