Wicket Wacky

Wicket Wacky
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by	Walter Lantz
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Walter Lantz
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Animation by	Ray Abrams Don Patterson Laverne Harding Paul J. Smith
Backgrounds by	Fred Brunish
Studio	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release date(s)	May 28, 1951 (1951-05-28)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6' 52"
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Sleep Happy
Followed by	Slingshot 6 7/8

Wicket Wacky is the 34th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on May 28, 1951, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal-International.

Plot

While playing a solitary game of croquet, Woody inadvertently disturbs a gopher's parlor and finds himself in a territorial dispute.

Notes

• This is the first Woody Woodpecker short without any contribution from Ben Hardaway.
• There is no director's credit for this film. Lantz himself has claimed to have directed Wicket Wacky, but does not receive on-screen credit.
• Woody began wearing yellow gloves in Wicket Wacky. This change would remain through Woodpecker in the Rough when the white gloves were restored.
• There is no dialogue in this film. The gopher's gibberish/"talking" was in reality sped up excerpts taken from the 78rpm comic recording by Joe Hayman entitled "Cohen on the Telephone" (Columbia A1516).

References

• Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1951". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.