Wild and Woody!
Wild and Woody! is the 30th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on December 31, 1948, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by United Artists.[2]
| Wild and Woody! | |
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| Directed by | Dick Lundy |
| Produced by | Walter Lantz |
| Story by | Ben Hardaway Heck Allen |
| Starring | Ben Hardaway Lionel Stander Pinto Colvig Jack Mather Heck Allen Grace Stafford[1] |
| Music by | Darrell Calker |
| Animation by | Ed Love Pat Matthews Fred Brunish (unc.) Lester Kline (unc.) Fred Moore (unc.) Laverne Harding (unc.) Ken O'Brien (unc.) |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | December 31, 1948 |
Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Plot
Outlaw Buzz Buzzard has been terrorizing a small western town and makes it his duty to dispose of all future sheriffs. Woody Woodpecker soon rides into town, becomes the new sheriff, and vows to get rid of Buzz. After Woody and Buzz share a few drinks, they pit their wits against each other. Their confrontation reaches its climax when Sheriff Woody traps the bandit in a burning stove and tosses a box of dynamite in with him.
Voice Cast
- Ben Hardaway as Woody Woodpecker/Crowd member
- Mel Blanc as Woody Woodpecker laughing (archive sound)
- Lionel Stander as Buzz Buzzard
- Pinto Colvig as Sheriff/Wild Bill Hiccup/Elevator operator
- Jack Mather as Crowd member
- Heck Allen as Crowd member
- Grace Stafford as Elevator operator
Notes
- The title Wild and Woody! is a play on the expression, "wild and wooly".
- Wild and Woody! marks the first of several occasions in which Woody actually kills Buzz. This is also the first Woody Woodpecker cartoon to be set in the Old West, and to portray Buzz as a western outlaw.
References
- "Dick Lundy's "Wild and Woody" (Redux)". Retrieved 2019-06-26.
- 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. "1948". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.
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