Woody Woodpecker (film series)

Woody Woodpecker is an American animated series of comedy short films created by Walter Lantz. It was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures from 1940 and 1972.

Woody Woodpecker
Logo the cartoon Woody Woodpecker (1950).
Directed byWalter Lantz
Alex Lovy
James Culhane
Dick Lundy
Don Patterson
Jack Hannah
Sid Marcus
Paul J. Smith
Produced byWalter Lantz
Story byBen Hardaway
Jack Cosgriff
L.E. Elliott
Milt Schaffer
Webb Smith
Hugh Harman
Heck Allen
Ray Abrams
Homer Brightman
Michael Maltese
Bob Ogle
Cal Howard
StarringMel Blanc
Danny Webb
Kent Rogers
Daws Butler
Ben Hardaway
Jack Mather
Will Wright
Dallas McKennon
June Foray
Paul Frees
Lionel Stander
Art Clokey
Grace Stafford
The Starlighters
Music byDarrell Calker
Clarence Wheeller
Raymond Turner
Walter Greene
The Starlighters (by episode The Woody Woodpecker Polka)
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
United Artists (1947–1950, 1958–1968)
NBCUniversal Television Distribution (TV distributor)
Release date
November 25, 1940 (1940-11-25)
(pilot)
July 7, 1941 (1941-07-07) — September 1, 1972 (1972-09-01)
(original)
Running time
30 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

History

The character's history can be viewed here

Voice cast
Woody Woodpecker
Wally Walrus
Buzz Buzzard
Miss Meany
  • Grace Stafford (1963–72)
Dapper Denver Dooley
Professor Dingledong
Professor Grossenfibber
Winnie Woodpecker
  • Grace Stafford (1954)
Gabby Gator
Finx Fox
Knothead
Splinter

Short films lists
Main article: Woody Woodpecker filmography
1940 (pilot episode)
1941–1943 (Season 1)
1944–1949 (Season 2)
1951–1955 (Season 3)
1955–1961 (Season 4)
1961–1965 (Season 5)
  • Busman's Holiday (1961)
  • Phantom of the Horse Opera (1961, based on the novel The Phantom of the Opera)
  • Woody's Kook-Out (1962)
  • Rock-a-Bye Gator (1962)
  • Home Sweet Homewrecker (1962)
  • The Little Bear (1962)
  • Room and Bored (1962)
  • Rocket Racket (1962)
  • Careless Caretaker (1962)
  • Tragic Magic (1962)
  • Voo-Doo Boo-Boo (1962)
  • Crowin' Pains (1962)
  • Little Woody Riding Hood (1962)
  • Greedy Gabby Gator (1963)
  • Robin Hood Woody (1963)
  • Stowaway Woody (1963)
  • The Shutter Bug (1963)
  • Coy Decoy (1963)
  • The Tenant's Racket (1963)
  • Short in the Saddle (1963)
  • Tepee for Two (1963)
  • Science Friction (1963)
  • Calling Dr. Woodpecker (1963, first appearance of Miss Meany)
  • Dumb Like a Fox (1964)
  • Saddle Sore Woody (1964)
  • Woody's Clip Joint (1964)
  • Spookananny (1964)
  • Skinfolks (1964)
  • Get Lost! Little Doggy (1964)
  • Freeway Fracas (1964)
  • Roamin' Roman (1964)
  • Three Little Woodpeckers (1965, based on The Three Little Pigs)
  • Woodpecker Wanted (1965)
  • Birds of a Feather (1965)
1965–1972 (Season 6)
  • Canned Dog Feud (1965)
  • Janie Get Your Gun (1965)
  • Sioux Me (1965)
  • What's Peckin (1965)
  • Rough Riding Hood (1966)
  • Lonesome Ranger (1966)
  • Woody and the Beanstalk (1966, based on Jack and the Beanstalk)
  • Hassle in a Castle (1966)
  • The Big Bite (1966)
  • Astronut Woody (1966)
  • Practical Yolk (1966)
  • Monster of Ceremonies (1966)
  • Sissy Sheriff (1966)
  • Have Gun, Can't Travel (1967)
  • The Nautical Nut (1967)
  • Hot Diggity Dog (1967)
  • Horse Play (1967)
  • Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker (1967)
  • Lotsa Luck (1968)
  • Peck of Trouble (1968)
  • Fat in the Saddle (1968)
  • Woody the Freeloader (1968)
  • Feudin Fightin-N-Fussin (1968)
  • A Lad in Bagdad (1968)
  • One Horse Town (1968)
  • Hook Line and Stinker (1969)
  • Little Skeeter (1969)
  • Woody's Knight Mare (1969)
  • Tumble Weed Greed (1969)
  • Ship A'hoy Woody (1969)
  • Prehistoric Super Salesman (1969)
  • Phoney Pony (1969)
  • Seal on the Loose (1970)
  • Wild Bill Hiccup (1970)
  • Coo Coo Nuts (1970)
  • Hi-Rise Wise Guys (1970)
  • Buster's Last Stand (1970)
  • All Hams on Deck (1970)
  • Flim Flam Fountain (1970)
  • Sleepy Time Chimes (1971)
  • The Reluctant Recruit (1971)
  • How to Trap a Woodpecker (1971)
  • Woody's Magic Touch (1971)
  • Kitty from The City (1971)
  • The Snoozin' Bruin (1971)
  • Shanghai Woody (1971)
  • Indian Corn (1972)
  • Gold Diggin' Woodpecker (1972)
  • Pecking Holes in Poles (1972)
  • Chili Con Corny (1972)
  • Show Biz Beagle (1972)
  • For the Love of Pizza (1972)
  • The Genie With the Light Touch (1972)
  • Bye, Bye, Blackboard (1972)

Home media

A handful of non-comprehensive Woody Woodpecker VHS tapes were issued by Universal in the 1980s and 1990s, usually including Andy Panda and Chilly Willy cartoons as bonuses. A few were widely released on VHS in the mid-1980s by Kid Pics Video, an American company of dubious legality, which packaged the Woody cartoons with bootlegged Disney cartoons. In the early 2000s, a series of mail-order Woody Woodpecker Show VHS tapes and DVDs were made available by mail order through Columbia House.

In 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection, a three-disc DVD boxed set compilation of Walter Lantz "Cartunes". The first forty-five Woody Woodpecker shorts—from Knock Knock to The Great Who-Dood-It—were presented on the box set in chronological order of release, with various Chilly Willy, Andy Panda, Swing Symphonies, and other Lantz shorts also included.[1] The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2, including the next forty-five Woody cartoons—Termites from Mars through Jittery Jester—was released in 2008. A plain-vanilla best-of release, titled Woody Woodpecker Favorites, was released in 2009, which contained no new-to-DVD material.[2] Plans for further releases, as well as a Region 1 DVD release of The New Woody Woodpecker Show, are currently on hold for unknown reasons, although the 1999 series has received VHS and DVD releases outside of North America and is available for viewing on Hulu.

Apart from authorized releases, the Woody Woodpecker cartoon most widely available on legal home video is the public domain Pantry Panic.

DVD Name Cartoon # Release date
The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection 45 Woody cartoons,
30 others		 July 24, 2007
The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 April 15, 2008
Woody Woodpecker Favorites 15 Woody cartoons,
5 others		 March 10, 2009

In other media
Woody Woodpecker (comics)
Woody Woodpecker
Cover of comic book Woody Woodpecker n° 1 (September 1991)
Author(s)Walter Lantz
Current status/scheduleEnded
Launch date1947
End date1994
Publisher(s)Dell Comics
Gold Key
Harvey Comics
Genre(s)Comedy
Humor

A series of comics Woody Woodpecker was created by cartoonist Walter Lantz, was published in 1947 through 1994 by publishers Dell Comics, Gold Key and Harvey Comics.

Television shows and Web series
Films
Video games

References
  1. "NBC Universal Store". Homevideo.universalstudios.com. Archived from the original on December 25, 2007. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
  2. "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia: Cartunes on DVD: Woody Woodpecker Favorites". Lantz.goldenagecartoons.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2010. Retrieved January 22, 2010.
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