Andy Panda filmography

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Andy Panda
Created by Walter Lantz
Alex Lovy
Original work Life Begins for Andy Panda
(1939)
Owner
Years
  • 1939–1949
  • 1951–2022
Print publications
Comics Dell Comics
Films and television
Short film(s)
Web series
Animated series
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This is a list of Walter Lantz "Cartunes" featuring Andy Panda . All are entries in Lantz's Andy Panda series, except for $21 a Day (Once a Month) (a Swing Symphony cartoon), Musical Moments from Chopin (a Musical Miniatures cartoon), and Banquet Busters and The Woody Woodpecker Polka , two Woody Woodpecker cartoons. [1]

Contents

Directors for each short are noted. Several Andy Panda cartoons produced in 1940, 1941, and 1942 carry no director credit; Walter Lantz claims to have directed these shorts himself. Six Andy Panda cartoons (Life Begins for Andy Panda, Knock-Knock, Fish Fry, Apple Andy, The Bandmaster, and Scrappy Birthday) along with Musical Moments from Chopin and Banquet Busters were released in The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection .

1939

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
1 Life Begins for Andy Panda October 9 Alex Lovy
  • First appearance of Andy Panda.
  • First Andy short directed by Alex Lovy.

1940

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
2 Andy Panda Goes Fishing January 22 Burt Gillett Only Andy short directed by Burt Gillett.
3 100 Pygmies and Andy Panda April 22Alex LovyFinal appearance of Mr. Whippletree.
4 Crazy House September 23 Walter Lantz First Andy short directed by Walter Lantz.
5 Knock Knock November 25Walter LantzFirst appearance of Woody Woodpecker.

1941

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
6 Mouse Trappers January 27Alex LovyLast cartoon with Sara Berner as Andy Panda. [2]
7 Dizzy Kitty May 26Walter Lantz
N/AAndy Panda's PopJuly 28Alex Lovy* A cartoon short reissued as Goofy Roofer for television, "Cartune" short.
N/A $21 a Day (Once a Month) December 1Walter LantzSwing Symphony short.

1942

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
8 Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop January 12Alex LovyFinal appearance of Poppa Panda.
First cartoon with Margaret Hill-Talbot as Andy Panda. [2]
9 Good-Bye Mr. Moth May 11Walter Lantz
10 Nutty Pine Cabin June 1Alex LovyFirst appearance of Andy Panda as an adult.
11 Andy Panda's Victory Garden September 7Alex LovyFirst appearance of Charlie Chicken.
12 Air Raid Warden December 21Alex LovyLast cartoon with Margaret Hill-Talbot as Andy Panda. [2]

1943

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
13 Canine Commandos June 28Alex LovyFinal Andy short directed by Alex Lovy.
14 Meatless Tuesday October 25 James Culhane First Andy short directed by James Culhane.

1944

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
15 Fish Fry June 19James Culhane
16 The Painter and The Pointer December 18James CulhaneFirst cartoon with Walter Tetley as Andy Panda. [2]

1945

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
17 Crow Crazy July 9 Dick Lundy
  • First appearance of Milo.
  • First Andy short directed by Dick Lundy.

1946

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
18The Poet and PeasantMarch 18Dick Lundy
19 Mousie Come Home April 15James CulhaneFinal Andy short directed by James Culhane.
20 Apple Andy May 20Dick LundyFeatured song performed by Del Porter.
21 The Wacky Weed December 16Dick LundyFinal Andy short distributed by Universal Pictures.

1947

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
N/A Musical Moments from Chopin February 24Dick LundyMusical Miniatures short.
N/A Well Oiled June 30Dick Lundy
  • Woody Woodpecker short.
  • Andy Panda makes a cameo appearance in a billboard.
22 The Bandmaster December 22Dick LundyFirst Andy short distributed by United Artists.

1948

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
N/ABanquet BustersMarch 3Dick Lundy
  • Woody Woodpecker short.
N/A Wet Blanket Policy August 27Dick Lundy
  • Woody Woodpecker short.
  • Andy Panda makes a cameo appearance in an advertisement.
23 Playful Pelican October 8Dick Lundy
24 Dog Tax Dodgers November 19Dick LundyOnly appearance of Wally Walrus in an Andy Panda short.

1949

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
25 Scrappy Birthday February 11Dick Lundy
  • First and only appearance of Miranda Panda.
  • The last Andy Panda short directed by Dick Lundy.
  • The last Andy Panda short distributed by United Artists.

1951

#TitleDateDirectorNotes
N/A The Woody Woodpecker Polka October 29Walter LantzFinal appearance of Andy Panda, even though he appears multiple times in one scene. This is a Woody Woodpecker short.

References

  1. Tatay, Jack, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Cooke, Jon. The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia . Retrieved February 29, 2008.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Scott, Keith (October 3, 2022). Cartoon Voices of the Golden Age, Vol. 2. BearManor Media.