Woody Woodpecker (1941 film)

Woody Woodpecker is the first animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on July 7, 1941,[1] the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2]

Woody Woodpecker
Title card
Directed byWalter Lantz
Produced byWalter Lantz
Story byBen Hardaway
Jack Cosgriff
StarringMel Blanc
Sara Berner
Bernice Hansen
Margaret Hill-Talbot
Danny Webb (all unc.)
Music byDarrell Calker
Animation byAlex Lovy
Ray Fahringer
Les Kline (unc.)
Laverne Harding (unc.)
Backgrounds byEd Kiechle (unc.)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • July 7, 1941 (1941-07-07)
Running time
6:55
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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 Woody Woodpecker (Mel Blanc) lives in have started spreading the word that Woody is crazy, due to all of his 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. But 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 leave it to Woody to choose Dr. Horace N. Buggy, a Scottish-brogue-burring fox, who is, if it's impossible, 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??").

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References
  1. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  2. Maltin, Leonard (1987). Of Mice and Magic (revised edition). p. 398. ISBN 0-452-25993-2.


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