Wicket Wacky
Appearance
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Directed by | Walter Lantz |
Produced by | Walter Lantz |
Animation by | Ray Abrams Don Patterson Laverne Harding Paul J. Smith |
Backgrounds by | Fred Brunish |
Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Universal-International |
Running time | 6' 52" |
Country | United States |
Wicket Wacky is the 34th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on May 28, 1951, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal-International.
Plot
While playing a solitary game of croquet, Woody inadvertently disturbs a gopher's parlor and finds himself in a territorial dispute.
Notes
- This is the first Woody Woodpecker short without any contribution from Ben Hardaway.
- There is no director's credit for this film. Lantz himself has claimed to have directed Wicket Wacky, but does not receive on-screen credit.
- Woody began wearing yellow gloves in Wicket Wacky. This change would remain through Woodpecker in the Rough when the white gloves were restored.
- There is no dialogue in this film. The gopher's gibberish/"talking" was in reality sped up excerpts taken from the 78rpm comic recording by Joe Hayman entitled "Cohen on the Telephone" (Columbia A1516).
References
- Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1951". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.
Categories:
- 1951 animated films
- 1950s short films
- Films directed by Walter Lantz
- Walter Lantz Productions shorts
- Woody Woodpecker films
- American short films
- 1950s American animated films
- Universal Pictures short films
- Universal Pictures animated short films
- Films about animals
- Animated films about animals
- Films about birds
- Animated films about birds
- American animated short films
- American films
- Woody Woodpecker film stubs