Cannery Woe

Cannery Woe is a 1961 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the 1945 John Steinbeck novel Cannery Row.
== Plot ==
Two hungry mice, Jose and Manuel, see a billboard for Mayor Raton's Gran Cheese Fiesta advertising free cheese for all. When they try to enter, the Mayor kicks them out. Then the Mayor tells his cheese committee to bring in the cheese to the fiesta. A handful of bedraggled mice enter without the cheese and with a broken "CHEESE COMMITTEE" sign and explain that a ferocious cat, namely Sylvester, is now guarding the grocery store, hence why the couldn't get the cheese. Jose and Manuel offer to call their friend Speedy Gonzales, the Fastest Mouse in all Mexico, to steal the cheese for the Mayor.
Speedy runs to the Cheeseria, races past Sylvester, and steals some cheese. Sylvester spreads a box of tacks around the street, but when Speedy returns, Sylvester chases him and steps on the tacks himself. As he pulls the tacks from his paws, Speedy jokes about his "tacks problem" and steals some more cheese.
Sylvester loads a cannon, but gets himself stuck in the barrel. Speedy offers to help and fires the cannon. The cannonball somehow slips past the cat, merely shaving off some of his fur, but when Sylvester climbs out of the cannon to chase the mouse, the cannonball returns and conks him on the head.
Sylvester lays mouse traps around the store but is inadvertently stuck in the corner. Speedy returns and runs past the traps to steal more cheese. Sylvester tiptoes carefully around the traps, but the rodent throws a ping-pong ball into the store to set off a chain reaction of traps snapping the cat.
The Mayor awards Speedy a special badge of honor, and rewards Jose and Manuel by making them Official Cheese Inspectors. They brag about their new jobs, until Speedy shows them that his badge reads Chick Inspector and he goes to inspect a chick.
== Availability ==
Lt sgff.jpg|(1985) VHS Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies
Ags4h4sertyj5t.jpg|(1996) VHS Looney Tunes Collection - Speedy Gonzales
4A898C28-3AD1-4E03-A946-C5E6DBB8EB11.jpeg|(2003) VHS Speedy Gonzales (2003)
Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner Speedy Gonzales UK VHS.jpg|(2003) VHS Wile E Coyote & Road Runner Speedy Gonzales
LTGC Vol.4.jpg|(2006) DVD Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4, Disc Three
lt bbot sg.jpg|(2011) DVD Speedy Gonzales
=== Streaming ===
File:Lt itunes.jpg|iTunes ( - ) (restored)
== Notes ==
* When Speedy races past Sylvester's front and tail, his respective front and tail fur gets shaved off and display the following words; "SPEEDY WAS HERE" (in front) and "ALSO HERE" (at the tail).
== Gallery ==
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=== TV Title Cards ===
lt cannery woe tbbats.jpg|The Bugs Bunny/Roadrunner Show (Final Season)
Category:1961
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Speedy Gonzales Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Cartoons written by Tedd Pierce
Category:Cartoons with music by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons animated by George Grandpré
Category:Cartoons animated by Warren Batchelder
Category:Cartoons animated by Ted Bonnicksen
Category:Cartoons animated by Tom Ray
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Robert Gribbroek
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by William Butler
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with effects animated by Harry Love
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons produced by John W. Burton