Hypnotic Hick

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Hypnotic Hick
series = Woody Woodpecker


caption =
director = Don Patterson
William E. Garity
story_artist = Hugh Harman
Homer Brightman
animator = Ken Southworth
Ray Abrams
Raymond Jacobs
Art Landy
Laverne Harding
Robert Bentley
Herman Cohen
Gil Turner
voice_actor = Dal McKennon
Grace Stafford
musician = Clarence Wheeler
producer = Walter Lantz
studio = Walter Lantz Productions
distributor = Universal International
release_date = flagicon|US September 26, 1953
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 6' 22"
movie_language = English
preceded_by = "Belle Boys"
followed_by = "Hot Noon (or 12 O'Clock For Sure)"
imdb_id = 0151002

"Hypnotic Hick " is the 50th animated cartoon short subject in the "Woody Woodpecker" series. Released theatrically on September 26, 1953, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.

Plot

While happily roller skating, Woody gets bullied by an angry Buzz Buzzard (Dal McKennon) who has just avoided being served a summons. Thinking the woodpecker might want to seek mild revenge on Buzz, law officer I. Gypem (also McKennon) tells Woody he will pay him a dollar to serve Buzz with the summons.

Woody happily accepts the offer from Gypem, but Buzz manages to stop all attempts at delivering the summons. Woody then stumbles on a book about

Finally, Woody blindfolds himself, begins walking on a skyscraper skeleton and tells Buzz (who has been fitted with Woody's roller skates), "I am your master. You must protect me at all times." The two encounter several death defying close calls before Woody manages to secure Buzz and escort him to I. Gypem's office.

Supposedly thankful, Gypem has the audacity to serve "Woody" with a summons, accusing the woodpecker of "practicing hypnotism out of season." Incensed, Woody hypnotizes Buzz into thinking he is a hungry giant and Gypem is a tasty ham sandwich.

Notes

*"Hypnotic Hick" was the one and only "Woody Woodpecker" entry released in 3-D, in an attempt to cash in on the stereoscopic craze started with the film "Bwana Devil".
*This film introduced a new rendition of the famed "Woody Woodpecker Song," which first appeared in the 1948 film "Wet Blanket Policy". This version, featuring a prominent trumpet and piano riff, would be used regularly until the 1960s. "Hypnotic Hick" was also the first time Woody began speaking more regularly. The woodpecker had become virtually silent since Grace Stafford starting voicing the character in 1950.

References

*Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. " [http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1953.html 1953] ". "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia".