Chili Weather

Chili Weather is a 1963 Merrie Melodies short directed by Friz Freleng.
== Title ==
The title is a play on "chilly weather."
== Plot ==
Some Mexican mice see the Guadalajara Food Processing Plant and try to enter, only to be chased out by Sylvester. The pussycat then yells, "And stay out of here, you rodents!" and starts guarding. The hungry mice call Speedy Gonzales to help them get food. Speedy gets some cheese, but when he goes back, Sylvester has blocked his exit and starts chasing him. They end up on a conveyor belt, where Sylvester is shaved by some chopping blades. Speedy spreads some grease on a platform, and Sylvester skids into a vat of Tabasco Sauce. He melts a block of ice to recover. On another conveyor belt, Sylvester gets a bottle cap pressed onto his head. He pries it off with a bottle opener, but Speedy "yee-ha's" him into the ceiling where it gets stuck again, and Speedy hides his bottle opener. Sylvester wanders off, trying to club Speedy but unable to because of his lack of sight, and his aimless wandering lands him in a dehydrator. He emerges from the dehydrator in a miniature size, finally able to remove the bottle cap. Speedy, who is now larger than the cat, greets him, "Hello, pussy cat, you looking for me?" Sylvester remarks in a higher-pitched voice, "Eee! A giant mouse!" before running away in fright whilst laughing. Speedy tries to remark that Sylvester needs a psychiatrist, but after a little pronunciation trouble says, "You know, one of those head-shrinking fellows."
== Availability ==
W UK10551 LooneyTunesVideoShowNo16The.jpg|(1984) VHS The Looney Tunes Video Show, Volume 16
Jlaser-bns.jpg|(1997) LaserDisc Bugs and Speedy: Hare Today, Gone Tomorrow (1997 dubbed version) (only in PAL regions)
Bumper08.jpg|(1998) VHS Special Bumper Collection (Vol. 8)
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 ===
Lt itunes.jpg|iTunes ( - ) (restored)
== Censorship ==
* On CBS, the part where Sylvester chases Speedy Gonzales through a conveyor belt with cleavers was edited to remove Speedy dodging the cleavers without moving and not getting hurt (but left in Sylvester getting his fur shaven off by the cleavers).http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-c.aspx
== Notes ==
* This is the first Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies short which the editing was done by Lee Gunther rather than Treg Brown, he would eventually do the editing for the shorts when DePatie-Freleng Enterprises got the rights to make more Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts until 1967.
* The closing title card was a Looney Tunes card, though the 1955-64 version of "Merrily We Roll Along" (Merrie Melodies) theme was still played on this card. This could be a mistake on the part of the film editors before its original theatrical release.
* Most of the Guadalajara Food Processing Plant factory footage where vegetables are processed are recycled animation from "I Gopher You".
== Gallery ==
Chili.jpg
ChiliWeatherLobbyCard.jpg|Lobby card
== References ==
Category:1963
Category:Merrie Melodies Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Friz Freleng
Category:Sylvester Cartoons
Category:Shorts
Category:Speedy Gonzales Cartoons
Category:Cartoons written by John Dunn
Category:Cartoons with music by Bill Lava
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Hawley Pratt
Category:Cartoons animated by Bob Matz
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Tom O'Loughlin
Category:Cartoons produced by David H. DePatie
Category:Cartoons animated by Lee Halpern
Category:Cartoons animated by Art Leonardi
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Lee Gunther
Category:Cartoons that reuse footage from earlier cartoons