This video couldn't load right now. Try again in a minute, or tune in to Saturday Morning live.
Looney Tunes: The Timid Toreador (1940)
Looney Tunes: The Timid Toreador (1940) is a 6-minute animated cartoon that airs free on Starlite TV's Saturday Morning (CH 7) channel. Our rights research indicates it is in the U.S. public domain (evidence below).
About Looney Tunes: The Timid Toreador (1940)
The Timid Toreador is a 1940 American animated comedy short film directed by Robert Clampett and Norman McCabe. The short was released on December 21, 1940.
The scene descends upon a small Mexican town, where a large woman intensely washes a union suit (and the suit returns the favor) in a public fountain, while a mariachi band performs "La Cucaracha" outside the Brown Sombrero. Porky Pig is selling tamales that are so hot, a nearby bird that steals one promptly explodes and is roasted. At the local stadium, the townspeople gather to watch a hotly anticipated bullfight pitting matador Ponchi Pancho against Slapsie Maxie Rosenbull (a spoof of "Slapsie" Maxie Rosenbloom), the Mexican Golden Gloves champion bull of 1940.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article The Timid Toreador (text available under CC BY-SA 4.0).
Upcoming showtimes
- Loading schedule…
You can play this title on demand above any time. It also airs on Starlite TV's live channels on a schedule; times are shown in your local time zone.
Airs on
- Saturday Morning - CH 7, Cartoon TV
Rights & source
- Basis: Documented as U.S. public domain (e.g. copyright not renewed / no notice)
- Evidence: Listed in Wikipedia "List of animated films in the public domain in the United States" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_animated_films_in_the_public_domain_in_the_United_States), which cites Film Superlist / copyright renewal records (not renewed). Character names/designs may remain trademarks; no character art used in site branding.
- Music: Film soundtrack falls with the film; separately published songs not individually cleared.
- Source: Internet Archive
How we check every title: Content & Rights.
More Looney Tunes episodes
- Looney Tunes: Joe Glow, the Firefly 1941 · 7 min
- Looney Tunes: A Coy Decoy 1941 · 8 min
- Looney Tunes: The Henpecked Duck 1941 · 7 min
- Looney Tunes: Notes to You 1941 · 7 min
- Looney Tunes: Robinson Crusoe, Jr. 1941 · 7 min
- Looney Tunes: Saps in Chaps 1942 · 7 min
- Looney Tunes: Hobby Horse-Laffs 1942 · 6 min
- Looney Tunes: Gopher Goofy 1942 · 7 min
- Looney Tunes: Eatin' on the Cuff or The Moth Who Came to Dinner 1942 · 7 min
- Looney Tunes: The Daffy Duckaroo 1942 · 8 min
- Looney Tunes: Get Rich Quick Porky 1937 · 8 min
- Looney Tunes: We, the Animals – Squeak! 1941 · 9 min
16 Looney Tunes episodes on air in this channel.
More on Saturday Morning
- Merrie Melodies: Lady, Play Your Mandolin! 1931 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: Smile, Darn Ya, Smile! 1931 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: One More Time 1931 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: Red-Headed Baby 1931 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: Pagan Moon 1932 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: Freddy the Freshman 1932 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: Crosby, Columbo, and Vallee 1932 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: Goopy Geer 1932 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: Moonlight for Two 1932 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: The Queen Was in the Parlor 1932 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: I Love a Parade 1932 · 7 min
- Merrie Melodies: I Wish I Had Wings 1932 · 7 min
All 397 titles on Saturday Morning → · All movies A–Z
Browse more: Free classic cartoons online · Free 1940s movies, cartoons and shorts