The Screwdriver

The Screwdriver
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by Walter Lantz
Produced by Walter Lantz
Story by Ben Hardaway
Jack Cosgriff
Voices by Mel Blanc
Ben Hardaway
Music by Darrell Calker
Animation by Alex Lovy
R. Somerville
Studio Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) August 11, 1941 (U.S.)
Color process Technicolor
Running time 6' 44"
Language English
Preceded by Woody Woodpecker
Followed by Pantry Panic

The Screwdriver is the second animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on August 11, 1941, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

The plot has the wacky bird driving a car (hence the title of the picture), with a series of gags about the jalopy he's driving and his attempts to speed and to elude a persistent policeman.

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Notes

Everybody thinks I'm screwy!
Screwy as a loon, that's me!
When I get on the driving spree,
The coppers all get panicky!
Honk my horn!
HONKHONKHONK
Strip my gears!
SCREECHSCHREECHSCREECH
So I'm screwy, what, what, what can I do?
I ask you!

Censorship

The scene where Woody dressed up as a Chinese stereotype to trick the cop was removed.

Quotes

(Woody ask a question about women to the cop.)

(The Cop is explaining what a speeder is)

References