An elderly, suicidal Woody Woodpecker reminisces about his life as a woodpecker, as his ability to peck wood has vanished, leaving his life seemingly without energy.
Writing
Existential dread in a 6-minute cartoon? Unhinged.
Direction
Walter Lantz said 'what if Woody... sad?'
Director
Walter Lantz
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This short arrived as animation pivoted from theater packages to TV, making Woody's fear of irrelevance weirdly meta.
Mel Blanc's signature 'Guess Who?' appears here, but Grace Stafford (Walter Lantz's wife) voiced Woody by this era—making this a couple's collaboration on suicidal bird content.
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