Wicket Wacky

Wicket Wacky
	File:Wicketwacky TITLE.jpg
Directed by	Walter Lantz
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Walter Lantz
Music by	Clarence Wheeler
Animation by	Ray Abrams; Don Patterson; Laverne Harding; Paul J. Smith
Backgrounds by	Fred Brunish
Color process	Technicolor
Production; company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal-International
Release date	May 28, 1951;
Running time	6' 52"
Country	United States
Language	English

Wicket Wacky is the 37th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on May 28, 1951, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal-International.

Premise[edit]

While playing a solitary game of croquet, Woody inadvertently disturbs a gopher's parlor and finds himself in a territorial dispute.

This is the first Woody Woodpecker short that Ben Hardaway had no involvement with whatsoever.
There is no director's credit for this film. Lantz himself (who is still credited as producer) claimed to have directed Wicket Wacky, but does not receive on-screen credit.
Woody began wearing yellow gloves in Wicket Wacky. This change would remain through Woodpecker in the Rough when the white gloves were restored (though he still wears yellow gloves in the title card).
There is no dialogue in this film. The gopher's gibberish/"talking" was in reality sped up excerpts taken from the 78rpm comic recording by Joe Hayman entitled "Cohen on the Telephone" (Columbia A1516).

Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1951". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.

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