Woody Woodpecker (film series)


Woody Woodpecker is an American animated series of comedy short films created by Walter Lantz. It was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures from 1940 and 1972.

History

Voice cast

;Woody Woodpecker
;Wally Walrus
;Buzz Buzzard
;Miss Meany
;Dapper Denver Dooley
;Professor Dingledong
;Professor Grossenfibber
;Winnie Woodpecker
;Gabby Gator
;Finx Fox
;Knothead
;Splinter
;1940
;1941–1943
;1944–1949
;1951–1955
;1955–1961
;1961–1965
;1965–1972
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. In the early 2000s, a series of mail-order Woody Woodpecker Show VHS tapes and DVDs were made available by mail order through Columbia House.
In 2007, Universal Studios Home Entertainment released The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection, a three-disc DVD boxed set compilation of Walter Lantz "Cartunes". The first forty-five Woody Woodpecker shorts—from Knock Knock to The Great Who-Dood-It—were presented on the box set in chronological order of release, with various Chilly Willy, Andy Panda, Swing Symphonies, and other Lantz shorts also included. The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection: Volume 2, including the next forty-five Woody cartoons—Termites from Mars through Jittery Jester—was released in 2008. A plain-vanilla best-of release, titled Woody Woodpecker Favorites, was released in 2009, which contained no new-to-DVD material. Plans for further releases, as well as a Region 1 DVD release of The New Woody Woodpecker Show, are currently on hold for unknown reasons, although the 1999 series has received VHS and DVD releases outside of North America and is available for viewing on Hulu.
Apart from authorized releases, the Woody Woodpecker cartoon most widely available on legal home video is the public domain Pantry Panic.
DVD NameCartoon #Release date
The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Classic Cartoon Collection45 Woody cartoons,
30 others		July 24, 2007
45 Woody cartoons,
30 others		April 15, 2008
Woody Woodpecker Favorites15 Woody cartoons,
5 others		March 10, 2009

In other media

;Woody Woodpecker
A series of comics Woody Woodpecker was created by cartoonist Walter Lantz, was published in 1947 through 1994 by publishers Dell Comics, Gold Key and Harvey Comics.
;Television shows and Web series
;Films
;Video games