Rodent to Stardom
| Rodent to Stardom | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Daffy Duck/Speedy Gonzales) series | |
| Directed by | Alex Lovy |
| Produced by | William L. Hendricks |
| Story by | Cal Howard |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | William Lava |
| Animation by |
Volus Jones Ted Bonnicksen La Verne Harding Ed Solomon |
| Backgrounds by | Bob Abrams |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | September 23, 1967 (USA) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6 minutes |
| Language | English |
Rodent to Stardom is a 1967 Looney Tunes animated short starring Daffy Duck and Speedy Gonzales. It is the first cartoon to credit Warner Bros. Seven Arts, but still uses the "Abstract WB" titles.
Plot
Daffy is plucked for stardom by director Harvey Hassenpfeffer of Colossal Studios—or so he thinks. However, as he was in A Star Is Bored (1956), Daffy's real fate is to be the stunt man for the star, in this case Speedy Gonzales. The picture is The Nursery Rhyme Review. First, "the sky is falling"; next, the "rockabye baby" cradle falls from a treetop. Daffy realizes he needs to get rid of Speedy, so he asks for an autograph and traps Speedy in a book, which he deposits in a library. Daffy gets the love scene with Ducky Lamour, but after a number of stunts and just before the kiss, his stand-in, Speedy, takes over.