Production drawing of Woody Woodpecker
date: label: date made
content: 1940
name: label: associated person
content: Lantz, Walter
label: maker
content: Walter Lantz Productions
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Original production drawing for the animated short film <i>Knock Knock</i>, featuring Woody Woodpecker. The drawing in graphite and colored pencil on white paper shows the Woody character with annotations regarding the coloring for the animation cel. The work was likely drawn by animator Alex Lovy.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This drawing was created for the first cartoon to feature Woody Woodpecker, an animated short titled <i>Knock Knock</i>, which premiered in 1940. In the short film, part of Walter Lantz's Andy Panda series distributed by Universal Pictures, the mischievous Woody torments Andy and his father Papa by pecking at the wood elements of their house. The Pandas are foiled in their attempts to catch or maim the bird until Andy finally captures Woody by pouring mysteriously heavy salt on his tail. Mel Blanc provided the voice of Woody as well as Papa Panda; Andy Panda was voiced by Sara Berner.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Woody Woodpecker was a popular success, becoming one of the best-loved and most memorable American cartoon characters of the mid-20th century. Between 1940 and 1972, Woody appeared in nearly 200 animated shorts distributed by Universal and United Artists. The plucky, self-confident woodpecker with a staccato laugh became a popular culture icon, painted on the nose of combat aircraft during World War II, appearing in other forms of media, serving as mascot for Universal Studios, and depicted on a wide range of retail merchandise and toys.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles
topic: label: general subject association
content: Motion Pictures
label: Subject
content: Comedy
label: Subject
content: Animation
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Popular Entertainment
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gracie and Walter Lantz
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0567.02
label: accession number
content: 1982.0567
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0567.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing, animation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall (framed): 15 1/2 in x 17 1/2 in; 39.37 cm x 44.45 cm