"Is this trip really necessary?" asks a road sign. "Sure, it's necessary," replies Woody Woodpecker. "I'm a necessary evil." Patriotic gestures are evidently not Woody's strong suit. When he goes to the gas station for a refill, he doesn't even know what a ration book is. The attendant thinks Woody is a wise guy and takes a large mallet and knocks him and his car into a junkyard several miles away. What luck! The old cars still have a bit of gas in them. Woody takes a rubber hose and siphons the gasoline from some of them. Unluckily, one of the cars he picks is brand new. And it's a cop car. Woody is soon at odds with a bulldog police officer.
Director
Emery Hawkins
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during WWII gas rationing; the 'Is this trip necessary?' slogan was actual government propaganda Woody gleefully mocks.
Kent Rogers died in a training flight accident later in 1943, making this one of his final Woody performances before archival reuse.
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