His Better Elf

His Better Elf
Directed by	Paul J. Smith
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Homer Brightman
Starring	Grace Stafford; Dal McKennon
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Animation by	Robert Bentley; Lester Kline; Don Patterson
Layouts by	Art Landy
Backgrounds by	Irv.Wyner
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal International
Release date	July 14, 1958
Running time	6' 01"
Country	United States
Language	English

His Better Elf is the 88th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on May 19, 1958, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.[1]

Plot

A poor and destitute Woody Woodpecker is seated in his tumbledown hut on the edge of the city dump, almost completely surrounded by bills. "I wish I was rich," he says. As he speaks, a four-leaf clover pops up. It changes into a small, green woodpecker, who claims that he's a leprechaun named O'Toole. The leprechaun, after showing Woody a few of his tricks, tells Woody that he has come to bring him three wishes. "I wish I was rich. Give me gold," says Woody. "You'll find it at the end of the rainbow," says O'Toole. Sure enough, Woody slides into a pile of gold. He fills a bag with gold and starts to run. Woody exits through a bank door and sets off an alarm which brings the police. As Woody, handcuffed by two policemen, is being taken away, Woody says to O'Toole, "I wish I was out of this. Take me home." "That's wish number two," says O'Toole, as he grants the wish. So, Woody's back where he started from, surrounded by bills, as O'Toole tells Woody that he should work for what he gets. As O'Toole starts to go, Woody remembers that he has one more wish, so he says to O'Toole, "Go to blazes." So O'Toole, the leprechaun, returns from the place once he came- his home of brimstone and blaze. It ended with Dante, the woodpecker devil, told O'Toole "You wore out your welcome up there again".

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References

Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.

Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1958". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.

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[1] Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.