Born to Peck

Born to Peck

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Born to Peck
series = Woody Woodpecker


caption =
director = Walter Lantz
story_artist =
animator = Ray Abrams
Fred Brunish
Don Patterson
Laverne Harding
Paul J. Smith
voice_actor =
musician = Clarence Wheeler
producer = Walter Lantz
studio = Walter Lantz Productions
distributor = Universal International
release_date = flagicon|US February 25, 1952
color_process = Technicolor
runtime =
movie_language = English
preceded_by = "Destination Meatball "
followed_by = "Stage Hoax "
imdb_id = 0142128

"Born to Peck" is the 39th animated cartoon short subject in the "Woody Woodpecker" series. Released theatrically on February 25, 1952, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.

Plot

Woody is an eldery woodpecker who tries in vain to peck away at a tree. Unfortunately, his best years are behind him, and his beak is weak. Depressed, he begins to reminisce about his younger days when he was a little bird in the care of his father. It becomes apparent that from Day 1, Woody was a mischievous, rascally bird who made his hapless father's life a living hell.

After spending several minutes recalling his youth, a despondent Woody jumps over the side of a cliff in an effort to commit suicide. At the last minute, an offscreen cartoonist breaks the fourth wall, erases the grave Woody was bound for, and replaces it with a Fountain of Youth. Rejuvenated, Woody returns to the forest, ready to peck away at his first tree in years. Unfortunately, he chooses a petrified tree, which knocks him cold upon impact.

Notes

There is no dialogue in this film.

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwYpwbguci8 Watch "Born to Peck" here.]

References

*Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. " [http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1952.html 1952] ". "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia".


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