Wild and Woody! is the 30th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on December 31, 1948, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by United Artists. The title is a play on the old expression, "wild and wooly".
Plot[]
Outlaw Buzz Buzzard has been terrorizing a small western town and makes it his duty to dispose of any and all sheriffs. Woody Woodpecker soon rides into town, becomes the new sheriff, and vows to get rid of Buzz. However, when he meets Buzz in person, He becomes a scaredy-woodpecker and traps himself in his own star as Buzz fires at him. After Woody and Buzz share a few drinks, they pit their wits against each other. Their confrontation reaches its climax when Sheriff Woody traps the bandit in a burning stove and tosses a box of dynamite in with him, killing Buzz in the process. The now-ghostly Buzz frolics over to two elevators: one takes him to heaven, " (Going up)!" and another leads to hell, " (GOIN' DOWN!). Woody kicks Buzz into the elevator that leads to hell and does his trademark laugh finishing his duties as Sheriff. Iris out.
This is the first of at least two times Woody actually kills Buzz. This is also possibly the second time in the series that Woody gets himself killed (the first being in 1943's Ration Bored) , although that remains debatable.
Characters[]
- Woody Woodpecker
- Buzz Buzzard
- Wheezy Sheriff
- Crowd members
- Horse
- Wild Bill Hiccup
- Hairy James and His Orchestra
- Elevator operators
Locations[]
- Rigor Mortis, Arizona
- Sheriff's Office
- Pigs Foot Saloon
Voice cast[]
- Ben Hardaway as Woody Woodpecker
- Lionel Stander as Buzz Buzzard
- Pinto Colvig as Wheezy Sheriff, Wild Bill Hiccup, the Devil and vocal effects
- Jack Mather as crowd members
- Heck Allen as crowd members
- Grace Stafford as the Angel
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Notes[]
- Hairy James is a spoof of Harry James, the popular swing trumpeter and bandleader.
- Woody would play again as a sheriff in The New Woody Woodpecker Show episode Dr. Buzzard's Time Chamber.
- When this was released on the Screwball Collection set, the black-and-white Universal Pictures logo is seen in the beginning.