Friday, May 5, 2023

Cinco de Mayo: Tijuana Toads (1969)

 It's been a while since we actually did anything to mark Cinco de Mayo, so it's time to change that.

The Tijuana Toads debuted with a self-titled short, alternately known as "Tall in The Grass", when the characters were repackaged as the Texas Toads for television seven years later.

The plot: Toro (Don Diamond, ex-F-Troop, Zorro) and Pancho (Tom Holland, not to be confused with the current Spider-Man actor) run afoul of a visiting Texas grasshopper (John Byner impersonating John Wayne). The grasshopper, for whatever reason, was colored red instead of a traditional green or brown.


Don Diamond played a different El Toro, as the sidekick to the title hero of The Adventures of Kit Carson in the 50's.

Rating: B.

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