have you ever wondered what happened to speedy gonzales?

[spa ced]

Speedy Gonzales Caged by Cartoon Network
Thursday, March 28, 2002
By Michael Y. Park

NEW YORK — Speedy Gonzales easily bested Sylvester the Cat, Daffy Duck and other assorted banditos in his nearly 50-year career. But the Fastest Mouse in Mexico can't seem to escape the clutches of the Cartoon Network.

The rapid rodent has been deemed an offensive ethnic stereotype of Mexicans, and has been off the air since the cable network became the sole U.S. broadcaster of old Warner Brothers cartoons in late 1999.

But that has animated fans of the spunky character who want Speedy cartoon shorts — and the famous "Arriba! Arriba! Arriba!" cry — back on the airwaves.

Hundreds of fans have engaged in an e-mail campaign to resurrect Speedy, gathering on animation-fan Web sites to debate and organize, according to Virginia Cueto, an associate editor at HispanicOnline who wrote an article about the cartoon controversy.

"Speedy Gonzales has always been a very popular cartoon character, and cartoon fans are among the most diehard loyal fans around. They just want him back," she said in a telephone interview from Miami. "And these aren't just non-Mexicans; a lot of these are Mexicans themselves."

In his adventures, the sombrero-wearing mouse sports an over-the-top Mexican accent and uses his super speed to foil foes like the "Greengo Pussygato" Sylvester. Speedy is sometimes aided by a coterie of drunken Mexican mice who lounge around the village, or by his lazy cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez, who seems as slow-witted as he is slow-footed.

that's fucking hilarious. slowpoke rodriguez!!
i know its an old article but i was just thinking about how racist the speedy gonzalez cartoons were and wondered if they were still being shown or not.

the rest of the article can be found here:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,48872,00.html

[TuralyonW3]

killed by political correctness

[spa ced]

Originally Posted by TuralyonW3

killed by political correctness

actually he was deported by INS back to mexico and was last heard shouting "arriba! arriba! arriba!"

[alexthestampede]

i read something like this a year or two ago

i think that one beaner comic in the houston chronicle dealt with the scenario briefly as well

[Argh]

http://telemaniac.free.fr/slow2.jpg

[benjamin619]

yeah i know what happened to him. he now sits inside watching charro on channel ocho and eating bean burritos all night. then he does manual labor.

[Nimrod's Son]

it would be a shame if the cartoon network offended people in the country illegally

[Izzle]

Originally Posted by Argh

http://telemaniac.free.fr/slow2.jpg

[ChristHimself!]

what a load of pish though

they'll be taking apu and groundskeeper willy out the simpsons next if they carry on like this

[TIMb]

Originally Posted by ChristHimself!

they'll be taking apu and groundskeeper willy out the simpsons next if they carry on like this

and homer!! he's sure to offend the stereotypical american male...

[Karl Connor]

Originally Posted by spa ced

In his adventures, the sombrero-wearing mouse sports an over-the-top Mexican accent and uses his super speed to foil foes like the "Greengo Pussygato" Sylvester. Speedy is sometimes aided by a coterie of drunken Mexican mice who lounge around the village, or by his lazy cousin Slowpoke Rodriguez, who seems as slow-witted as he is slow-footed.

funny how these things fly past your head as a kid

[Nimrod's Son]

Originally Posted by TIMb

and homer!! he's sure to offend the stereotypical american male...

No, you can always mock the straight american christian white (yellow) male

[Nimrod's Son]

The best part of this story is that Speedy is the good guy