Favorite Cartoons by Walter Lantz
All of my favorite cartoons by Walter Lantz, including ones starring his characters Andy Panda and his famous - Woody Woodpecker
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- DirectorAlex LovyStarsSara BernerMel BlancMargaret McKayWalter Finchell, the tattletale gossip of the jungle, broadcasts from the treetop that Mr. and Mrs. Panda were presented with a baby boy, whom Mrs. Panda names Andy. All the birds and animals go to the Panda's home to welcome the new arrival. As Andy grows, Mr. Panda takes Andy for a walk in the jungle to get him acquainted with Mother Nature and point out some of the perils.
- DirectorWalter LantzAlex LovyStarsSara BernerBernice HansenDanny WebbWhen Andy Panda and his father are stranded miles away from home by a thunderstorm, they take shelter in a nearby house. Little do they realize that the house where they're spending the night is actually a fun house, with hidden practical jokes everywhere. The house also has a noisy merry go-round, a trick drinking fountain,and a dance floor with an ever-changing background.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsDick NelsonAndy Panda and his father are trying to groom an alley cat, which Andy wants to enter in a Cat Show, The cat is not interested in being in show business, and is even more disinterested in getting a bath. A swimming pool is the last resort where everybody but the cat gets wet.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsMel BlancMargaret Hill-TalbotDanny WebbAndy Panda is very happy running his tailor shop until a huge, hungry moth flies through the keyhole, and starts making a buffet dinner out of all the clothes in Andy's shop. Andy's attempts to get him out are unsuccessful, until the moth has had his fill---all of Andy's stock---and departs the premises.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancMargaret Hill-TalbotKent RogersAndy Panda comes across some beavers while building a cabin in the woods.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMargaret Hill-TalbotKent Rogers
- DirectorDick LundyStarsWilliam ShawAndy Panda conducts the "Hollywood Washbowl Orchestra" (an ensemble of farm animals, on a farm) in the title tune. After Andy removes a frog from under his wig, he begins. All is well until his shirt gets stuck on a nail; while he's fighting it, the orchestra breaks into a swinging tune. Back under control, a talkative squirrel in the audience annoys the pig sitting next to him; the pig zips the squirrel's mouth shut. A bird lands on Andy's baton; he waves it, and 2, 3, 4, and 5 birds appear (apparently, his baton's become a magic wand). He waves some more, and the birds disappear one by one, finally replaced with a very happy cat. Two ducks dance as ballerinas; then one fox and one duck, but the second duck is not as easily captured.
- DirectorDick LundyStarsSara BernerDel PorterWalter TetleyAndy Panda is very fond of apples and he eats a bushel of green apples, falls asleep and has a nightmare in which the devil is trying to entice him into Hades and stuffs him full of apple juice, applesauce and more apples. (In Andy's defense, since Andy was taught not to eat green apples, the devil had spray-painted the green apples red.)
- DirectorDick LundyStarsBen HardawayJack MatherGrace StaffordAndy reads in the newspaper that dog catcher Wally Walrus is coming to collect $3.00 worth of dog tax from every dog owner. Being kind of a cheapskate, he hides his dog in the closet from Wally's presence but, upon entering Andy's house, Wally still suspects something is amiss. He uses a trained flea to reveal the dog who gets chased by Wally into a pond in the backyard. After "fishing" the dog out, Wally demands Andy pay his $3.00 but both are in for a surprise: the dog has an entire litter of puppies each worth an additional $3.00!
- DirectorDick LundyStarsWalker EdmistonEddie MarrGrace StaffordFor her birthday, Andy presents his sweetheart, Miranda, with her usual present, candy and flowers. Miranda complains she wants something decent for her birthday like a fur coat...which Andy can't afford. A con man tells him he doesn't need money. He sells him a tracking hound and tells him he can hunt for the fox himself. Unfortunately, the fox Andy and his hound find has no intentions of being caught. Eventually, Andy does capture an animal to make a fur stole with. It's not the fox but, rather, something that's more of a surprise.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsMel BlancThe episode revolves around Woody driving a car in his typical manner, which includes eluding a persistent police officer.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancDick NelsonKent RogersWoody Woodpecker is at a U.S. Army Air Corps military air base and is dreaming of taking one of the aircraft up in the air. His enthusiasm in this respect gets him into a lot of trouble with his sergeant.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancKent RogersA local crowd gathers at a baseball park for a game between the Droops and the Drips. A lone policeman stands at the park gate discouraging spectators who have not paid to see the game.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancKent RogersWoody Woodpecker visits a traveling circus. He attempts to sneak into the big top but a caretaker kicks him out. He says that if Woody wants to see the show, he will have to water the elephant.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsLee SweetlandMel BlancBen HardawayWoody Woodpecker torments Wally Walrus on the beach. Their conflict leads to the amusement pier where Woody disguises himself as a yogi.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsLee SweetlandMel BlancBen HardawayWally Walrus kicks the delinquent Woody Woodpecker out of his boarding house. But the mooching bird finds the walrus's personal ad in the newspaper and comes back, disguised as a woman.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsMel BlancHans ConriedBen HardawayDriving down a U.S. highway, Woody passes a billboard which reminds him that he should renew his driver's license. He heads to the department of motor vehicles and asks Officer Wally Walrus, who takes an immediate dislike to Woody, to give him the test. He puts Woody through the eye test, the reflex test, and the fingerprint test...with Woody constantly making short work of the walrus' patience. Finally, he puts him through the driving test with the bird converting his car into a rocket zooming around the office driving Wally berserk. At this point, Woody exclaims, "Say. I've changed my mind. I want a pilot's license!"
- DirectorDick LundyStarsMel BlancBen HardawayJack MatherWhile travelling along a woodland highway, Woody's car runs out of gas. He intends to get some more by siphoning some from a nearby car, not realizing the car belongs to policeman Wally Walrus who immediately chases the bird. Woody temporarily eludes Wally by disguising himself as a gas station attendant who fills Wally's car to the brim with water! When Woody's disguise is uncovered, the two duel with grease guns. Woody, of course, cheats until he makes the mistake of escaping onto a grease rack at which point he slips backward into a vise which Wally uses to trap him!
- DirectorDick LundyStarsMel BlancWalker EdmistonBen HardawayWoody is shooting pool at a farm house when one of his pool balls rolls into a nearby henhouse. He takes the ball back but must battle with the hen who thinks the woodpecker is taking one of her eggs. Woody makes several attempts to get the ball back from the protective poultry finally disguising himself as a macho continental rooster whom the hen falls for causing Woody to retrieve his ball. But it doesn't last long. The hen gets wise prompting Woody to trip spilling all the hen's eggs all over himself and getting conked with his own pool ball!
- DirectorDick LundyStarsMel BlancBen HardawayHarry LangOut of work, Woody complains about his not having any living quarters. A slick talking con man convinces him to buy some "magic beans" promising they will guarantee him a home. Sure enough, Woody climbs the resulting beanstalk and finds a huge castle at the top. Unfortunately, the castle is already occupied by a sleeping giant who Woody eventually outwits, turning his castle into a series of apartments with the giant as a bellboy and Woody as his manager.
- DirectorDick LundyStarsMel BlancBen HardawayLionel StanderWoody Woodpecker buys life insurance with the benifactor being Buzz Buzzard who wants to collect early.
- DirectorDick LundyStarsHeck AllenMel BlancPinto ColvigThe bad guy buzzard has been taking out all the sheriffs. Woody rides into town and signs on as sheriff, and faces off with the buzzard.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsMel BlancGrace StaffordOut west, tenderfoot Woody uses his slingshot against Indian Buzz Buzzard in a shooting contest.
- DirectorWalter LantzStarsThe StarlightersMel BlancGrace StaffordFor a chance at free food at a barn dance, Woody dresses as a girl to fool ticket taker Wally Walrus.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancHarry LangJohn T. SmithWoody Woodpecker is in the Foreign Legion, where he and his commander are guarding a dancing girl. A neighboring sheik wants her for his harem, and he kidnaps her. Woody goes to the sheik's palace and finally frees her by disguising her to be as ugly as homemade sin.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsMel BlancGladys HollandGrace StaffordWhen Woody undertips in a posh restaurant, the waiters immediately throw him out on his ear. Tired of his petty lifestyle, he notices an ad in the paper for a rich woman with a big mansion and lots of food looking for a husband. Of course, he volunteers and is pleased when he overhears the woman's sexy voice on the telephone. Unfortunately, when he meets the lady in person, her sexy voice belies the fact that she is largely unattractive. She chases the unwilling Woody all over her mansion until he, finally, is reluctantly married to her.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordWoody escapes from getting stuffed at a taxidermy school and is pursued by Strongnose the bloodhound, who has a nose for trouble.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsBob JohnsonGrace StaffordA clockmaker goes into the woods in search of a cuckoo and finds Woodpecker. Figuring a coo-coo could double as a cuckoo, the clockmaker sets out to capture Woody, take him home and put him to work on the clock. Woody figures otherwise, and introduces the clockmaker to an angry bear. Chaos follows.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithAlex LovyStarsDaws ButlerJune ForayGrace StaffordSalesman Woody Woodpecker tries to unload his wares on a hibernating bear.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDaws ButlerGrace StaffordWoody goes to the Everglades to make money turning alligators into suitcases, but one alligator plans on having Woody for dinner.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordA western bandit, caught by Woody, escapes jail and vows revenge against the wacky woodpecker.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithAlex LovyStarsPaul FreesGrace StaffordWoody Woodpecker bothers a wealthy man who has been diagnosed as allergic to noise.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsPaul FreesGrace Stafford
- DirectorJack HannahStarsDaws ButlerGrace StaffordGabby Gator tricks Woody Woodpecker into staying at his "hotel" in the hopes of cooking him for his meal.
- DirectorSid MarcusStarsDaws ButlerGrace StaffordWoody decides to make a new home in a bird house. That doesn't go.well with the bird living in it, or its human owner.
- DirectorSid MarcusStarsGrace StaffordDaws ButlerJune ForayWoody and his nephew and niece, Knothead and Splinter, are pursued by a stupid wolf with a desire for woodpecker pie.
- DirectorSid MarcusStarsDaws ButlerGrace StaffordAn Indian tribe is in need of rain and believe they can get it by sacrificing a woodpecker. Along comes Woody.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDal McKennonGrace Stafford
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDaws ButlerGrace StaffordA seal has escaped from the circus. Woody sees it, and brings it to Mrs. Meany's house, where no pets are allowed.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordIn medieval times, Woody goes on a quest to transform a dragon back into the king's son with the aid of a witch's magic wand.
- DirectorWalter LantzManuel MorenoStarsDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenBernice HansenA poor shoemaker and his wife have only a stale donut and a cup of coffee left to share. An elf drops by, and they offer to share with him. He teaches them (in song) to dunk the donut in the coffee. Later, as they sleep, he brings several other elves back, and they work through the night making shoes in humorous ways. The shoes are a success. Soon, the shoemaker and his wife are quite prosperous. They treat the elves to a feast of donuts and coffee, and the elves treat us to another chorus of "Dunk! Dunk! Dunk!".
- DirectorManuel MorenoStarsTex AveryDorothy ComptonBeatrice HagenThe King of Mouseland issues an edict that all of his Mouse subjects must work for their cheese. But three mice, too lazy to work (and too scared to steal) put on dark glasses and claim to be blind. But they wander out of Mouseland and encounter a huge ugly cat who figures they will make him a nice meal.
- DirectorLes KlineStarsMel BlancBernice HansenDanny WebbIn 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.
- DirectorLes KlineStarsMel BlancMargaret Hill-TalbotDorothy LloydJack the Mouse sells the family cow (hey, it's a cartoon)for a handful of Mexican jumping beans, is scolded by his mother who throws the beans out into the yard. A great beanstalk sprouts from the ground and transports Jack the Mouse to a cloud island in the sky that has a castle owned by a giant bloodthirsty cat. Jack steals the hen that lays golden eggs. The cat gives chase.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsMel BlancMargaret Hill-TalbotHarry StantonThe introduction of Lantz's little black-boy character, L'il Eight Ball, finds him going to bed in his small cabin and being visited by a baby ghost. He avers he is not afraid, and his isn't, so the little ghost transports him to a haunted mill where the adult ghosts hang out. They run the little hero through all the standard ghost tests and, while he is shaken, he still will not admit to being scared.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsSara BernerVictor McLeodMarjorie TarltonPeterkin, a mischievous elf with mixed body parts, decides to see what would happen if he switched the eggs in the tree-maternity nests. What happens is that there are many surprised mothers, and just as many indignant fathers, when the eggs hatch and each family gets a hatching that resembles neither parent. All fly the, figuratively-speaking, coop and Peterkin is left to tend to all the young birds.
- DirectorBurt GillettStarsElvia AllmanSara BernerMel BlancA Princess is born in the castle, but through an accident the Destiny fairy fails to get an her invitation and is furious. She tricks the little princess into hurting herself and puts her to sleep. Years later the invitation sent Destiny if found under a rug in her palace, and she immediately rectifies her action by sending a prince to awaken the sleeping princess.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsSara BernerBernice HansenMargaret McKayThis cartoon deals with three kittens who are mean and cruel to an orphan kitten, but the mother cat adopts the little orphan, serves pie to all four kittens and all is well at the cat-house.
- DirectorAlex LovyStarsMel BlancZedra CondeA mouse, sleeping in the Zowie Cafe, has his sleep disturbed by the jukebox. He crawls into the machine, but the mechanism flings him out the coin return. The mouse lands in a glass of Zowie beverage, which he happily drinks. Bottles tip over, releasing the spirits (both alcoholic and ghostly) within. The ghosts form a band, at first just playing rhythm (with peanuts as maracas). Turtles in the cafe's fountain start dancing. A lobster on a plate does a 'Carmen Miranda' impression. The figures on a lamp dance around the shade. A cactus dances with the mouse. The mouse hits the floor, knocking several mouse ghosts loose; they form a conga line, leading to the mouse's bed, where he falls back to sleep.
- DirectorBen HardawayEmery HawkinsStarsJune ForayFlorence GillDorothy LloydOswald Rabbit, in his last animated short, conducts a gaggle of hens in a symphony to get them to lay eggs. An Easter-themed cartoon.
- DirectorShamus CulhaneStarsHarry LangHarry StantonKing Size wants to find a husband for his daughter. He stages a contest to find the greatest man in Siam will win. The Smartest Man is rejected; then the Richest; and then the Fastest. Last, the Hottest Man in Siam (a musician).
- DirectorDick LundyAn orchestra of gnomes (some of whom look like they might know Snow White). As they are playing flowers and other organic instruments in the forest, there are various mishaps, all timed to music. A chef inflates a trussed turkey, which explodes, showering the pixies with various foodstuffs; a bottle of ketchup squirts out one gnome's ears as he plays. One pixie falls in the cider well and emerges drunk; he goes to play ten pins, and after various mishaps including shooting the ball from a cannon (along with himself), hits a pumpkin truck. The cargo rolls through the field, carrying the entire orchestra away.
- DirectorPaul J. SmithStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordSugarfoot falls in love with a circus horse.
- DirectorDon PattersonStarsDal McKennonGrace StaffordDuring a square dance, held on a dog's back, celebrating the upcoming marriage between a boy and girl flea, a city-slicker flea shows up and kidnaps the girl to the big-city. The boyfriend follows and rescues her from the villain's penthouse apartment.