Assault and Peppered

Assault and Peppered
Merrie Melodies (Daffy Duck/Speedy Gonzales) series
Directed by Robert McKimson
Produced by David H. DePatie
Friz Freleng
Story by John Dunn
Voices by Mel Blanc
Music by Bill Lava
Animation by Manny Perez
Warren Batchelder
Bob Matz
LaVerne Harding
Norm McCabe
Don Williams
Layouts by Dick Ung
Backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Studio DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date(s) April 24, 1965 (US)
Color process Technicolor
Running time 6'
Language English

Assault and Peppered is a six-minute Merrie Melodies cartoon from 1965 featuring Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales with other mice.

Description

Titled as a play on the term "salt and pepper", Assault and Peppered' was released on April 24, 1965. It was directed by Robert McKimson and produced by the award-winning DePatie–Freleng, the production house responsible for the Pink Panther and other series of cartoons distributed by MGM. Its run time is six minutes. Mel Blanc voiced Daffy Duck, Speedy Gonzales, and the mice.

Plot

This cartoon is a semi-remake of Friz Freleng's Bunker Hill Bunny. A group of starving mice are admiring Daffy Duck's Mexican plantation (aptly named El Rancho Rio Daffy), all the while wishing to have some of his home grown food. Evil land baron, Daffy, who isn't particularly fond of beggars, suddenly appears and angrily whips the mice for "starving on his property" claiming "It lowers the value!" Unfortunately, Speedy Gonzales interrupts and startles Daffy, at which the little black duck declares war on the mouse. The two proceed to do battle in private forts, resorting to everything from cannon fire to mine fields, with Daffy continually getting blown up. At the end, Speedy (tired from doing battle with Daffy) quits and goes home. Daffy then declares victory and rewards himself with a 21 gun salute. Unfortunately, as he pulls the strings to fire his cannons, the cannons flip in his direction ("Mother!") and blast him one-by-one (with Speedy observantly keeping count).

Crew

  • Director: Robert McKimson
  • Story: John Dunn
  • Animation: Manny Perez, Warren Batchelder, Bob Matz, Laverne Hardling, Norm McCabe, Don Williams
  • Layout: Dick Ung
  • Backgrounds: Tom O'Loughlin
  • Film Editor: Lee Gunther
  • Voice Characterizations: Mel Blanc
  • Music: Bill Lava
  • Produced by: David H. DePatie and Friz Freleng

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