Woody Woodpecker (1941 film)
Appearance
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Directed by | Walter Lantz (unc.) |
Story by | Ben Hardaway Jack Cosgriff |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Starring | Mel Blanc Margaret Hill-Talbot Danny Webb Ben Hardaway (all unc.)[1] |
Music by | Darrell Calker |
Animation by | Alex Lovy Ray Fahringer Les Kline (unc.) Laverne Harding (unc.) |
Backgrounds by | Ed Kiechle (unc.) |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 6:55 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Woody Woodpecker is the first
Universal Pictures.[3]
This is the second appearance of Woody Woodpecker; his debut was in an Andy Panda cartoon, Knock Knock.
The working title of this cartoon is 'Cracked Nut'.
Plot
The inhabitants of the forest that
screwball antics. After telling him (and many others) this several times, Woody also begins to question his sanity. Woody Woodpecker spends his day singing loudly and pecking holes in trees. He infuriates the other woodland creatures, when he isn't baffling them with his bizarre behavior. Woody overhears a squirrel and a group of birds gossiping about him. Even though he just sang a song proclaiming his craziness, he denies their whispered accusations that he's nuts. After they trick him into knocking his head on a statue, the poor bird hears voices in his head and decides the animals might be right. He decides to see a doctor, but Woody chooses to see Dr. Horace N. Buggy, a Scottish-brogue-burring fox
who is even madder than he is. The story ends with Woody hurled into a movie theater audience, watching the doctor crack up on screen, and annoying the people beside him ("That doctor sure is a card, isn't he? But I don't think he's near as funny as the woodpecker! Do you think so, mister? Huh? DO you, mister? HUH? I like cartoons! Don't YOU like cartoons??"). One of the people then puts up Woody's seat, leaving him stuck. Then, he screams for help from his seat. As for the people beside him, they smile gladly as the cartoon ends.
Notes
There is no director credit for the film. Lantz himself has claimed to have directed Woody Woodpecker.
References
External links
- Woody Woodpecker at IMDb