Skyscraper Caper (1968)

Director:

Alex Lovy

Writer:

Cal Howard (writer)

Release Date:

9 March 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Animation | Family | Short | Comedy

Plot:

One night, Speedy Gonzales tries to save his pal Daffy Duck from sleepwalking through a construction site. |

Plot Keywords:

Cartoon | Daffy Duck | Merrie Melodies | Speedy Gonzales | Construction Site

Cast

Mel Blanc

...

Daffy Duck / Speedy Gonzales (voice)

Directed by
Alex Lovy

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Cal Howard		writer

Produced by
William L. Hendricks	....	producer

Original Music by
William Lava

Film Editing by
Hal Geer

Animation Department
Bob Abrams	....	background artist
Ted Bonnicksen	....	animator
Robert Givens	....	layout artist
Laverne Harding	....	animator
Volus Jones	....	animator
Ralph Penn	....	background artist
Ed Solomon	....	animator

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. Animation
• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts

Distributors

• Warner Brothers/Seven Arts (1968) (USA) (theatrical)

Runtime:

6 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Finland:S

Company:

Warner Bros. Animation

Soundtrack:

When My Dream Boat Comes Home

One of the better Daffy/Speedy cartoons

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This might have a spoiler in it, but I am not sure. Now, I am a HUGE Looney Tunes fan, and I enjoy most of the cartoons, but I found the Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales team-up a rather odd choice. However, this is one of the better entries from 1968. Rather than acting completely bitter and trying to get Speedy, Daffy relies on the fastest mouse in Mexico to help with his sleepwalking problem. Unfortunately, Speedy looks quite ugly at some points, and Daffy isn't always drawn on-model. The music, which is by Bill Lava, doesn't really sound like Looney Tunes music (it's more like Hanna-Barbera music) and the animation gets a bit choppy at times, but this is actually a bit enjoyable! However, this cartoon contains one of the many variants of the classic skyscraper-walking-and-avoiding-danger element, but it isn't used much here. Plus, during his big fall, Daffy breaks a clock tower, bounces on a flagpole, hangs on a window bar, etc, until Speedy rescues him. Plus, not only do we get the classic Warner Bros. sound effects, we also have plenty of Hanna-Barbera sounds added, too! ("Looney Tunes Back in Action" used a cross of WB and H-B sound FX, too.) Overall, an interesting film and you should see how different this Speedy/Daffy cartoon is!