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Created by Walter Lantz on the Universal Pictures lot in 1940, Woody Woodpecker is one of the most memorable cartoon characters in animation history. With his trademark laugh and...
Learn about Woody Woodpecker, an animated character created by Walter Lantz in 1940. Find out his history, design, voice actors, appearances, and more.
In 2018 Universal Pictures International and Universal 1440 Entertainment produced ten brand New Woody Woodpecker cartoons, all available on YouTube. Once again, Woody and his pals were a hit...
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Apr 9, 2019 · In 2018 Universal Pictures International and Universal 1440 Entertainment produced ten brand New Woody Woodpecker cartoons, all available on YouTube. Once again, Woody and his pals were a hit...
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The inspiration for the character allegedly came during producer Walter Lantz's honeymoon with his wife, Grace, in June Lake, California in 1940, a dubious story given the fact that Woody's first appearance predated Lantz and Stafford's honeymoon. A noisy acorn woodpecker outside their cabin kept the couple awake at night, and when heavy rain start...
Early years
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, an...
The post-war woodpecker
Woody's wild days were numbered, however. In 1946, 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. Lundy's last film for Disney was the Donald Duck short Flying Jalopy. This ca...
"The Woody Woodpecker Song"
In 1947, 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 1948 recording of the song, with Harry Babbitt's laugh interrupting vocalist Gloria Wood, became one of the biggest hit singles of 1948. Other artists did covers, including Woody's original voice actor, Mel Blanc. Lantz first used "The Woody Woodpecker Song" in the 1948 short Wet Blanket Policy, and became the fir...
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...
Mel Blanc (cartoons: 1940–1941; Capitol Records: 1948–1955; The Woody Woodpecker Show)Danny Webb (1941; most lines in Pantry Panic)Dick Nelson (1943, 1954; Ration Bored, conscious in Under the Counter Spy)Several video games of Woody Woodpecker were released for Mega Drive/Genesis, Dreamcast, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, PC, Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance. 1. Woody Woodpecker #1, Woody Woodpecker #2, and Woody Woodpecker #3(1994) for the 3DO Interactive Multiplayer. 2. Férias Frustradas do Pica-Pau(1996) for Mega Drive/Genesis and Sega Master Sy...
His Brazilian name is "Pica-Pau", which means woodpecker, this translation is similar to Wile E. Coyote's brazilian translation (he is simply called "Coiote", which means coyote in Portuguese) and...His full name is Woodrow Woodpecker.Woody was voiced by two female voice actors in the franchise, being: Grace Stafford (1950-1991) and Cherry Davis (1988: Who framed Roger Rabbit).There's a common misconception about Danny Webb voicing Woody from 1941–1942, in fact he only voiced Woody in "Pantry Panic".Woody Woodpecker is an American animated web series based on the animated film series and cartoon character of the same name created by Walter Lantz. It premiered on YouTube on December 3, 2018. In 2020, Woody Woodpecker and Wally Walrus appeared in a series of PSAs.
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Woody Woodpecker is an American media franchise created by Walter Lantz in 1940. It features the adventures of a mischievous woodpecker and his friends and enemies in various forms of media, such as films, series, games and theme parks.
