Speedy Gonzales

Speedy Gonzales

slang A nickname for one who does things quickly. It comes from the Looney Tunes character of the same name. Slow down, Speedy Gonzales, I can't keep up with you!
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References in periodicals archive
"So it is a special goal for me but also I have to give credit to my team-mates, knowing how and where to go and when was the best time to release the ball for me, Speedy Gonzales, ready to run my backside off.
Edwards' big night was stuff of legends
"So it's a special goal for me, but also I have to give credit to my team-mates, knowing how and where to go and when was the best time to release the ball for me, Speedy Gonzales, ready to run my backside off.
Carlos Edwards on his pride for his place in Sunderland history after THAT goal against Burnley; Carlos Edwards made over 50 appearances for Sunderland, but will always remember that goal against Burnley with a great sense of pride
Minutes later my home was 'lit up' with the opening lyrics of a nostalgic favorite, 'It was a moonlit night in old Mexico....,' made immortal by the silky voice of Pat Boone and the cartoon character Speedy Gonzales. Hearing the track set me pondering upon Earth's heavenly companion, that silvery object in the sky that (in a monthly display) grows from a thin sliver of a crescent, into a beautiful circular source of soothing white light The Moon.
'Moon struck'
But press material from concert promoter Ovation Productions added that Boone will also sing some of his greatest hits, including 'Love Letters in the Sand,' 'Ain't That a Shame,' 'Friendly Persuasion,' 'Bernardine,' 'April Love,' 'Speedy Gonzales,' 'Deep Purple,' 'Blueberry Hill,' 'Fascination' and 'Tennessee Waltz.'
Pat Boone ushers in Christmas concerts
QUESTION: What do Shaun the Sheep, Blackpool rock, The Grinch, the white rose of Yorkshire and Speedy Gonzales have in common?
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Derbez, who bought the property via corporate entity in 2014 for $4.25 million, was recently added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and is slated to executive produce and voice the titular character in the animated feature "Speedy Gonzales."
Eugenio Derbez lists Palisades contemporary
But the license would have to come from the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), whose slothful activities make the Iranian bureaucracy look like Speedy Gonzales.
Iran flip-flops on Apple i-Phones
Now they have a Speedy Gonzales to get them off their seats.
SPEED THILLS; FLY BHOYS NEW BOSS RODGERS IS QUICK TO IMPRESS PARKHEAD FAITHFUL Legend Boyd says super-fast Celts will have punters off their seats just like Three Amigos
Actually, I'm a bit of an adrenaline junkie and a Speedy Gonzales.
Sarah HardingTV STAR AND GIRLS ALOUD SINGER IS TO JUMP TO IT ON C4
One student said that several days ago a group of white men walked up to him and his Latino friends and "started making racist noises, racist chants - 'arriba, arriba, Speedy Gonzales' - to me and my friends while we were having a beer.
A march for respect
Speedy Gonzales (1955) depicts a group of mice waiting at a fence guarded by Sylvester the cat.
Media racism writ large
It means you have to speed up and race through the yellow light, so that the mindless 'Speedy Gonzales' behind you can make it before the light turns red.
Speedy Gonzales..
2 Who had a 1962 UK Top Ten hit with Speedy Gonzales? 3 No More The Fool gave which Salford-born female vocalist a 1986 UK Top Ten Hit album?
BRAINTEASERS
According to Elaph news, May said that even passersby couldn't catch the thief as he was running like Speedy Gonzales!
Running like Speedy Gonzales: May Kassab gets mugged in Cairo, unable to catch thief
On this date in 1953, an early version of the animated cartoon character Speedy Gonzales made his debut in the Warner Bros.
This Day in History -- Aug. 29