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1968 film
See Ya Later Gladiator
is a 1968
Warner Bros.
Looney Tunes
cartoon directed by
Alex Lovy
.
[1]
The short was released on June 29, 1968, and stars
Daffy Duck
and
Speedy Gonzales
.
[2]
Daffy and Speedy had been paired together in a series of cartoons from 1965 to 1968. This was their final theatrical pairing, and this was also the final theatrical short to star "classic"
Warner Bros.
characters as well as the last
Golden Age of American Animation
cartoon to feature Daffy or Speedy. After this short, until the cartoon division closed in 1969, new characters like
Cool Cat
,
Bunny and Claude
,
Merlin the Magic Mouse
, and a few one-shot cartoons made up all of WB's output.
Plot
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The plot concerns Daffy and Speedy accidentally being sent back in time via a
time machine
to
Rome
, 65 A.D. There, they offend a
centurion
who sends them to the lions as entertainment for
Emperor Nero
in a
gladiator
arena. Daffy and Speedy work together to thwart a lion. They soon break Nero's fiddle and the enraged emperor chases the two.
Back in the present timeline, the scientist discovers Daffy and Speedy being chased by a furious Nero. He manages to bring the two back to the present. However, Nero has accidentally returned with them and is horrified by this. Speedy helps him adjust until the scientist can bring him home. Daffy is about to go to bed when he hears music playing from outside from his room. Much to his dismay, it is Speedy's band playing again. Adding to his annoyance is that Nero has joined the band by playing his fiddle.
Music
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The cartoon features a slightly different arrangement of
The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down
by
Bill Lava
(the second being
3 Ring Wing-Ding
.)
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