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“If Woody had gone straight to the police, this would NEVER have happened…” (from BUNCO BUSTERS)
I fraction some fans’ viewpoint that the 1940s Woody starring vehicles are the best. But many Woody viewers indulge in the 1950s Woody shorts — the body of this collection — for other reasons. These are the Woody shorts from which generations of nostalgia approach.
“The chronicle you are about to behold is a tremendous plump lie…” “Now I’ve gotcha, Chief Charlie Horse!” “YAAAAAY!” “Design with them keys, Maestro, and don’t discontinuance!” Face it: you remember these beloved Woody cliches even if you no longer prefer the specific cartoons (UNDER THE COUNTER Sight, CHIEF CHARLIE HORSE, NIAGARA FOOLS, CONVICT CONCERTO) from which they approach. You’re getting them. All of them.
And that’s not even starting on the supporting features, a mini-anthology of highly inspired choices. Andy Panda’s MOUSIE Advance HOME envisions codependence in crazed cartoon form; Cool Willy’s HALF-BAKED ALASKA has its unforgettable patter routine (“More butter? More syrup? “) ; and THE HAMS THAT COULDN’T BE CURED is a hot jazz Three Runt Pigs send-up.
Finally there’s Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, the star Walter Lantz inherited from an earlier (1927-28) Walt Disney/Ub Iwerks regime at Universal. Disney reacquired some rights to Oswald in 2006; last year saw a selection released in their Walt Disney Treasures line. But Universal retained rights to its bear Oswald material, and Woody Vol. 2 brings us another puny, tempting quintet.
The inventive, primary shaded and white classics are a fascinatingly different viewing experience from anything else on this box, as wannabe hero Oswald is smacked by Tex Avery’s earliest gags. A long-lost color Oswald featuring girlfriend Fanny, SPRINGTIME SERENADE, is here too.
With original Oswald dolls and merchandise now available in stores, one can only hope Universal will tie in by taking the next step — to release a multi-volume disc region on the Woody model, but with Oswald as the main character. From Wintry CON CARMEN’s pre-Betty Boop hooch dance to the cyborg T-Rex of STONE AGE, from the impossible ocean tricks of PERMANENT WAVE to Oswald’s surrealist, pre-Wackyland adventures on MARS, there are dozens of these classics crying for a release.
Throw in a few pre-Lantz Oswalds as extras, and we’re so there.
This spot will have 45 Woody Woodpecker Cartoons spanning from 1952-1958. The worry is that director Paul J. Smith (boo) was only fervent in bringing the cartoons in under budget, creativity was not an philosophize for him. He started taking over Woody in 1955 and the cartoons started to became mediocre.
The Suited NEWS is that there will also be non-Smith Woodys and 30 Walter Lantz non-Woody cartoons produced from 1930-1960 in this residence, and these classics will be well worth getting this for! With DVDs you can unbiased skip over the Paul J. Smith clunkers and cue the menu to these.
The Classic Cartoons will include these new-to-DVD titles:
SHE DONE HIM Correct (1933) w/Pooch The Pup B&W
FIVE AND DIME (1933) w/Oswald Rabbit B&W
WAX WORKS (1934) w/Oswald Rabbit B&W
SPRINGTIME SERENADE (1935)
A-HAUNTING WE WILL GO (1939)
FAIR TODAY (1941)
BOOGIE WOOGIE MAN (1943) A Swing Symphony
THE PAINTER AND THE POINTER (1944) w/ Andy Panda
+ 22 more!
The Woody Woodpecker cartoons in this state are:
(previously released to DVD by Columbia House unless well-known “modern to DVD”)
1952
TERMITES FROM MARS (Don Patterson)
1953
WHAT’S SWEEPIN’ (Don Patterson)
BUCCANEER WOODPECKER (Don Patterson)
OPERATION SAWDUST (Don Patterson)
WRESTLING WRECKS (Don Patterson)
BELLE BOYS (Don Patterson)
HYPNOTIC HICK (Don Patterson) – originally shot in 3-D, but this will be standard 2-D here.
HOT NOON (spoofing the movie High Noon) (Paul J. Smith)
1954
SOCKO IN MOROCCO (Don Patterson) – recent to DVD!
ALLEY TO BALI ( aka Bali Ho ) (Don Patterson)
UNDER THE COUNTER Eye ( aka Secret Agent FOB, a Dragnet spoof) (Don Patterson)
HOT ROD HUCKSTER (Paul J. Smith)
REAL GONE WOODY ( aka The Beat Beatnik ) (Paul J. Smith)
FINE FEATHERED FRENZY ( aka Last Rush ) (Don Patterson)
CONVICT CONCERTO (Don Patterson)
1955 ** unless distinguished, all are directed by Paul J. Smith from here on **
HELTER SHELTER – recent to DVD!
WITCH CRAFTY
PRIVATE Sight POOCH
BEDTIME BEDLAM
SQUARE-SHOOTING SQUARE
BUNCO BUSTERS (spoof of the Bunco Squad)
TREE MEDIC, THE (Alex Lovy) – possibly the last suited Woody!
1956
AFTER THE BALL – modern to DVD!
GET LOST ( aka Hansel & Gretel )
CHIEF CHARLIE HORSE – modern to DVD!
WOODPECKER FROM MARS
CALLING ALL CUCKOOS – recent to DVD!
NIAGRA FOOLS
ARTS AND FLOWERS
WOODY MEETS DAVY CREWCUT (Alex Lovy) – current to DVD!
1957
RED RIDING HOODLUM
BOX CAR BANDIT – recent to DVD!
UNBEARABLE SALESMAN
INTERNATIONAL WOODPECKER
TO Obtain A WOODPECKER (Alex Lovy) – fresh to DVD!
ROUND Swagger TO MARS
DOPEY DICK AND THE PINK WELL
FODDER AND SON
1958
MISGUIDED MISSLE
WATCH THE BIRDIE (Alex Lovy)
HALF-EMPTY SADDLES
HIS BITTER HALF – unique to DVD!
EVERGLADE RAID
THREE’S A CROWD
JITTERY JESTER – recent to DVD!
After watching the B&W cartoons on disc 1, I want to add that I am surprised at how well the Lantz studio imitaded other studios.
Take “SHE DONE HIM Just”, if you did not peek the production credits you would impart that you were watching a 1933 Max Fleischer Betty Boop cartoon.
“A HAUNTING WE WILL GO” may first remind you of a Disney cartoon, but with the racist “Lil’ Eightball” starring character it reminds me more of the MGM/Harmon-Ising “BOSKO IN A Terrorized HOUSE” cartoon.
The right racy surprise is the last Oswald presented on this disc, “THE PUPPET Demonstrate”. This strangely combines live puppets with an Spellbinding Oswald as the puppeteer. At first I belief he was added to an existing puppet short, but as the film goes on there is an attractive dream sequence of the puppets. Was Universal trying to savce an aborted puppet film project? Was the expend of live action puppets a cost-saving diagram to collect the years productions befriend on budget? Either arrangement, it makes for a nice departure from the standard Lantz cartoons of that time.
“Handsome TODAY” is a traditional Tex Avery inspired cartoon, “JOLLY Dinky ELVES” reminds you of some Leon Slessinger/Warner Brothers cartoons & “CANDY LAND” could be from any studio of that time.
It appears that Lantz did not regain a true style of his beget until Woody Woodpecker & Andy Panda came on the scene.
It would be hard for me to deem buying a volume 3, but this dwelling is mild well worth getting!
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