Cat-Tails for Two

Cat-Tails for Two is a 1953 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title refers to the song "Cocktails for Two".
== Plot ==
Benny heads out in the evening, eager to please his pal George. George and Benny are walking down a pier looking for food when they find a Mexican ship. Figuring the ship will have plenty of Mexican mice, i.e. "Mexican food" (Benny: "It gives me the heartburn and I love it!"), they climb on, only to find an unkempt mouse calling himself "Speedy Gonzales, fastest mouse in all Mexico." George and Benny go through numerous attempts to capture Speedy, who always outwits them. Speedy comes to think of them as private entertainment, at one point declaring "I like those fellows. All the time having fon (fun)!" When they have had it with Speedy their final plan was to run a pipe into Speedy's hiding place (to the tune of Raymond Scott's "Powerhouse"), but Speedy grabs a wrench and bends the pipe back around to the cats, unbeknownst to them. George starts shoving a lot of dynamite into the pipe, resulting in a mountain of TNT piling up behind him and Benny. When George is done shoving dynamite through the pipe, he lights the last stick with a match, and the mountain of dynamite blasts him and Benny up into the air. As they descend, Benny asks George about their Mexican dinner, with George responding, "I kind of lost my appetite for Mexican food," before both cats plunge into the harbor. A smug Speedy declares, "I love those fellows. They're so see-lee (silly)!"
== Caricatures ==
* Lon Chaney Jr.
* Burgess Meredith
== Availability ==
Fsdagfdfsgxhfsgdhgs.jpg|Super 8
Lt vs8 uk.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show Volume 8
Lt sgff.jpg|(1985) VHS Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies
Bumper01.jpg|(1994) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 1)
Ags4h4sertyj5t.jpg|(1996) VHS Looney Tunes Collection - Speedy Gonzales 
LTGC Vol.4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc Three (restored)
Lt bbot sg.jpg|(2011) DVD Speedy Gonzales
LooneyTunesSpotlightVol8-210x300.jpg|(2014) DVD Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection: Volume 8 Disc 2
=== Streaming ===
Lt itunes.jpg|iTunes ( - ) (restored)
== Notes ==
* The cartoon is a successor to "Hoppy-Go-Lucky", in where a more intelligent cat attempts to give a mouse to Benny in a spoof of Of Mice and Men. However, George and Speedy replaces Sylvester's and Hippety Hopper's role in this short, respectively.
* This cartoon marks the debut appearance of Speedy Gonzales, though his original design here is vastly different from his more popular design. The Speedy Gonzales here has wider eyes, bigger teeth (one of which has a gold cap on it), and messy, black hair, and wears a red shirt with no pants.
* Though the original opening and ending rings are known to exist, it was restored with the Blue Ribbon titles.
== Gallery ==
IMG 2411.png|Original opening rings
IMG 2412.png|Original opening rings
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Early speedly.png|Early design for Speedy Gonzales
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