Woody Woodpecker-Screwball Collection (1 Viewer)

I was kind of hoping that the release announcement would least list the titles of the shorts

dana martin said:

I was kind of hoping that the release announcement would least list the titles of the shorts

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TVShowsOnDVD said this today in their weekly Friday roundup.

* Woody Woodpecker - The Screwball Collection (Universal)
$21.98 SRP Blu-ray MOD
NOTE: this title is not available for pre-order as of this writing
EXTRAS: Walter, Woody and the World of Animation; The Origin of Woody Woodpecker; Creating the Stories; Animating Woody; The Development of Woody; Creating Woody Woodpecker; Photographing Animation Cels; The Inking Department; The Painting Department; Sound Effects in Cartoons
-----Relive the hilarious, crazy adventures of Woody Woodpecker, everyone's favorite wacky red-headed bird, in The Woody Woodpecker Screwball Collection! Created by renowned cartoonist Walter Lantz, these 25 original theatrical cartoons showcase some of the wildest antics in animation history. Newly remastered in high definition, Woody is joined by his friends including Andy Panda, Wally Walrus and Buzz Buzzard. Featuring rare treasures including archival behind-the-scenes footage of Walter Lantz, this side-splitting collection will keep fans laughing out loud time and time again! Single-disc title.

Great news. I’ve got the two dvd titles but I’m game. I hope there’s something new on this.

I'm glad to see these starting up again after the DVDs stopped.

Doesn't look like any of the great Tex Avery Chilly Willy titles will be included. Perhaps on a Volume 2?

contradictions between the different sites that are selling the preorders at the moment, one has it listed as cartunes from 1941- 1972 while Moviezyng who does these as well has it listed a 1941 - 1951.

if they are doing a chronological of just the Woody shorts, and it has 25 of them then it would actually be 1940 - 1947, from his introduction in Knock Knock, to Solid Ivory.

or this will end up being a highlight release, of 25 random cartunes, and if it doesn't move enough units, be a one and done deal, I hope not.




that's the Screwball versions

Since it says there’s only 25 shorts, those shorts are probably the ones from the “Favorites” discount DVD line.

From Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research Facebook page (and the IAD forum):

1. Woody Woodpecker (1940)
2. The Screwdriver (1941)
3. Pantry Panic (1941)
4. The Hollywood Matador (1942)
5. Ace in the Hole (1942)
6. The Loan Stranger (1942)
7. The Screwdriver (1943)
8. Ration Bored (1943)
9. The Barber of Seville (1944)
10. The Beach Nut (1944)
11. Ski For Two (1944)
12. Chew Chew Baby (1945)
13. Woody Dines Out (1945)
14. The Loose Nut (1945)
15. The Reckless Driver (1946)
16. Fair Weather Fiends (1946)
17. Woody The Giant Killer (1947)
18. Wet Blanket Policy (1948)
19. Wild and Woody (1948)
20. The Woody Woodpecker Polka (1951)
21. Born to Peck (1952)
22. Termites From Mars (1952)
23. Under the Counter Spy (1954)
24. Niagara Fools (1956)
25. The Bird Who Came To Dinner (1961)

I was initially excited when I saw this. Upon further inspection it’s not an upgrade of the DVD sets as I had thought. I’ll still keep an eye on this, but I had really hoped they’d upgrade the DVDs as they were released to blu-ray. Perhaps that was not possible?

I think there might be problems after the Universal fire. Or so I heard.

Volume two (?) -- Screwy Squirrel, Chilly Willy, other Lantz characters, but most importantly, the Tex Avery titles.

Thornhill said:

I was initially excited when I saw this. Upon further inspection it’s not an upgrade of the DVD sets as I had thought. I’ll still keep an eye on this, but I had really hoped they’d upgrade the DVDs as they were released to blu-ray. Perhaps that was not possible?

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How do you know it's not an upgrade to the DVD sets?

Dick said:

Volume two (?) -- Screwy Squirrel, Chilly Willy, other Lantz characters, but most importantly, the Tex Avery titles.

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Scary Squirrel was an MGM character, and Tex Avery only made four shorts for Lantz Studios, and hopefully, yes, all of them will eventually be upgraded to blu-ray soon.

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Scary Squirrel was an MGM character, and Tex Avery only made four shorts for Lantz Studios, and hopefully, yes, all of them will eventually be upgraded to blu-ray soon.

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Yeah, you're right about Screwy (not Scary) Squirrel. But, four Avery's is better than no Avery's!

Dick said:

Yeah, you're right about Screwy (not Scary) Squirrel. But, four Avery's is better than no Avery's!

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Hmm, didn't notice the annoying autocorrect, it haunts me everywhere.

Hopefully this is Universal embracing their animation holdings, for more that a throwaway release

Tex's Complete Walter Lantz Studios output and defiantly needs a proper showing




Crazy Mixed Up Pup lost the Oscar to When Magoo Flew

so when is WAC gonna release that third volume of Avery?

dana martin said:

Hopefully this is Universal embracing their animation holdings, for more that a throwaway release

Tex's Complete Walter Lantz Studios output and defiantly needs a proper showing

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Crazy Mixed Up Pup lost the Oscar to When Magoo Flew

so when is WAC gonna release that third volume of Avery?

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I had a Super 8mm copy of ROCKABYE POINT and ran it over and over. Hilarious!

WAC isn't too likely to do much of anything anymore. I hope I'm wrong. Nothing this month yet.

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Is there a link to order this anywhere??