The Woody Woodpecker site is now up! (Plus, Full DVD Contents)

[detroittvguy]

http://www.woodywoodpecker.com/

[nickramer]

Well, the opining animation was ugly, but it's great that they're showing a clip of "The Screwdriver". And that's just the tittle page!

[Leviathan]

Well, they're using the original "Anti-Christ" Woody, so were you expecting it to maybe look like a Harman-Ising cartoon?

Since half the posts about the Woody Set at the Animation Show are of a delusional crackpot trying to drum up hysteria and conspiracies theories over the usual crap, it's nice to see something positive about it for a change. The restored clip from the Screwdriver looks fantastic and I'm sure it'll definitely blow the edited TV print included on one of the Columbia House DVD's clear out of the water.

Since my entire career isn't based around stirring up trouble and creating mass paranoia like a total blowhard, I'm not even going to buy this set the day it comes out. I'm preordering the thing so it comes directly to my house the day it comes out (and maybe even a little earlier)

[nickramer]

Well, they're using the original "Anti-Christ" Woody, so were you expecting it to maybe look like a Harman-Ising cartoon.

No, I ment the opening flash animation was ugly. It was like the DVD menus for LTGC Vol. 2.

[Jon Cooke]

The full contents of the set have been revealed on the new site as well. :woody:

Disc 1 -

WOODY WOODPECKER
01 - Knock Knock
02 - Woody Woodpecker
03 - The Screwdriver
04 - Pantry Panic
05 - Hollywood Matador
06 - Ace in the Hole
07 - Loan Stranger
08 - The Screwball
09 - The Dizzy Acrobat
10 - Ration Bored
11 - The Barber of Seville
12 - The Beach Nut
13 - Ski For Two
14 - Chew Chew Baby
15 - Woody Dines Out

OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT
16 - Hell's Heels
17 - Spooks
18 - Grandma's Pet
19 - Confidence
20 - Merry Old Soul

CARTOON CLASSICS
21 - King Klunk
22 - Toyland Premiere
23 - Hollywood Bowl
24 - Scrambled Eggs
25 - Hysterical High Spots in American History

BONUS FEATURES -
Walter, Woody and the World of Animation
Cartoonland Mysteries

Disc 2 -

WOODY WOODPECKER
26 - The Dippy Diplomat
27 - Loose Nut
28 - Who's Cookin' Who?
29 - Bathing Buddies
30 - The Reckless Driver
31 - Fair Weather Fiends
32 - Musical Moments From Chopin
33 - Smoked Ham
34 - The Coo Coo Bird
35 - Well Oiled
36 - Solid Ivory
37 - Woody the Giant Killer
38 - The Mad Hatter
39 - Banquet Busters
40 - Wacky Bye Baby

ANDY PANDA
41 - Life Begins For Andy Panda
42 - Fish Fry
43 - Apple Andy
44 - The Bandmaster
45 - Scrappy Birthday

SWING SYMPHONIES
46 - $21 a Day (Once a Month)
47 - Pass the Biscuits, Mirandy!
48 - The Greatest Man in Siam
49 - Abou Ben Boogie
50 - The Pied Piper of Basin Street

BONUS FEATURES
Behind-the-Scenes with Walter Lantz (segments from The Woody Woodpecker Show)

Disc 3 -

WOODY WOODPECKER
51 - Wet Blanket Policy
52 - Wild and Woody
53 - Drooler's Delight
54 - Puny Express
55 - Sleep Happy
56 - Wicket Wacky
57 - Slingshot 6 7/8
58 - The Redwood Sap
59 - The Woody Woodpecker Polka
60 - Destination Meatball
61 - Born to Peck
62 - Stage Hoax
63 - Woodpecker in the Rough
64 - Scalp Treatment
65 - The Great Who-Dood-It

CHILLY WILLY
66 - Chilly Willy
67 - I'm Cold!
68 - The Legend of Rock-a-Bye Point
69 - Hot and Cold Penguin
70 - Room and Wrath

CARTUNE CLASSICS
71 - Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company "B"
72 - Mother Goose on the Loose
73 - Pigeon Patrol
74 - Crazy Mixed-Up Pup
75 - Sh-h-h-h

BONUS FEATURES
Woody Woodpecker Show: Spook-a-Nanny

[Leviathan]

The contents have just filled me with awe, and I probably haven't seen half of the cartoons included.

This is it, the dream set of us all. The one we've all been waiting for. No amount of fear and panic will prevent a preorder from me.

[Studio Toledo]

The contents have just filled me with awe, and I probably haven't seen half of the cartoons included.

This is it, the dream set of us all. The one we've all been waiting for. No amount of fear and panic will prevent a preorder from me.
Heh, I'm only surprised a FAR DECENT copy of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy of Company B" will be on this collection as well, I have that from a crappy Castle Films B&W transferred copy that was included as a bonus on a tape of Amos & Andy TV episodes.

[Sean Gaffney]

Woo hoo! Can't wait for the set! Absolutely fantastic set of cartoons!

[Duck Dodgers]

Personally I would have preferred to see clips from "Abou", "Greatest Man", and "Mirandy", but considering the site is aimed at the general public they have no interest to show previews of the real goodies for us collectors.

Have you read the intro, the first thing you read after clicking the link?
It mentions how the DVD contains "Woody plays Santa" (actually the Castle Film reissue title of "Ski for Two"); "Pantry Panic" (oh, amazing! No one has ever seen this!) and "The Wee Men" (WT*? A Famous Noveltoon???).
What care, what attention, what love........a site for us collectors!

[Jon Cooke]

Have you read the intro, the first thing you read after clicking the link?
It mentions how the DVD contains "Woody plays Santa" (actually the Castle Film reissue title of "Ski for Two"); "Pantry Panic" (oh, amazing! No one has ever seen this!) and "The Wee Men" (WT*? A Famous Noveltoon???).
What care, what attention, what love........a site for us collectors!

It sounds like somebody accidently copy-and-pasted the description of the old "Kid Klassics" public domain Woody VHS from the 1980s (which featured those exact three cartoons...) :p

[Buttmunker]

Don't get me wrong - this is a great set, but I'm a little annoyed that there isn't at least one disc that has just Woody Woodpecker. I would have preferred the last disc to have all the "various" cartoons, and had the first two discs exclusively Woody cartoons.

You see, I'm not a big fan of the non-Woody cartoons.

[mighty mouse]

Wow , on that site it shows disc art on all 3 discs , meaning they will not be on those problematic double sided discs.Thank goodness !!!!!!!!!!!:)

[Sean Gaffney]

Don't forget, in addition to the DVNR or Not DVNR arguments on the other forums, and the lamenting here about the inclusion of non-Woody cartoons, to bring up the following:


1) The lack of Fair Today on the collection.

2) The lack of audio commentaries, particularly because if there WERE audio commentaries, they might be by John K., which would lead to even MORE discussion!

3) The box art, which might drive away the hardcore cartoon fan with its clip art, modern look. "Never mind the restored, uncut cartoons, I will NEVER buy a collection with that Wally Walrus on the cover!"


Only then can you be considered a hardcore cartoon fan, ready to lament about the state of the industry these days at the drop of a hat. :woody:

[Matt the Y]

Don't forget, in addition to the DVNR or Not DVNR arguments on the other forums, and the lamenting here about the inclusion of non-Woody cartoons, to bring up the following:


1) The lack of Fair Today on the collection.

2) The lack of audio commentaries, particularly because if there WERE audio commentaries, they might be by John K., which would lead to even MORE discussion!

3) The box art, which might drive away the hardcore cartoon fan with its clip art, modern look. "Never mind the restored, uncut cartoons, I will NEVER buy a collection with that Wally Walrus on the cover!"


Only then can you be considered a hardcore cartoon fan, ready to lament about the state of the industry these days at the drop of a hat. :woody:

Interesting points. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was largely unimpressed by the artwork of Wally Walrus on the DVD cover art; he looks almost evil or demonic or something!!! Maybe Woody drove him over the edge one time too many! :D :p

The lack of inclusion of "Fair Today" was another sore spot I had with the DVD content. I'm very glad "Hysterical High Spots..." is at least being included, a Lantz 1940's classic I've NEVER seen in my life, but "Fair Today"... man, that one's hard to get a hold of! Does anyone even have this one??? It looks hilarious!!!

And, of course, the complete absence of audio commentaries was rather disappointing although if the next set were to have audio commentaries, I would prefer NOT to have any by John K. (sorry, John K. fans!). Jerry Beck and Mark Kausler would be my picks for audio commentators.

[Duck Dodgers]

Interesting points. I'm glad I'm not the only one who was largely unimpressed by the artwork of Wally Walrus on the DVD cover art; he looks almost evil or demonic or something!!! Maybe Woody drove him over the edge one time too many! :D :p .


As funny as it can sounds, Wally does indeed a lot of facial expressions like that one in "Wacky Bye Baby".


but "Fair Today"... man, that one's hard to get a hold of! Does anyone even have this one??? It looks hilarious!!!

http://classiccartoons.blogspot.com/2007/04/fair-is-fair.html

About commentaries,

I would have loved Jerry, Mark, not John K because he does not know anything about Lantz cartoon........but I would have also wanted our Larry:cool: to provide commentaries for Lantz shorts;)

[Chow Hound]

The box art, which might drive away the hardcore cartoon fan with its clip art, modern look.It won't. They know the hardcore fan is going to buy regardless, so they don't need to target him/her with the box art. They do need to attract a wider audience to make a profit, so they aim the cover art at the lowest common denominator, which is fine with me as long as the cartoons are treated well (restored, no DVNR, no excessive compression, etc.) Anyone who would avoid buying the set because of the box art isn't really a hardcore fan.

[Cartman]

We've got less than a month until it's released. I'm really looking forward to this set. It'll be nice seeing these cartoons in better quality and timecode free.

[Mac]

The website really cheered me up and was a genuine nice surprise. The sounds, clips and info have got me even more excited for this DVD than I already was and I thought the flash animation was fun (though I admit it's a little ugly). I didn't see the weird info about "Woody Plays Santa", "Pantry Panic" etc. Maybe it was contained in the bit of copy which flashed up when I fist clicked on the site (the animation started too quick for me to read it). I did, however, find the information about what is contained on each disc which should certainly please us collectors!

[Jack G.]

As long as we get these cartoons in good quality, I will have no complaints.

I'm not going to nitpick about the choice of cartoons.

Hopefully the set will sell well enough and another will be done and some of the cartoons missed will show up there.

[Bugsy-Kun]

The contents shorts is so terrific. I'm gonna buy it!! I still dream to see this Lantz cartoons since a few years now. And restored clearly!! Thanks to the gys who restored correctly unlike the previous releases. (Columbia House example) I'm going to buy this set, i promise!

[Studio Toledo]

It sounds like somebody accidently copy-and-pasted the description of the old "Kid Klassics" public domain Woody VHS from the 1980s (which featured those exact three cartoons...) :p
I thought so too, I had that tape!

Oddly, a copy of "The Wee Men" that was on it had much of it's opening cut out after the credits (mostly an intro to the Leprechauns and the song they sanged, used also for the Screen Song openings), but the fourth cartoon that showed up afterwards was "Leprechaun's Gold".

[Larry T]

"Fair Today"... man, that one's hard to get a hold of! Does anyone even have this one??? It looks hilarious!!!

I have it, and it's pretty funny, yes. But I'm much more happy to see "Mother Goose On The Loose" appear here.... it's far superior in terms of humour... altough "Fair Today" does have some great adult jokes in it.

And, of course, the complete absence of audio commentaries was rather disappointing although if the next set were to have audio commentaries, I would prefer NOT to have any by John K. (sorry, John K. fans!). Jerry Beck and Mark Kausler would be my picks for audio commentators.

You forgot me in that list :) - if there's ANY studio I'd have killed to be able to do commentaries for on their cartoons, it would have been the Universals.... I'd have had a lot to say about the artists in their units, especially the early 40s to the mid 50s (most of the Woodys included here).

Oh well.... maybe someone will be absent for the next LTGC and I can jump in as a substitute ;) Hey, Porky got to do it at the Crocadero once..... :ham:

[Duck Dodgers]

You forgot me in that list :) - if there's ANY studio I'd have killed to be able to do commentaries for on their cartoons, it would have been the Universals.... I'd have had a lot to say about the artists in their units, especially the early 40s to the mid 50s (most of the Woodys included here).

Have you seen I made such a suggestion (just go to see my previous post here;) )?:D

[AcmeCoyote]

To say that I am excited about this release would be an understatement.

[Larry T]

Have you seen I made such a suggestion (just go to see my previous post here;) )?:D

Yes I saw that Andrea- thanks for your enthusiasm ;)