Thursday 31 March 2022

They're Still Hungry

A cat is still hungry after he and Woody Woodpecker eat a full-grown moose. “Yeah? So am I,” says Woody. (Note the wiggling fingers in the air).



Woody and the cat need only four drawings to get into position. The dry-brush drawing is held for two frames.



And then the fight scene that fades out to end the cartoon. It’s a cycle of four drawings, one per frame. They’re eventually covered in brush swirls to indicate speed.



Pantry Panic (formerly titled What’s Cookin’) gives an “artists” credit to Alex Lovy and Les Kline, with Bugs Hardaway and Lowell Elliot producing the story. Danny Webb is Woody, the cat and the moose. The cartoon was released November 24, 1941.

2 comments:

  1. Ben Hardaway is an underrated writer. Up there with Warren Foster and Michael Maltese in my book!

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  2. This Woody showed up on numerous public domain cartoon comps, much like the Mighty Mouse short Wolf! Wolf! (Both good toons).

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