Flying Walrus

Shamus Culhane pulls off some of his wild camera shakes in Chew-Chew Baby, where Woody Woodpecker goes in drag to humiliate Wally Walrus.

After losing his disguise, Woody sticks a barbecue fork into a love seat (note the heart) as Wally drops from the ceiling.



Up he crashes through the ceiling after some perspective animation. Culhane’s cameraman shakes things up.



Wally falls to the floor, stopping momentarily in mid-air at a stop light Woody has conveniently whipped out of nowhere. There’s another violent camera shake. The camera is out of focus for two frames. Animator Bob Jaques tells me that was not deliberate; the camera operator didn’t focus when he changed fields.



Grim Natwick and Paul Smith are the credited animators. I imagine Don Williams is here, too. Layouts are by Art Heinemann, backgrounds by Phil DeGuard and voices by Bugs Hardaway and Jack Mather.