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1941

Directed by Walter Lantz

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Woody Woodpecker is driving through the countryside and is, shall we say, not a stickler for the rules. He's practically asking for trouble when he confronts a traffic cop who explains he is looking for speeders. Woody reveals himself to be a speeder by driving to Alaska and back in less than a minute. The cop tries to arrest him but Woody states, "I bet ya wouldn't be so tough without that uniform." The officer undresses but Woody attacks him with a boxing glove camera. Woody also gets his goat by dressing as a farmer on horse-and-buggy and as a Chinaboy with rickshaw. Finally, the cop flips out and is sent to a mental hospital with Woody as his caretaker.

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Cast

Mel Blanc

DirectorDirector

Walter Lantz

ProducerProducer

Walter Lantz

StoryStory

Ben Hardaway Jack Cosgriff

ComposerComposer

Darrell Calker

Studios

Walter Lantz Productions Universal Pictures

Country

USA

Language

English

Alternative Titles

Woody's Jalopy, O Biruta, Picchiarello corre troppo, O Rachador, Auto Fou Fou

Genres

Comedy Animation

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10 Aug 1941
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  • Review by JulioRoronoa2 ★★½

    O Pica-Pau mandou o cara pra o Hospício, até satanás tem medo desse cara.

  • Review by João Paulo Inácio

    "Estou procurando rachadores"

  • Review by Harrington The Penguin ★★★

    Woody would defund the police

  • Review by Patrick Delmore ★★★★

    Woody tortures a traffic cop while driving around in a roadster that no child eighty years down the line would recognize as a car. It’s sexist it’s racist but I have to agree with it’s ACAB message.

  • Review by Alice 💜 ★★★

    Woody Woodpecker bullies a cop into losing sense of reality and ending up on a mental institution. He also does some yellowface and objetifies some women in the process. These shorts are everything

  • Review by Noah ★★★★★

    This is what every movie should be like

  • Review by Garfield37 (Charlie Bacho) ★★★½

    WOODY WOODPECKER YOU RACIST

  • Review by geekhalle ★★

    Costumo me irritar com estereótipos, mas eu ri... eu ri de uma piada com estereótipo... e é minha cena preferida nesse episódio, o resto do episódio é bem chatinho.

  • Review by Ben Auletta Jr.

    Woody [singing] Everybody thinks I'm screwy!
    Screwy as a loon, that's me!
    When I get on the driving spree,
    The coppers all get panicky!
    Honk my horn!
    HONKHONKHONK
    Strip my gears!
    SCREECHSCHREECHSCREECH
    So I'm screwy, what, what, what can I do?
    I ask you!

    The second animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on August 11, 1941, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.
    Like most of the early 1940s Lantz "cartunes", The Screwdriver carried no director's credit. Lantz himself has claimed to have directed this film, which features animation by Alex Lovy and Ralph Somerville, a story by Ben Hardaway and Jack Cosgriff, and music by Darrell Calker.
    The…

  • Review by William (SpaceTree Studios)

    I'm looking for SPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDEEEERRRRRRRSSS

    RRRRRRRRRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNNNNNNNNNNN

  • Review by Romain Milliat ★★

    Woody is a womanizer, a racist and a reckless driver, so even if he hates cops you can be sure it's for all the wrong reasons.

  • Review by Blake Cotton ★★★★

    This is just Daffy Duck who's seen a speech therapist.

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