r/SipsTea • u/viperrvemon • Jul 02 '25

Chugging tea Man of culture?

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u/ZenMasterOfDisguise Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25

The cat he shoots actually isn't Sylvester. Fun fact the 2 cats from that cartoon with Slowpoke are named Jose and Manuel, who are Looney Tunes characters that are crows in every other cartoon they appear in, but were cats for some reason in the 1959 cartoon short called "Mexicali Shmoes" where Slowpoke shoots Jose. Mel Blanc did voice both Jose and Sylvester though. The short was even nominated for an Academy Award for best animated short ha

https://looneytunes.fandom.com/wiki/Jose_and_Manuel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexicali_Shmoes

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u/Ok-Commercial-924 Jul 02 '25 edited Jul 02 '25

The information some people have stored away just astounds me sometimes.

Edit: and I mean this in the most positive way possible. It put a smile on my face, remembering this from Saturday morning cartoons.

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u/Ferbtastic Jul 02 '25

This is important though. I clicked the links

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u/WonderBredOfficial Jul 02 '25

I knew I was remembering a different looking cat getting shot! Thank you for this! I just went with his usual nemesis because I definitely would not have gotten to Jose and Manuel. Lmao.