Wild and Woody!

Wild and Woody!
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by	Dick Lundy
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Ben Hardaway Heck Allen
Voices by	Lionel Stander Ben Hardaway
Music by	Darrell Calker
Animation by	Fred Brunish Lester Kline Ed Love Pat Matthews
Studio	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	United Artists
Release date(s)	December 31, 1948 (U.S.)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6' 31"
Language	English
Preceded by	Wet Blanket Policy
Followed by	Drooler's Delight

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.

Plot

Outlaw Buzz Buzzard has been terrorizing a small western town and makes it his duty to dispose of all future sheriffs. Woody Woodpecker soon rides into town, becomes the new sheriff, and vows to get rid of Buzz. 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.

Notes

• The title Wild and Woody! is a play on the expression, "wild and wooly".
• Wild and Woody! marks the first of several occasions in which Woody actually kills Buzz. This is also the first Woody Woodpecker cartoon to be set in the Old West, and to portray Buzz as a western outlaw.

References

• Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1948". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.