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6 unusual facts about Woody Woodpecker


Anti-Arabism

In 1980, The Link, a magazine published by Americans for Middle East Understanding, contained an article "The Arab Stereotype on Television" which detailed negative Arab stereotypes that appeared in TV shows including Woody Woodpecker, Rocky and Bullwinkle, Jonny Quest and an educational children's show on PBS.

Bye Bye Blackboard

Bye Bye Blackboard is the 193rd and final animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series.

Cale Yarborough Motorsports

Soon after, Burdette left the team and the team signed Universal Studios/Woody Woodpecker as its primary sponsor.

Márcio Cruz

His nickname "Pé de Pano" was given to him by his friends at the Gracie Barra academy in Rio and it is the Portuguese version of the name of Woody Woodpecker's horse, SugarFoot.

War of the Birds

First one was a scene of Oliver asking a woodpecker who had a resemblance to Woody Woodpecker to join him to fight Fagin, the woodpecker went to shock and did the middle finger, Oliver did the same when Olivia was singing a song that she loved him.

Woody Rock

His nickname was derived from his father saying he resembled the Woody Woodpecker cartoon character.


Operation Sawdust

Lumber mill workers Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard are friends when they are sawing trees, but when Wally Walrus (making a brief cameo as the lumber camp chef) rings the dinner bell, they become bitter enemies.

Ramey Idriss

Joining ASCAP in 1947, his most popular song composition was the Oscar-nominated "The Woody Woodpecker Song", as featured in the film Wet Blanket Policy in 1948.

Red-headed Woodpecker

In the 1940s, Warner Bros popularized a television cartoon series about a red-headed woodpecker named "Woody Woodpecker," created by Walter Lantz.

The Woodpecker Song

The song is not The Woody Woodpecker Song composed later in the 1940s by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriess and used in the Woody Woodpecker cartoon series.

The Woody Woodpecker Show

The Woody Woodpecker Show is a long-running 30-minute American television series mainly composed of the animated cartoon escapades of Woody Woodpecker and other Walter Lantz characters including Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, and Inspector Willoughby released by Walter Lantz Productions.

Wally Walrus

For many years, Wally was the primary foil for Woody Woodpecker, bearing roughly the same relationship to that character as Elmer Fudd had to Bugs Bunny in Warner Brothers' animated shorts from the same era.

What's Sweepin'

Woody is a street sweeper and gets into trouble with Officer Wally Walrus.


see also

Andy Panda filmography

Musical Moments from Chopin (Musical Miniature Cartune, with Woody Woodpecker/Academy Award nominee)

Everglade

"Everglade Raid", an animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series

Jittery

Jittery Jester is the 88th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series.

Operation Sawdust

Operation Sawdust marked Wally Walrus's final appearance in a Woody Woodpecker theatrical "cartune".

Scrub Me Mama with a Boogie Beat

The short version, released on March 28, 1941 by Universal Pictures features no director credit (Woody Woodpecker creator Walter Lantz claims to have directed the cartoon himself), with a story by Ben Hardaway, animation by Alex Lovy and Frank Tipper, and voice work by Mel Blanc.

Slingshot 6 7/8

A shooting contest (carrying a $1,000 prize) in a Western frontier town narrows itself down to two pretty sharp-eyed finalists: Indian Buzz Buzzard and his bow and arrow, and tenderfoot Woody Woodpecker.

Smoked Hams

Wally Walrus tries to get some sleep in the day, while Woody Woodpecker continually keeps Wally awake by mowing the lawn and burning leaves which produces a plume of smoke.

The Beach Nut

The Beach Nut marked the debut of Woody Woodpecker's first steady foil, Wally Walrus.

The Tree Medic

The Tree Medic marked Alex Lovy's return at directing a Woody Woodpecker cartoon since 1943's The Dizzy Acrobat.

The Woody Woodpecker Show

The “A Moment with Walter Lantz” segments were eventually replaced with "Woody's Newsreel" and "Around The World with Woody" which used footage of Universal Newsreels and featured voice-over commentary by Walter Lantz and Woody Woodpecker.