The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection - Volume 2 (The Walter Lantz Archive)
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- DirectorDon PattersonStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordWoody's home is beset by an invasion of voracious alien termites.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsDal McKennonNestor PaivaGrace StaffordWoody is a city street sweeper and hates his job. After being abused by policeman Wally Walrus, he decides to quit and disguises himself as a policeman, kicking the rubbish can away which scoops up Wally sending him into the harbour shrinking his uniform. The angry Wally chases the disguised Woody into the circus. Because he is mistaken for a child, he is denied access but enters backstage disguised as an elephant. Finally, after a long struggle with Woody under the big top, he captures the redhead and returns him to his job as street sweeper.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordWoody Woodpecker, a 17th-century lamplighter, while making his rounds one night hears that the ship of the notorious pirate Buccaneer Buzzard has been spotted in the harbor. Knowing that a substantial reward has been offered for the capture of the pirate, Woody sets out to capture the pirate and claim the reward. Bucaneer Buzzard has other ideas, one of which involves feeding Woody to a shark.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordIn this Walter Lantz production (U-I production number 8326), distributed by Universal-International long before MCA/Universal existed, Woody Woodpecker tangles with a burly lumberjack over food. A furious battle ensues until a giant buzz-saw chases the lumberjack away and Woody returns to his dinner.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsDal McKennonJohn T. SmithGrace StaffordWoody Woodpecker is watching a wrestling match on TV. It's "Precious Percy" (Woody's favorite) versus his opponent, "Bull Dozer". Eventually, Woody's dog gets overexcited and inadvertantlty wrecks his TV set, forcing to Woody to watch the match in person at the arena. While in the audience, he often helps Percy win the match through underhanded tactics. However, when Bull still defeats Percy, Woody decides to take on Bull all by himself.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancGladys HollandDal McKennonWoody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard are hotel bellhops in this Walter Lantz Technicolor Cartune (production number 8330.) The are admiring Ga-Ga Gazoon, glamorous French actress, in a fan magazine, when the desk informs them she is about to arrive at the hotel. Woody and Buzz compete (with dirty tricks) to serve her.
- DirectorDon PattersonPaul J. SmithStarsMel BlancJohn T. SmithGrace StaffordWoody is asked by a law officer to serve a court summons on Buzz Buzzard. Woody accepts but when Buzz takes a look at the summons, he disposes of Woody and thwarts all his attempts to deliver it. Finally, Woody uses hypnotism to get Buzz to accept it and, just for kicks, hypnotizes him into thinking he's various animals and getting him to wander around a skyscraper skeleton. Finally, Woody brings Buzz into the officer who serves Woody with a court summons for practicing hypnotism out of season. The enraged woodpecker in turn hypnotizes Buzz into thinking he's a hungry giant and the officer is a ham sandwich.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithDon PattersonStarsGladys HollandDal McKennonGrace StaffordWoody Woodpecker is the small town sheriff who must face the feared gunslinger Buzz Buzzard.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancHarry LangJohn T. SmithWoody Woodpecker is in the Foreign Legion, where he and his commander are guarding a dancing girl. A neighboring sheik wants her for his harem, and he kidnaps her. Woody goes to the sheik's palace and finally frees her by disguising her to be as ugly as homemade sin.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancDal McKennonNestor PaivaAn angry volcano god in the South Pacific demands a sacrifice, and a lovely young woman in the god's service finds the perfect candidates in the form of two American sailors: Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancDaws ButlerDick NelsonThis cartoon is a parody of the then current TV show, "Dragnet". Police are warned of an escaped criminal, "The Bat", who possesses a super strength tonic. He hides the tonic in Woody's house hoping to retreive it the next day. When the listless Woody awakes, he imbibes the tonic, giving him the strength of twenty men which he immediately tests. Eventually, "The Bat" lures Woody to his hideout in hopes of retrieving his bottle, resulting in a man-to-man (bat?) showdown between Woody and "The Bat".
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancDal McKennonGrace StaffordWoody is driving down the city street singing a "screwy" driving song. Used car dealer Buzz Buzzard tries to interest Woody in buying a new car (after sabotaging the one he has, natch). He shows him various cars but they all are utterly lacking in quality and leave a lot to be desired. After getting him to try a hot rod with a record player under the hood (playing a record of "hot rod sounds" which, alas, gets switched to "animal sounds" on the record's other side), Buzz comes up with the idea of rejuvenating Woody's old car and selling it to him at a vast price. Woody's response to this is to put Buzz through the "rejuvenating machine" where the buzzard gets a car built around him and is driven home by Woody.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordAnne WhitfieldWoody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard fight over who will take the heartthrob Winnie Woodpecker out on a date at the high school "sock hop".
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancGladys HollandGrace StaffordWhen Woody undertips in a posh restaurant, the waiters immediately throw him out on his ear. Tired of his petty lifestyle, he notices an ad in the paper for a rich woman with a big mansion and lots of food looking for a husband. Of course, he volunteers and is pleased when he overhears the woman's sexy voice on the telephone. Unfortunately, when he meets the lady in person, her sexy voice belies the fact that she is largely unattractive. She chases the unwilling Woody all over her mansion until he, finally, is reluctantly married to her.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsDaws ButlerDal McKennonGrace StaffordA wanted criminal hides inside a piano that Woody Woodpecker is tuning, and forces Woody at gunpoint to play said piano as cover so he can escape the completely oblivious cop.
- DirectorWilliam NolanWalter LantzStarsTex AveryOswald the Rabbit takes his date to a carnival and has to contend with a bullying guy.
- DirectorWilliam NolanWalter LantzStarsTex AveryOswald the Rabbit escapes a rainstorm in a five and dime store.
- DirectorWalter LantzManuel MorenoStarsBernice HansenWalter LantzA woman, unable to care for her son, is placed in the care of Oswald, who's a wax museum owner.
- DirectorManuel MorenoStarsGeneva HallDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenMr. and Mrs. Oswald Rabbit are preparing their summer home, confident that winter has ended. Professor Groundhog, unable to see his shadow, predicts several more weeks of cold weather. The rabbit-family and their woodland neighbors choose to disbelieve the groundhog's pessimistic forecast, until suddenly it begins to snow and the forest animals are driven back into hibernation.
- DirectorWalter LantzManuel MorenoStarsBilly BletcherDanny WebbOswald (who had been given a makeover and was no longer lucky) runs a puppet show.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsTex AveryJeane CowanWalter LantzA parody of the film She Done Him Wrong (1933) starring Pooch the Pup in his last appearance.
- DirectorWalter LantzManuel MorenoStarsDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenBernice HansenA poor shoemaker and his wife have only a stale donut and a cup of coffee left to share. An elf drops by, and they offer to share with him. He teaches them (in song) to dunk the donut in the coffee. Later, as they sleep, he brings several other elves back, and they work through the night making shoes in humorous ways. The shoes are a success. Soon, the shoemaker and his wife are quite prosperous. They treat the elves to a feast of donuts and coffee, and the elves treat us to another chorus of "Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!".
- DirectorManuel MorenoStarsPaul KeastThe RhythmettesAllan WatsonThe Sandman makes a call on a young boy and takes him and his puppy to Candyland. There the King of Candyland in the Clouds takes them through his candy-factory where all his workers try to outdo one another in showing their artistic candy-work.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMel BlancMargaret Hill-TalbotHarry StantonThe introduction of Lantz's little black-boy character, L'il Eight Ball, finds him going to bed in his small cabin and being visited by a baby ghost. He avers he is not afraid, and his isn't, so the little ghost transports him to a haunted mill where the adult ghosts hang out. They run the little hero through all the standard ghost tests and, while he is shaken, he still will not admit to being scared.
- DirectorWalter LantzAlex LovyStarsMel BlancRobert C. BruceMargaret McKayFairs, rides, attractions, and horses at the county fair are all made fun of. Like a world's fair, there are some ultra-modern exhibits. You'll see the Rubber Man, the Fat Lady, the Tattoo Man, the Sword Swallower, elephants, lions and a giraffe... but the real problem is a little old lady looking for her little boy. A "Cream Separator" is operated by a small child with a bowl. A "Crazy Quilt" lives up to its name. Announcer: "Say, this turkey has no neck!" Turkey: "Aw, nobody eats the neck, anyway!" There's a hog-calling contest ("You're a hog!").