Speedy Gonzales

I saw a boy at work, maybe 4 or 5 years old, who was wearing a t-shirt with Speedy Gonzales on the front. I don't see many kids wearing clothes with older cartoon characters, so I thought it was pretty cool he was wearing it. Then I realized the boy was really young, too young to have watched Speedy Gonzales. To him, the character isn't the fast, Spanish-speaking mouse that ran around our Saturday morning television screens. The boy probably thinks it's just a cartoon mouse with a huge hat. I bet he can name the current characters on the Disney Channel and Nickelodeon but not many (if any) from Looney Toons.