Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

Moustroll Good movie but grossly overrated

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

TheLittleSongbird Was very fond of Woody Woodpecker and his cartoons as a child. Still get much enjoyment out of them now as a young adult, even if there are more interesting in personality cartoon characters and better overall cartoons.After a scene-stealing debut in the Andy Panda cartoon 'Knock Knock', 'Woody Woodpecker' is his first cartoon as a leading character. While there may be cartoon characters with slightly more interesting personalities, Woody is still at his best incredibly funny, never obnoxious and very lovable, summing him up in one word it would be wonderfully nuts. His personality traits are still evolving and while a few are different others are unmistakably recognisable.For just the first lead Woody Woodpecker cartoon, but his second overall, the animation is great. Woody is much more appealingly designed even though still evolving, while the colours are rich and vibrant and the backgrounds meticulous in their detail.Love the music too. It's characterful, lushly orchestrated and is not only dynamic with the action it even enhances it. The writing is suitably witty and raises a number of chuckles, while the never less than amusing and beautifully timed sight gags are even more impressive.Highlight is definitely the "Everybody Thinks I'm Crazy" number, in animation, music and voice work, it is quite the comic masterpiece. The totem pole and struggling to say psychiatrist parts are fun too.'Woody Woodpecker's' voice acting is strong, while there was more familiarity with the later voice actors the cartoon is evidence that Mel Blanc should have voiced Woody in more cartoons, being a near-unparalleled master at being manic and sharp as a razor that has always suited Woody down pat and he was one of Woody's better voice actors to bring that out.Overall, a Woody Woodpecker classic. 10/10 Bethany Cox

PeachHamBeach I'm biased for Mel Blanc, but that's not the only reason I love this cartoon! There are at least 5 versions of Woody Woodpecker that I recognize with my eyes. The crazy, demented redhead with the red chest/tummy, brilliant blue plumage, pretty green tail feathers, goofy green eyes, wacky teeth, big yellow feet and receding chin is my favorite of all. He was mistakenly thought to be "too ugly" or "too insane" to have any potential for audience appeal, and somehow, even after the audiences proved to love this nutjob of a bird, Version 1.0 lasted only 9 cartoons, gradually becoming less "ugly" and having a cuter face. By the time "Ace in The Hole" and "The Screwball" came along, Woody was a wee bit rounder, cuter, and not quite as homely. His last cartoon was "Ration Bored". His first appearance was in the Andy Panda classic, "Knock Knock" in which he plays a nameless woodpecker driving Andy and his dad bananas. From that first "Guess who?" I was hooked! An instant hit, he soon got his first starring role in this short, also known as "the Cracked Nut." Among the cuter baby robins and quails, and owls and squirrels is the community crackpot, Woody Woodpecker. Tired of being talked trash about, Woody decides to visit a psychologist to see if he really is a whack-a- doodle. He meets a Scottish Fox doctor who proves to be more demented than even Woody.As a cartoon connoisseur (sp?) I regard different "versions" of characters as different characters all together. As far as I'm concerned, the first and best "Woody" didn't live very long. After 9 shorts, the studio decided Woody's color scheme had to be toned down, so his red chest became white and he lost all those interesting bright colors. He became less "insane" yet more obnoxious. willfully stealing food and mooching off of folks like Wally Walrus and others rather than being innocently nutty. I have nothing against Ben "Bugsy" Hardaway, who is also said to be the inspiration for Bugs Bunny's personality, but this Woody #2 is the least of my favorites. I'll write more about him as I review the different shorts.

Michael_Elliott Woody Woodpecker (1941) ** 1/2 (out of 4) The title character makes his leading debut here. The film starts off in the woods as Woody is going around acting crazy as usual. The forest creatures bring up the fact that he's crazy so the screwy woodpecker goes to see a psychiatrist to see if he really is. This is a pretty good cartoon that has some funny moments but I think it's still a little less entertaining that some of the later entries in the series. It goes without saying but Mel Blanc does a wonderful job with the voice of Woody and that constant "pecking" is a terrific sound and really makes all of these shorts so memorable. I think a lot of credit should also be given to the supporting characters in the forest as well as the doctor. I think one of the best highlights is a simple joke as Woody not being able to say psychiatrist.

ccthemovieman-1 This was Woody's first cartoon where he was the star, and his second appearance overall. We get the theme song, the familiar laugh and an opening song "Everybody thinks I'm Crazy." That sort of lets you know what you're in for with this loony animated character, voiced by Mel Blanc of Loony Tunes fame. Blanc stayed with this character until Warner Brothers issued him an "exclusive" contract, which meant Woody had to go, in his repertoire. Anyway, the creatures in the forest all think Woody's nuts. After a while, he wonders himself so he goes to see a doctor: "Dr. Horace N. Buggy." The doctor, with a Scottish brogue, is nuttier than Woody!A highlight: Woody carving out a nice totem pole in seconds