Woody Woodpecker Coll Ed 1 / Animated

Woody Woodpecker Cartune Lunacy 2005-01-13 This superb collection of madcap Walter Lantz cartoons features Woody at his prime. The first short, "Woody Woodpecker" (1941) involves Woody, as screwy as he is, seeing a doctor to get his head examined. This proves pointless as in the end, Woody drives the doc to sheer insanity! The second short, "Born to Peck" (1952), tells us the story of the wacky bird's childhood. In the next cartoon, "The Redwood Sap" (1951), Woody finds that slacking off while everyone else stores food for the winter is no picnic. The last cartoon included here, 1948's "Banquet Busters" has Woody and co-musicians Andy Panda and Mousie Mouse invade the banquet of one Mrs. Van Glutton. Butler Wally Walrus tries to prevent as much mayhem as possible, but only fails in the end when the formal dinner party turns into a wild pie fight.

The only real drawback to this tape is that it only contains four cartoons (thus, the reason for my rating being short of five stars). With all the material available, they could have easily added four more shorts to this compilation (perhaps "Knock Knock", "The Barber of Seville", "The Dippy Diplomat", and "Bunco Busters").

Good material for Woody enthusiasts 2003-01-14 Although it is just 30 minutes long, this video is a very good collection of classical Woody cartunes, including the first cartoon under the "Woody Woodpecker" title (Woody's première was on an Andy Panda cartoon). Buy it if you're a Woody fan. This is really a Collector's edition.

Review of Woody Woodpecker Collector's Edition, Vol. 1 2001-12-09 It's only 30 minutes. There are only 4 cartoons--'Woody Woodpecker (Cracked Nut)'--this is the first cartoon starring Woody. The rest are as follows--'Banquet Busters', 'Born to Peck' and 'The Redwood Sap' and the only one of these worth bothering with is the first one!! Just to let you know, there are only 4 cartoons in Vol. 2 as well although 3 of the 4 cartoons are worth the price.

An Excellent Collection of Woody Woodpecker 2001-07-03 Woody Woodpecker has starred in some of the funniest shorts, and these are it! The video contains:

"Woody Woodpecker" "Born to Peck" "The Redwood Sap" "Banquet Busters"

If you're a fan of Woody, or any classic cartoon, you'll love this tape!

---Thad Komorowski

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