A Taste of Catnip

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A Taste of Catnip is a 1966 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the 1965 song "A Taste of Honey" from the earlier play and film of the same name.
== Plot ==
At the Guadalajara Medical Centre, psychiatrist Dr. Manuel Jose Olvera Sebastian Rudolfo Ortiz Pancho Jimenez Perez III (Mexico's finest) describes an encounter one year ago with Daffy Duck. Daffy tells Perez that he has been exhibiting progressively more extreme cat-like desires. It starts off with an encounter with Speedy while Daffy was reading a newspaper in the park. Daffy develops symptoms of wanting to eat Speedy in a variety of ways, trying to nab Speedy from other cats, and being scared of dogs such as Butch. Daffy tries to take singing lessons to take himself off his addiction, which fails due to his corny singing. After drinking milk from a bowl, Daffy comes to his senses and immediately heads to therapy.
Perez discovers through a blood test that Daffy has lethal amounts of catnip in his blood, and he must discover the source. Daffy discovers that right across the street is the Continental Catnip Corp. of Chihuahua. He decides to destroy it with a bomb, ridding him of his cat-like desires but also arousing the wrath of neighborhood cats, including Sylvester. Perez receives a phone call about Daffy's success, and his next patient, Speedy Gonzales, enters; he exhibits duck-like desires. Moaning, Perez claims, "I should have listened to mi padre. He wanted me to be a bandido."
== Availability ==
=== Streaming ===
Lt warner bros discovery ride.png|Warner Bros. Discovery RIDE (2021 - 2023) (restored)
== Censorship ==
* On CBS, the part where Daffy blows up the catnip factory and is pummeled by Sylvester and the other cats was cut.http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-t.aspx
== Notes ==
* This is the last theatrical cartoon featuring Sylvester in the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series in the Golden Age of American Animation, although his screen time is limited to two cameos. He also appears in the lobby card for this short.
* This is the only Daffy and Speedy short where Speedy Gonzales does not speak, not counting his "Andalay"s and quack sounds at the end.
* Despite being a Merrie Melodies cartoon, the ending titles have the "A VITAGRAPH RELEASE" byline, which is usually typical for Looney Tunes cartoons during the time instead of the "A VITAPHONE RELEASE" byline.
*This cartoon was shown in theatres with Once Before I Die during its original release.
*This cartoon was used in the intro and bumpers for Looney Tunes on Nick at Nite.
== Gallery ==
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=== TV Title Cards ===
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== References ==
 
Category:Daffy Duck Cartoons
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Shorts
Category:1966
Category:DePatie-Freleng Looney Tunes
Category:Speedy Gonzales Cartoons
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons animated by Ted Bonnicksen
Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Matz
Category:Cartoons animated by Norman McCabe
Category:Cartoons animated by George Grandpré
Category:Cartoons animated by Warren Batchelder
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Dick Ung
Category:Cartoons with music by Walter Greene
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Lee Gunther