Niagara Fools

Niagara Fools
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by Paul J. Smith
Produced by Walter Lantz
Story by Milt Schaffer
Dick Kinney
Voices by Grace Stafford
Bob Johnson
Music by Clarence Wheeler
Animation by Robert Bentley
Les Kline
Raymond Jacobs
Art Landy
Studio Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by Universal International
Release date(s) October 22, 1956 (U.S.)
Color process Technicolor
Running time 6' 09"
Language English
Preceded by Calling All Cuckoos
Followed by Arts and Flowers

Niagara Fools is the 71st animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on October 22, 1956, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.

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Plot

Woody violates the rules that forbids excitement seekers from going over Niagara Falls in a barrel. The locak park ranger tries endless to prevent Woody from doing it, but ends up in a barrel goingg over the falls each and every time. Eventually, the ranger takes his district with him. The end result has the entire crew going over the falls in barrels. Finally, Woody joins the ranger, dressed up as a police officer, and gives him a ticket for going down the falls in barrel.

Reception

Niagara Fools became a massive hit in Brazil thirty years after its release, and is still popular in the country today.

Censorship

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