Woody Woodpecker and Friends

Season 1938

TV-PG

With arguably the most famous laugh of any cartoon character in history ("ha-ha-ha-HA-ha"), Woody Woodpecker pecked his way into our lives through a 1940 Andy Panda theatrical short entitled Knock Knock. Woody continued to appear in short films throughout the 40's and 50's, and in 1957, the Kellogg's company packaged these theatrical works into the syndicated package The Woody Woodpecker Show. Walter Lantz created the famed bird, and in the show's early days, the animator would host from his office, demonstrating how cartoons were made by showing the viewers at home such essentials as painting cels and drawing storyboards. Woody, an obnoxious mischief-maker, would usually star in the shorts, occasionally taking a backseat to his friends Andy Panda, Wally Walrus, Gabby Gator, Buzz Buzzard, Oswald the Rabbit, The Beary Family and Arctic penguin Chilly Willy.

Where to Watch Woody Woodpecker and Friends • Season 1938

26 Episodes

The Lamp Lighter
E1
The Lamp LighterWhile Oswald lays ill, two cats take his lamplighting equipment.
Man Hunt
E2
Man HuntAlthough the main plot is a bunch of cute forest animals getting their revenge by fighting a war on some hunters, the hunters here are atrociously racist, not just typically stereotypical.
Yokel Boy Makes Good
E3
Yokel Boy Makes GoodA skunk lays low a bully who tries to put a stop to the show in Oswald's Red Barn Theater.
Trade Mice
E4
Trade MiceThe mice are taught to trade fairly by Mama. When they yank a gold tooth from Oswald's mule, they leave an IOU.
Feed the Kitty
E5
Feed the KittyThe final cartoon in the Oswald series. Oswald himself would still appear in two more films, Happy Scouts (1938) and The Egg-Cracker Suite (1943).
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl (or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands)
E6
Nellie the Sewing Machine Girl (or Honest Hearts & Willing Hands)The first of many 1890's melodrama lampoons produced by the Lantz studio during 1938 and 1939.
Tail End
E7
Tail EndA story of the outcast dogs NYC's East Side. They live in the dog slums, and are trying to get some of the bones the fat bulldog has piled up in his yard, but the bulldog is too watchful
Problem Child
E8
Problem ChildWildcat Willie, one of Walter Lantz's lesser known characters, is the protagonist here, a mean widdle kid who runs away from home and masquerades as an orphan. Trouble ensues when Wildcat's new family suspects Wildcat is a rat - er, wildcat. Lots of fast action and violence (Wildcat wields a mean axe).
Movie Phoney News
E9
Movie Phoney NewsThis "cheater" cartoon features no new animated segments and, with the exception of the soundtrack and the newsreel-esque intertitles, is comprised entirely of footage from the following Lantz releases: The Hillbilly (1935), Monkey Wretches (1935), Soft Ball Game (1936), Alaska Sweepstakes (1936), The Barnyard Five (1936), Music Hath Charms (1936), House of Magic (1937), and The Big Race (1937).
Nellie the Indian Chief's Daughter
E10
Nellie the Indian Chief's DaughterNellie is rescued from Rudolph Ratbone by Bennie Bigwind Gooseskin, the swing band man.
Happy Scouts
E11
Happy ScoutsOswald and his Scouts (members of Oswald's Scouts Duck Troop 13) are marching on a camping trip. Blackie Duck loses his diaper and falls behind.
Cheese-Nappers
E12
Cheese-NappersBaby Face Mouse learns that crime does not pay when he crosses the railroad tracks and Public Enemy #1, Butch Face Rat, tries to lead him astray on a cheese heist.
Voodoo in Harlem
E13
Voodoo in HarlemIt's midnight in Walter Lantz's animation studio when an ink bottle spills. Out come dancing, singing cannibals.
Silly Seals
E14
Silly SealsIn a North Pole classroom, Professor Seal is teaching th young seals all about fishing. One little seal would rather practice snowball-juggling and plays hookey, and gets into trouble with the teacher. But back in the classroom a hungry polar bear is waiting to make food out of the seals. The juggling seal does his act and the bear is so impressed that he decides to stay in school and learn to juggle.
Barnyard Romeo
E15
Barnyard RomeoA goose loves a turkey named Clark Gobble who, in turn, loves a peacock.
Queen's Kittens
E16
Queen's KittensThe kittens wreck havoc in the Queen's kitchen.
The Big Cat and the Little Mousie
E17
The Big Cat and the Little MousieA cat gets a mouse drunk but can't eat him at the moment. The mouse promises to return.
Ghost Town Frolics
E18
Ghost Town FrolicsThe ghosts in an abandoned hotel are not happy. They idle away their time getting drunk, playing pinball and slot machines, and collecting their relief checks. What they want is someone to scare. They finally get their opportunity when two chimpanzees and a big, sad-faced dog step inside.
Pixie Land
E19
Pixie LandA mad scientist injects his serum and sees the unexpected consequences. When our goofy scientist hits a flea on a little puppy, the folks of Pixie Land are about to have some very big problems. A montage of them getting ready to go to war has the feel of RKO's "King Kong."
The Cat and the Bell
E20
The Cat and the BellBabyface Mouse is detailed to attach a bell to the cat. The feline chases him, eventually swallowing the bell.
Hollywood Bowl
E21
Hollywood BowlThe stars come out to the Hollywood Bowl for a night of musical fun.
The Rabbit Hunt
E22
The Rabbit HuntA boy and his dog hunt rabbit in the forest.
Sailor Mouse
E23
Sailor MouseWillie Mouse (Baby Face Mouse) leaves a note at home saying that he is running away to go to sea, but the thugs he meets up with make him change his mind quickly. He should have stayed home rather than mix it up with cigar- smoking, gun-toting, hook-armed boat rats of every size and description
The Disobedient Mouse
E24
The Disobedient MouseMother Mouse warns her son Baby Face to stay in the yard... so the first thing that he does when Mom's eye strays is wander across the railroad tracks. In no time, he encounters Rat Face the wharf rat, who runs a school for crime in which the subtle art of picking pockets is matriculated
Baby Kittens
E25
Baby KittensA group of kittens befriend a dog who initially tries to scare them. The mother of these kittens isn't thrilled about the dog "taking" her children and decides to do something about it.
Little Blue Blackbird
E26
Little Blue BlackbirdA mother blackbird hatches out two normal offspring and one featherless nitwit. The nitwit refuses to learn to fly and learn the other aspects of bird-life, but when he battles wicked hawks and saves his siblings from been eaten up, all is forgiven at the family nest.