The Woody Woodpecker Show | |
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Genre | Animation, comedy |
Created by | Walter Lantz |
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Voices of | Grace Stafford |
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Country of origin | United States |
No. of seasons | 5 |
No. of episodes | 113 |
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Producer | Walter Lantz |
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Running time | 30 minutes |
Production companies | Walter Lantz Productions Universal Cartoon Studio |
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Network | ABC (1957–58) |
Release | October 3, 1957 – January 29, 1977 |
Related | |
The New Woody Woodpecker Show |
The Woody Woodpecker Show is a 30-minute American television series mainly composed, of the animated cartoon shorts of Woody Woodpecker and other Walter Lantz characters including Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, The Beary Family and Inspector Willoughby all released by Walter Lantz Productions. [1] The series was revived and reformatted several times, but remained popular for nearly four decades and allowed the studio to continue making theatrical cartoons until 1972 when it shut down. It also kept the Walter Lantz/Universal "cartunes" made during the Golden Age of American animation a part of the American consciousness. The Woody Woodpecker Show was named the 88th best animated series by IGN. [2]
Movie theater owners in the 1950s were finding that they could release features with reissued cartoons, or no cartoons at all, and the audiences would still come. Because of the practice, the theatrical cartoon business was suffering and losing money. By 1956 there were only seven animation producers in the short-subjects field, and by the end of the decade that number would dwindle down to three. Walter Lantz and his distributor, Universal Pictures, knew that the only way to subsidize the rising costs of new shorts was to release their product to television. Norman Gluck from Universal's short-subjects department made a deal with the Leo Burnett Agency to release some older Lantz product on television. Burnett handled the Kellogg's cereal account and Lantz soon met with the Kellogg's people to sign the contract. [3] Lantz admitted that he was only working in the medium because he was "forced into TV" and "cartoons for theaters would soon be extinct". [4]
The Woody Woodpecker Show debuted on ABC on the afternoon of October 3, 1957. The series was shown once a week, on Thursday afternoons, replacing the first half-hour of the shortened Mickey Mouse Club . Lantz integrated his existing cartoons with new live action footage, giving the show an updated look that satisfied both viewers and Lantz himself. The live action and animation segments created for the show, called 'A Moment with Walter Lantz', featured an informative look at how the animation process for his "cartunes" worked as well as how the writers came up with stories and characters. The live-action segments were directed by Jack Hannah, who was fresh from the Disney studio where he had done similar live-action/animation sequences for the Disney show. [3]
After the initial year on ABC, The Woody Woodpecker Show was syndicated until 1966. 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.
In 1970, the show reappeared on network television, with 26 additional episodes assembled by Lantz for NBC. The show ran on NBC until September 2, 1972, which is the same year the Walter Lantz Productions studio shut down. The show was revived again on September 11, 1976, featuring cartoons made from 1940 to 1965. [5] The show ended its network run on September 3, 1977. Local stations continued to air The Woody Woodpecker Show for the next several years.
In 1984, Lantz sold everything outright to MCA/Universal, though he remained active in overseeing how Universal handled his characters (for merchandise, TV, home video, theme parks, limited edition cels, etc.) up until his death in 1994. [6]
In 1987, MCA/Universal and The Program Exchange returned the show to television with a new 90 episode package for syndication. This Woody Woodpecker Show featured a complete overhaul of the series format. Gone were the newsreels, "Around the World" segments, and live action scenes with Walter Lantz, replaced by vignettes known as "Musical Miniatures", in which new musical compositions were played over montages of classic cartoon footage. New commercial bumpers were added and a new opening sequence was created. This one featured Woody, Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, Smedley the Dog, and Inspector Willoughby along with Woody's nemeses Buzz Buzzard, Gabby Gator, and Wally Walrus as they caused chaos in a small town. Episodes of this Woody Woodpecker Show typically consisted of two Woody cartoons bookending another Lantz cartoon (typically a Chilly Willy cartoon). The series continued airing in syndication until 1998. Around that time, Cartoon Network picked up rerun rights and aired The Woody Woodpecker Show for several months, after which the series disappeared from television.
After Cartoon Network dropped The Woody Woodpecker Show, Universal revived most of the Lantz characters in The New Woody Woodpecker Show with Billy West voicing Woody, which ran from 1999 to 2002 as part of the Fox Kids Saturday morning lineup.
In August 2023, MeTV acquired the broadcast rights to Walter Lantz cartoons from 1934 to 1972 to air The Woody Woodpecker Show on Saturday mornings on September 2 as part of MeTV's Saturday Morning Cartoons animation block, marking Woody's return to television after 21 years. Though, they were not aired in the actual The Woody Woodpecker Show anthology episodes formats, but the separate theatrical cartoon prints are shown directly from the Universal vaults.
Cartoons with an '*' are repeats.
# | 1st cartoon | 2nd cartoon | 3rd cartoon | Original air date |
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1 | Who's Cookin' Who? | The Overture to William Tell | Bathing Buddies | October 3, 1957 |
2 | Ace in the Hole | The Bandmaster | Banquet Busters | October 10, 1957 |
3 | Life Begins for Andy Panda | Pied Piper of Basin Street | Knock Knock | October 17, 1957 |
4 | Chew Chew Baby | The Sleeping Princess | The Dizzy Acrobat | October 24, 1957 |
5 | Fish Fry | Pixie Picnic | Woody Dines Out | October 31, 1957 |
6 | The Hollywood Matador | Adventures of Tom Thumb Jr. | Well Oiled | November 7, 1957 |
7 | Andy Panda Goes Fishing | The Poet and the Peasant | Ski for Two | November 14, 1957 |
8 | Fair Weather Fiends | Scrambled Eggs | Woody The Giant Killer | November 21, 1957 |
9 | Mousie Come Home | Apple Andy | The Dippy Diplomat | November 28, 1957 |
10 | Pantry Panic | Kiddie Koncert | Wacky Bye Baby | December 5, 1957 |
11 | The Painter & The Pointer | Dog Tax Dodgers | The Mad Hatter | December 12, 1957 |
12 | The Screwball | Three Lazy Mice | Solid Ivory | December 19, 1957 |
13 | Crow Crazy | Sliphorn King Of Polaroo | The Reckless Driver | December 26, 1957 |
14 | The Wacky Weed | Musical Moments from Chopin | The Beach Nut | January 2, 1958 |
15 | Meatless Tuesday | Jungle Jive | The Loose Nut | January 9, 1958 |
16 | Smoked Hams | Fox & the Rabbit | The Barber of Seville | January 16, 1958 |
17 | 100 Pygmies and Andy Panda | Kitten Mittens | The Coo Coo Bird | January 23, 1958 |
18 | The Dizzy Acrobat * | Toyland Premiere | Woody Dines Out* | January 30, 1958 |
19 | Life Begins for Andy Panda * | Fish Fry* | The Hollywood Matador* | February 6, 1958 |
20 | Well Oiled* | Pixie Picnic* | Ski for Two * | February 13, 1958 |
21 | Andy Panda Goes Fishing* | Adventures of Tom Thumb Jr.* | Fair Weathered Fiends* | February 20, 1958 |
22 | Woody The Giant Killer* | The Poet and the Peasant* | The Dippy Diplomat* | February 27, 1958 |
23 | Mousie Come Home* | Scrambled Eggs* | Pantry Panic * | March 6, 1958 |
24 | Wacky Bye Baby* | Apple Andy* | The Mad Hatter* | March 13, 1958 |
25 | The Painter & The Pointer* | Kiddie Koncert* | The Screwball* | March 20, 1958 |
26 | Solid Ivory* | Dog Tax Dodgers* | The Reckless Driver* | March 27, 1958 |
# | 1st cartoon | 2nd cartoon | 3rd cartoon | Original air date |
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27 | I'm Cold* | A Horse's Tale | Puny Express | August 8, 1964 |
28 | Slingshot 6 7/8 | Syncopated Sioux | Wet Blanket Policy | October 12, 1963 |
29 | What's Sweepin' | The Mouse and the Lion | The Legend of Rockabye Point | October 19, 1963 |
30 | Woodpecker In The Rough | Egg Cracker Suite | Sh-h-h-h-h-h | October 26, 1963 |
31 | Sleep Happy | Goodbye Mr. Moth | Flea For Two | November 2, 1963 |
32 | Hot Noon* | The Flying Turtle | Room and Wrath | November 9, 1963 |
33 | Wild & Woody | Crazy House | Dig That Dog | November 15, 1963 |
34 | Wrestling Wrecks | Pig in a Pickle | Drooler's Delight | November 22, 1963 |
35 | The Great Who-Dood-It | Andy Panda's Pop; a.k.a. Goofy Roofer | Paw's Night Out | November 30, 1963 |
36 | Real Gone Woody | Boogie Woogie Sioux; a.k.a. Indian Beatnick | Chilly Willy; a.k.a. Deep Freeze | December 7, 1963 |
37 | Get Lost | Dog That Cried Wolf | Hot Rod Huckster | December 14, 1963 |
38 | Wicket Wacky | Andy Panda's Victory Garden (Springtime for Andy) | Ostrich Egg and I | December 21, 1963 |
39 | Secret Weapon ft. Space Mouse | Convict Concerto* | I'm Cold* | December 28, 1963 |
40 | The Redwood Sap | Crazy Mixed Up Pup | The Screwdriver; a.k.a. Woody's Jalopy | January 4, 1964 |
41 | Nutty Pine Cabin | Scalp Treatment | The Talking Dog | January 11, 1964 |
42 | Termites From Mars | Swing Your Partner | Hold That Rock | January 18, 1964 |
43 | Ration Bored; a.k.a. The Gas Bandit | Scrappy Birthday | Plywood Panic | January 25, 1964 |
44 | Hypnotick Hick | Dizzy Kitty | Maw & Paw | February 1, 1964 |
45 | Buccaneer Woodpecker | The Hams That Couldn't Be Cured | Hot & Cold Penguin | August 1, 1964 |
46 | Belle Boys | Broadway Bow Wows | Woody Woodpecker | August 8, 1964 |
47 | Helter Shelter | Hot Noon* | Juke Box Jamboree | October 5, 1963 |
48 | Jungle Medics | Real Gone Woody* | The Legend of Rockabye Point * | September 19, 1964 |
49 | Alley to Bali | Destination Meatball/Under The Spreading Blacksmith Shop; a.k.a. The Village Blacksmith** | Pigeon Holed | October 24, 1964 |
50 | The Loan Stranger | Playful Pelican | Under The Counter Spy | November 14, 1964 |
51 | Operation Sawdust | Man's Best Friend | Hay Rube | December 5, 1964 |
52 | Convict Concerto* | Mouse Trappers | Born to Peck | December 26, 1964 |
From Series 3 onward, the episode include four cartoons instead of three.
In the process of remastering 49th episode, Destination Meatball (from Woody Woodpecker) was replaced with one of Andy Panda's shorts for unknown reasons.
# | 1st cartoon | 2nd cartoon | 3rd cartoon | 4th cartoon | Original air date |
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53 | Pistol Packin' Woodpecker | St Mortiz Blitz | Fodder & Son | Freeloading Feline | August 8, 1970 |
54 | Chief Charlie Horse | Space Mouse | After The Ball | Big Snooze | August 15, 1970 |
55 | Box Car Bandit | The Goofy Gardener | Woody Meets Davy Crewcut | Hyde and Sneak | August 22, 1970 |
56 | Arts and Flowers | Salmon Yeggs | Gabby's Diner | Doc's Last Stand | January 16, 1971 |
57 | The Woody Woodpecker Polka | Truent Student | Tree Medic | Witty Kitty | September 5, 1970 |
58 | Woodpecker In The Moon | Little Televillain | Calling All Cuckoos | The Bongo Punch | August 29, 1970 |
59 | Misguided Missile | The Bear & The Bees | Watch The Birdie | Punchy Pooch | September 26, 1970 |
60 | Half Empty Saddles | Fowled Up Party | Round Trip To Mars | A Chilly Reception | October 24, 1970 |
61 | Ballyhooey | Rough and Tumbleweed | Franken-Stymied | Mother's Little Helper | October 31, 1970 |
62 | The Unbearable Salesman | Yukon Have It | Dopey Dick The Pink Whale | Phoney Express | November 7, 1970 |
63 | Private Eye Pooch | Hunger Strife | Ozark Lark | Polar Pests | November 14, 1970 |
64 | Panhandle Scandal | Eggnaper | Fowled-Up Falcon | Operation Cold Feet | January 23, 1971 |
65 | Woodpecker From Mars | Tricky Trout | Everglade Raid | Three Ring Fling | November 28, 1970 |
66 | International Woodpecker | Swiss Miss-Fit | Niagara Fools | Mississippi Slow-Boat | December 5, 1970 |
67 | Socko in Morocco | Salmon Loafer | To Catch a Woodpecker | Papoose on the Loose | December 12, 1970 |
68 | Southern Fried Hospitality | Mackerel Moocher | Bats in The Belfry | Case of the Cold Storage Yegg | December 19, 1970 |
69 | Stage Hoax | Bee Bopped | His Better Elf | Robinson Gruesome | December 26, 1970 |
70 | Kiddle League | Charlie's Mother-in-Law | The Bird Who Came to Dinner | Fish and Chips | January 2, 1971 |
71 | Poop Deck Pirate | Pesky Pelican | A Fine Feathered Frenzy | Corny Concerto | January 9, 1971 |
72 | Log Jammed | Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker | The Tee Bird | Sufferin' Cats | August 22, 1970 |
73 | Billion Dollar Boner | Coming Out Party | Romp In a Swamp | Pest of Show | November 21, 1970 |
74 | Red Riding Hoodlum | Fowled Up Birthday | Tree's A Crowd | Fish Hooked | January 30, 1971 |
75 | Tomcat Combat | The Goose is Wild | Heap Big Hepcat | Tin Can Concert | February 6, 1971 |
76 | Jittery Jester | Clash and Carry | How to Stuff a Woodpecker | Mouse Trapped | February 13, 1971 |
77 | Square Shootin' Square | Plumber of Seville | Witch Crafty | Goose in the Rough | February 20, 1971 |
78 | Bunco Busters | Case of the Red-Eye Ruby | Bedtime Bedlam | Pigeon Patrol | February 27, 1971 |
# | 1st cartoon | 2nd cartoon | 3rd cartoon | 4th cartoon | Original air date |
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79 | Careless Caretaker | Half-Baked Alaska | Guest Who? | Busman's Holiday | November 27, 1971 |
80 | Tragic Magic | Chilly Chums | Foot Brawl | Room and Bored | February 19, 1972 |
81 | Crowin' Pains | Fractured Friendship | Davey Cricket | Woody's Kook-Out | October 9, 1971 |
82 | Greedy Gabby Gator | Deep Freeze Squeeze | Case of the Elephant's Trunk | Shutter Bug | January 15, 1972 |
83 | Science Friction | Hot Time on Ice | Mouse in the House | Home Sweet Homewrecker | November 6, 1971 |
84 | Rocket Racket | Pesty Guest | Roof Top Razzle Dazzle | Short in the Saddle | January 8, 1972 |
85 | Voo-Doo Boo-Boo | Chilly and the Woodchopper | Rah Rah Ruckus | Skinfolks | September 11, 1971 |
86 | Stowaway Woody | Coy Decoy | Ski-Napper | Little Woody Riding Hood | December 25, 1971 |
87 | Freeway Fracas | Polar Fright | Window Pains | Calling Dr. Woodpecker | December 4, 1971 |
88 | Dumb Like a Fox | Lighthouse Keeping Blues | The Case of the Maltese Chicken | The Tenant's Racket | October 16, 1971 |
89 | Saddle Sore Woody | Vicious Viking | Snow Place Like Home | Get Lost Little Doggy | January 22, 1972 |
90 | Woody's Clip Joint | Operation Shanghai | Tee-Pee for Two | South Pole Pals | September 4, 1971 |
91 | Robin Hoody Woody | Phantom of the Horse Opera | Teeny Weeny Meany | Rock-A-Bye Gator | February 26, 1972 |
# | 1st cartoon | 2nd cartoon | 3rd cartoon | 4th cartoon | Original air date |
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92 | Astronut Woody | A Haunting We Will Go | Airlift a la Carte | All Hams on Deck | September 4, 1976 |
93 | The Big Bite | Tumbleweed Greed | Bugged in a Rug | Buster's Last Stand | September 11, 1976 |
94 | Bye Bye Blackboard | Moochin' Pooch | Chiller Dillers | Canned Dog Feud | September 18, 1976 |
95 | Show Biz Beagle | Sissy Sheriff | Let Charlie Do It | Sioux Me | September 25, 1976 |
96 | Fat in the Saddle | What's Peckin' | Chilly and the Looney Gooney | Feudin' Fighting-n-Fussin' | October 2, 1976 |
97 | Flim Flam Fountain | Under Sea Dogs | A Fish Story | For the Love of Pizza | October 9, 1976 |
98 | Genie with the Light Touch | Wild Bill Hiccup | Chilly's Cold War | Gold Diggin' Woodpecker | October 16, 1976 |
99 | Hassle in a Castle | Woodpecker Wanted | Charlie the Rainmaker | Have Gun, Can't Travel | October 23, 1976 |
100 | Hi-Rise Wise Guys | Paste Makes Waste | Chilly's Hide-a-Way | Horse Play | October 30, 1976 |
101 | Hook Line and Stinker | Woody and the Beanstalk | Charlie's Campout | Hot Diggity Dog | November 6, 1976 |
102 | Janie Get Your Gun | Rain Rain Go Away | Chilly's Ice Folly | Indian Corn | November 13, 1976 |
103 | Kitty from the City | Sleepy-Time Bear | Charlie's Golf Classic | A-Lad in Baghdad | November 20, 1976 |
104 | Little Skeeter | How to Trap a Woodpecker | A Gooney is Born | Lonesome Ranger | November 27, 1976 |
105 | Lotsa Luck | Woody the Freeloader | Cool It Charlie | Monster of Ceremonies | December 4, 1976 |
106 | The Nautical Nut | Bungling Builder | Gooney's Goofy Landings | One Horse Town | December 11, 1976 |
107 | A Peck of Trouble | Woody's Knight-Mare | Charlie in Hot Water | Pecking Holes in Poles | December 18, 1976 |
108 | Phoney Pony | Unlucky Potluck | Highway Hecklers | Practical Yolk | December 25, 1976 |
109 | Prehistoric Super Salesman | Woody's Magic Touch | Gopher Broke | The Reluctant Recruit | January 1, 1977 |
110 | Roamin' Roman | Sleepy-Time Chimes | Project Reject | Rough Riding Hood | January 8, 1977 |
111 | Seal on the Loose | Snoozin' Bruin | Jerky Turkey | Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker | January 15, 1977 |
112 | Shanghai Woody | The Unhandy Man | The Rude Intruder | Ship A'hoy Woody | January 22, 1977 |
113 | Chili Con Corny | Candyland | Jolly Little Elves | Coo Coo Nuts | January 29, 1977 |
# | 1st cartoon | 2nd cartoon | 3rd cartoon | Original air date |
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- | Playful Pelican* | Under The Counter Spy* | Spook-A-Nanny | October 10, 1964 |
(*) = total of 59 episodes with original animation
In the early 2000s, a series of mail-order Woody Woodpecker Show VHS tapes and DVDs were made available through Columbia House. Each volume featured "cartunes", bumpers, and 'A Moment with Walter Lantz' or "Newsreel" segments set in the 1957-1977 format of The Woody Woodpecker Show, though Volumes 11-15 hardly feature any "Moments" or "Newsreels". There were complaints about cuts made to the shorts, which ranged from shorts from restored and intact prints to severely cut TV edits. [7]
In 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection , six behind-the-scenes segments from The Woody Woodpecker Show and a 1964 episode that contained the cartoon "Spook-a-Nanny" were released on the collection as bonus features. The following year, The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2 was released, featuring twelve behind-the-scenes segments and two pilot cartoons, "The Secret Weapon" and "Jungle Medics" from The Woody Woodpecker Show.
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