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Although Blanc had only recorded three shorts as the voice of Woody, his laugh had been recorded as a stock sound effect and used in every subsequent Woody Woodpecker short up until this point. Blanc sued Lantz and lost, but Lantz settled out of court when Blanc filed an appeal.
Pantry Panic was the third cartoon in the Woody Woodpecker series, featuring an early, garish Woody Woodpecker design. It was the only short with Danny Webb as Woody's voice, and also the last short to feature Mel Blanc since Blanc had recorded Woody's earliest dialogue before he got an exclusive contract to do voice work for cartoons solely ...
As the first appearance of Woody Woodpecker, Knock Knock is also the first cartoon to feature Woody's trademark laugh, a gurgling cackle voice artist Mel Blanc had been perfecting since high school. This is also the laugh Blanc used for a predecessor to Bugs Bunny in the 1939 cartoon Hare-um Scare-um. This cartoon is also notable for featuring ...
We used the Woody Woodpecker theme because it was descriptive to us of spring and summer." [ 2 ] Biographer David Leaf noted its "bizarre woodpecking" percussion, the sentimental use of an accordion to imitate Woody Woodpecker's laugh, and droning wordless vocals by all of the Beach Boys which were originally an element of the shelved ...
Grace supplied Woody's voice until the end of production in 1972 and also performed in non-Woody cartoons. At first, Grace voiced Woody without screen credit, thinking that it would disappoint viewers both young and old to know that Woody Woodpecker was voiced by a woman. However, she soon began to enjoy being known as the voice of Woody ...
Final Woody Woodpecker cartoon that uses the 1950 version of Woody's laugh by Grace Stafford. 136 Skinfolks: July 17 Sid Marcus First use of the 1964 version of Woody's laugh by Grace Stafford, which was used for the remainder of the series. 137 Get Lost! Little Doggy: September 4 First appearance of Duffy Dog. N/A Roof Top Razzle-Dazzle: October 9
Not knowing who was behind the voice he heard, Lantz picked Grace's voice for Woody Woodpecker. Stafford provided Woody's voice from 1950 to 1972, and also performed in non-Woody cartoons. She later voiced the character on several rare occasions after the Lantz studio's permanent shut down in 1972, particularly Woody's cameo at the 51st Academy ...
Wet Blanket Policy is notable the first cartoon to introduce Woody's new theme song, "The Woody Woodpecker Song". Written by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriss , the song was performed by Kay Kyser , with Gloria Wood providing vocals and Harry Babbitt chiming in with Woody's trademark laugh. [ 2 ]