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The quickest rodent in all Mexico, Speedy Gonzales. I loved watching the show just to hear those dodgy Mexican accents. And who can forget that yellow sombrero? Have you heard of Pat Boone’s classic? “Hey Rosita, I hafta go shopping downtown for my mudder, she needs some tortillas and chili peppers.” or “Hey Rosita, come queek, down at the cantina they giving green stamps with tequila!”.
Mexican stereotyping at its best. The cartoon portrayed Mexicans as lazy, philanderers and alcoholics. Cue Speedy, whizzing pass them shouting “Andale! Andale! Arriba! Arriba!” (loosely translated as Up! Up! Move! Move!).
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May 11th, 2007 at 12:10am
He’s so CUTE!!!
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May 11th, 2007 at 9:49am
so cute!!!!!
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May 11th, 2007 at 10:06am
this was shown right after loony toons too… ah cool..
Love looney toons and love speedy gonzales
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May 11th, 2007 at 10:39am
Who can ever forget that little bugger? Back in ’sekolah rendah’ in Sabah, everytime when we need someone to do something quick we’ll be using shouting “..andaley,andaley yippa! Yippa!”
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May 11th, 2007 at 1:59pm
if they were to make a movie out of it, it’s going to stay in blockbuster for weeks.. ha ha(better than tmnt)
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May 11th, 2007 at 2:03pm
i just wonder … if back in those days the cartoon aired on TV was in english or was dubbed in bahasa..unlike the ones that i get to watch on sunday mornings even japanese cartoons are in bahasa
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May 11th, 2007 at 2:51pm
oh yeah! agree with clement, i think it’ll be better than tmnt XD so miss our dear mexican mice!
since my mom took away my astro cartoon network i can no longer watch looney toons! argh!!! sad!!
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May 12th, 2007 at 9:11am
OMG I used to love Speedy Gonzales! I used to go around saying that Arriba! Arriba! Andale! Andale! all the time! LOL!
Psst.. Dan, I think your translation should be the other way around. ;p
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May 12th, 2007 at 1:16pm
Jemima & huei
Mo Looney Tunes were a worthwhile watch.
Kay Kastum LOL. Don’t think we did that when we were young, most of the time, we quote the “male-ego” fueled Thundercats or Voltron.
clement They might make a movie. I won’t be surprised.
Lucifer Speedy was in English. Only Japanese-cartoons were dubbed.
conan_cat TMNT wasn’t the greatest movie ever, but it wasn’t too bad either. Nothing to write home about.
JACQ LOL, it is? Does it matter?
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May 14th, 2007 at 3:37am
Me too, gee..used to watch SG in my childhood years, wow..sure brings back memories
the word andale used to be fun when rhymes with ariba, but not so if someone said “andale” in a work environment haha.
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May 14th, 2007 at 3:27pm
How do I download the song? Another classic cartoon. How about Woody Woodpecker?
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May 14th, 2007 at 10:21pm
MeltingWok Glad it did bring memories.
Jason Woody Woodpecker, well, I can vaguely remember the show…I’m not THAT old. LOL.
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