The hyperactive red-headed bird enters a turf war with a big city lawyer wanting to tear down his home in an effort to build a house to flip. Lance Walters : [after the grill tips over] Don't you dare post that. Tommy Walters : Too late. Sign In. Play trailer Animation Adventure Comedy. Director Alex Zamm. Top credits Director Alex Zamm. See more at IMDbPro. Trailer Woody Woodpecker Official Trailer - Long. Woody Woodpecker Official Trailer - Short.
Photos Top cast Edit. Thaila Ayala Vanessa as Vanessa. Jakob Davies Lyle as Lyle. Sean Tyson George as George. Patrick Lubczyk Chris as Chris. Ty Consiglio John as John. Brought to the park by Universal Studios, Woody and friends remained although Universal have no part in the Park since they sold all their shares of the park.
According to Walter Lantz's press agent, the idea for Woody came during the producer's honeymoon with his wife, Gracie, in Sherwood Lake, California. A noisy woodpecker outside their cabin kept the couple awake at night, and when a heavy rain started, they learned that the bird had bored holes in their cabin's roof. As both Walter and Gracie told Dallas attorney Rod Phelps during a visit, Walter wanted to shoot the thing, but Gracie suggested that her husband make a cartoon about the bird, and thus Woody was born.
The story is questionable, however, since the Lantzes were not married until after Woody made his screen debut. Also, their story that the bird's cry inspired Woody's trademark laugh is also questionable, as Mel Blanc had already used a similar laugh in earlier Warner Bros. Woody Woodpecker first appeared in the film Knock Knock on November 25, The cartoon ostensibly stars Andy Panda and his father, Papa Panda, but it is Woody who steals the show. The woodpecker constantly pesters the two pandas, apparently just for the fun of it.
Andy, meanwhile, tries to sprinkle salt on Woody's tail in the belief that this will somehow capture the bird. To Woody's surprise, Andy's attempts prevail, and Woody is taken away to the funny farm — but not before his captors prove to be crazier than he is.
Woody's original voice actor, Mel Blanc, would stop performing the character after the first three cartoons to work exclusively for Leon Schlesinger Productions Later renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons , producer of Warner Bros. At Schlesinger's, Blanc had already established the voices of two other famous "screwball" characters who preceded Woody, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny. Ironically, Blanc's characterization of the Woody Woodpecker laugh had originally been applied to a Bugs Bunny prototype, in shorts such as the aforementioned Elmer's Candid Camera , and was later transferred to Woody.
Blanc's regular speaking voice for Woody was much like the early Daffy Duck, minus the lisp. Once Warner Bros. To complete the connection full circle, Hardaway, who had also worked under Schlesinger at Warner Bros. Haradaway's nickname around Termite Terrace the ramshackle building where the Looney Tunes were originally produced was "Bugs," and the bunny prototype's first model sheet was labeled "Bugs' Bunny"--the apostrophe was later dropped.
Audiences reacted well to Knock Knock , and Lantz realized he had finally hit upon a star to replace the waning Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Woody would go on to star in a number of films. With his innate chutzpah and brash demeanor, the character was a natural hit during World War II. His image appeared on US aircraft as nose art, and on mess halls, and audiences on the homefront watched Woody cope with familiar problems such as food shortages.
The bird became rounder, cuter, and less demented. He also sported a simplified color scheme and a brighter smile, making him much more like his counterparts at Warner Bros. Nevertheless, Culhane continued to use Woody as an aggressive lunatic, not a domesticated straight man or defensive homebody, as many other studios' characters had become.
Woody's wild days were numbered, however. In , Lantz hired Disney veteran Dick Lundy to take over the direction chores for Woody's cartoons. Lundy rejected Culhane's take on the series and made Woody more defensive; no longer did the bird go insane without a legitimate reason. Lundy also paid more attention to the animation, making Woody's new films more Disney-esque in their design style, animation, and timing.
This cartoon is played much like a Woody Woodpecker short, right down to the laugh in the end. It also features a bad guy named "Ben Buzzard" who bears a strong resemblance to Buzz Buzzard, a Lantz character introduced in the short Wet Blanket Policy who would eventually succeed Wally Walrus as Woody's primary antagonist.
In , contract renewal negotiations between Lantz and Universal now Universal-International fell through, and Lantz began distributing his cartoons through United Artists. The UA-distributed Lantz cartoons featured higher-quality animation, the influence of Dick Lundy the films' budgets remained the same.
In , Woody got his own theme song when musicians George Tibbles and Ramey Idriss wrote "The Woody Woodpecker Song", making ample use of the character's famous laugh. Kay Kyser's recording of the song, with Harry Babbitt's laugh interrupting vocalist Gloria Wood, became one of the biggest hit singles of Other artists did covers, including Woody's original voice actor, Mel Blanc.
Lantz first used "The Woody Woodpecker Song" in the short Wet Blanket Policy , and became the first and only song from an animated short subject to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Song. The laugh, in a different recording, was first used for the seminal Bugs Bunny prototype character in Elmer's Candid Camera.
Though not the first of the screwball characters that became popular in the s, Woody is perhaps the most indicative of the type. Woody was created in by cartoonist Walter Lantz and storyboard artist Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, who had previously laid the groundwork for two other screwball characters, Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck , at the Warner Bros. Woody's character and design would evolve over the years, from an insane bird with an unusually garish design to a more refined looking and acting character in the vein of the later Chuck Jones version of Bugs Bunny.
Lantz produced theatrical cartoons longer than most of his contemporaries, and Woody Woodpecker remained a staple of Universal's release schedule until , when Lantz finally closed down his studio. Woody Woodpecker cartoons were first broadcast on television in under the title The Woody Woodpecker Show , which featured Lantz cartoons bookended by new footage of Woody and live-action footage of Lantz.
He also made a cameo alongside many other famous puppet characters in the film Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Brought to the park by Universal Studios, Woody and friends remain there despite Universal no longer having a financial stake in the park. According to Walter Lantz's press agent, the idea for Woody came during the producer's honeymoon with his wife, Gracie, in Sherwood Lake, California.
A noisy woodpecker outside their cabin kept the couple awake at night, and when a heavy rain started, they learned that the bird had bored holes in their cabin's roof. As both Walter and Gracie told Dallas attorney Rod Phelps during a visit, Walter wanted to shoot the thing, but Gracie suggested that her husband make a cartoon about the bird, and thus Woody was born.
The story is questionable, however, since the Lantzes were not married until after Woody made his screen debut. Woody Woodpecker first appeared in the film Knock Knock on November 25, The cartoon ostensibly stars Andy Panda and his father, Papa Panda, but it is Woody who steals the show. The woodpecker constantly pesters the two pandas, apparently just for the fun of it.
Andy, meanwhile, tries to sprinkle salt on Woody's tail in the belief that this will somehow capture the bird. To Woody's surprise, Andy's attempts prevail, and Woody is taken away to the funny farm — but not before his captors prove to be crazier than he is.
Woody's original voice actor, Mel Blanc, would stop performing the character after the first four cartoons to work exclusively for Leon Schlesinger Productions later renamed Warner Bros. Cartoons , producer of Warner Bros. At Schlesinger's, Blanc had already established the voices of two other famous "screwball" characters who preceded Woody, Daffy Duck and Bugs Bunny.
Ironically, Blanc's characterization of the Woody Woodpecker laugh had originally been applied to a Bugs Bunny prototype, in shorts such as the aforementioned Elmer's Candid Camera , and was later transferred to Woody. Blanc's regular speaking voice for Woody was much like the early Daffy Duck, minus the lisp. Once Warner Bros. To complete the connection full circle, Hardaway, who had also worked under Schlesinger at Warner Bros. Haradaway's nickname around Termite Terrace the ramshackle building where the Looney Tunes were originally produced was "Bugs," and the bunny prototype's first model sheet was labeled "Bugs' Bunny"—the apostrophe was later dropped.
Audiences reacted well to Knock Knock , and Lantz realized he had finally hit upon a star to replace the waning Oswald the Lucky Rabbit. Woody would go on to star in a number of films. With his innate chutzpah and brash demeanor, the character was a natural hit during World War II. His image appeared on US aircraft as nose art, and on mess halls, and audiences on the homefront watched Woody cope with familiar problems such as food shortages.
The bird became rounder, cuter, and less demented. He also sported a simplified color scheme and a brighter smile, making him much more like his counterparts at Warner Bros. Nevertheless, Culhane continued to use Woody as an aggressive lunatic, not a domesticated straight man or defensive homebody, as many other studios' characters had become. Woody's wild days were numbered, however. In , Lantz hired Disney veteran Dick Lundy to take over the direction chores for Woody's cartoons.
Lundy rejected Culhane's take on the series and made Woody more defensive; no longer did the bird go insane without a legitimate reason. Lundy also paid more attention to the animation, making Woody's new films more Disney-esque in their design style, animation, and timing.
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