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The Timid Toreador
Directed byRobert Clampett
Norman McCabe
Story byMelvin Millar
Produced byLeon Schlesinger
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl W. Stalling
Animation byI. Ellis
Color processBlack-and-white

Production
company

Leon Schlesinger Productions

Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures, Inc.

Release date

  • December 21, 1940 (1940-12-21)

Running time

7 minutes
LanguageEnglish

The Timid Toreador is a 1940 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Bob Clampett and Norman McCabe.[1] The short was released on December 21, 1940, and stars Porky Pig.[2]

Plot

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The scene descends upon a small Mexican town, where a large woman intensely washes a union suit (and the suit returns the favor) in a public fountain, while a mariachi band performs outside the Brown Sombrero. Porky Pig is selling tamales that are so hot, a nearby bird that steals one promptly explodes and is roasted.

At the local stadium, the townspeople gather to watch a hotly anticipated bullfight pitting matador Ponchi Pancho against Slapsie Maxie Rosenbull, the Mexican Golden Gloves champion bull of 1940. Both humans and "contented cows" are excited to watch the fight. When the bell sounds, the matador flaps his cape and Slapsie charges into the matador. At first, Slapsie admires Ponchi's cape, but then takes it from him. Ponchi screams and runs away with Slapsie giving chase. Ponchi makes it over a bullseye fence and Slapsie hits it so hard that a mounted spectator in the ring laughs hysterically at him. An annoyed Slapsie chalks up his horn as though it were a pool cue ("Screwball in the side pocket") and charges into him, transforming the heckler and his horse into a centaur.

Porky arrives in the stadium and wanders into the ring, offering to sell Slapsie a tamale before realizing his customer and running away. After a brief chase, Slapsie blocks Porky's escape but is enticed by the smell of the tamales and offers to buy one, skeptical of its heat. As the tamale takes effect and burns Slapsie's innards, he panics and busts a hole through the stadium walls, stampeding away in pain. The spectators declare Porky champion and hero, lavishing him with hats; when a small derby lands on his head, he imitates Oliver Hardy.

Home media

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References

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  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 110. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  • ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 124–126. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Timid_Toreador&oldid=1222656279"

    Categories: 
    1940 films
    1940 short films
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    Films directed by Norman McCabe
    Looney Tunes shorts
    Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films
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