. . . Woodpecker picture is already the 22nd in the series, and it's still early in 1947. One would think that at this point the creator/producer of this series, Walt Lance, would be running out of ideas for further woodpecker escapades. Of course, Splinter and Knot-Head began to loom large in Walt's imagination, as the inevitable "nephews" inspired by Popeye, Don the Duck, Daffy Duck and Mick the Mouse began to seep through the seams of the Lance multiverse. Speaking of Walt, the 22nd episode of Behind the Scenes with Walter is titled SOUND EFFECTS IN CARTOONS, running 4 minutes, 6 seconds. It educates viewers that his team crumples cellophane to mimic the sound of fire, obtains the noise of a squeaky door from a tortured balloon and evokes a galloping horse with coconut halves.
Review of The Coo Coo Bird
