The Art of the Mexican Stereotype: MEXICALI SCHMOES

From the textmex obsessed imagination of Memo Nericcio

Friz Freleng’s MEXICALI SCHMOES (1959)

Classic, just classic. Watch for yourself and then read all about the cool backstory of Speedy Gonzales in Tex[t]-Mex!

Speedy Gonzalez-Mexicali Shmoes (1959) by tetleymoon

More rare… here are the same characters in a 1960s Bugs Bunny show sequence…

Bugs Bunny Show-Mexicali Schmoes by MatthewHunter

This article was first published in textmex galleryblog.

William Anthony Nericcio, aka “Memo,” is the Director of San Diego State University’s ever-evolving MALAS program (The Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences)–a dynamic, interdisciplinary, cultural studies graduate program located near the U.S./Mexico border. Nericcio also serves on the faculties of the Chicana/o Studies Department, the Center for Latin American Studies and the Department of English and Comparative Literature at SDSU.