Real Gone Woody

Infobox Hollywood cartoon
cartoon_name = Real Gone Woody
series = Woody Woodpecker


caption =
director = Paul J. Smith
story_artist = Michael Maltese
animator = Gil Turner
Laverne Harding
Robert Bentley
voice_actor = Dal McKennon
Grace Stafford
June Foray
musician = Clarence Wheeler
producer = Walter Lantz
studio = Walter Lantz Productions
distributor = Universal-International
release_date = flagicon|US September 20, 1954
color_process = Technicolor
runtime = 6' 08"
movie_language = English
preceded_by = "Hot Rod Huckster"
followed_by = "A Fine Feathered Frenzy"
imdb_id = 0152152

"Real Gone Woody" is the 56th animated cartoon short subject in the "Woody Woodpecker" series. Released theatrically on September 20, 1954, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal-International.

Plot

The short begins with Woody asking Winnie if she would like to go to the sock hop with him. She accepts, and Woody goes off to prepare for their date. Meanwhile, Buzz calls Winnie up to ask her to the sock hop, only to find she is already going with Woody. However, Winnie agrees that if Woody does not show up, she will go with Buzz. Buzz gets himself ready for the date, and beats Woody to Winnie's house. As Buzz and Winnie dance, Woody comes through the door and gets into a fight with Buzz. Winnie tells them to stop or she will not go with either one of them. She then suggest that all three of them go together, but once the trio gets outside Woody takes Winnie himself and ditches Buzz.

Woody and Winnie make it to the sock hop, where they hear a singer sing. Winnie likes the guy's singing, but Woody does not care for it. As Woody and Winnie dance, Buzz shows up and succeeds in disposing of Woody. The buzzard then takes Winnie to a Drive Inn to buy her a soda and a banana split for himself. Woody, dressed as a waitress, gives Buzz an explosive banana split. The two begin to fight once again, only to find Winnie riding away with the singer from the sock hop. The now-destitute Woody and Buzz sing a sob song as the short ends.

Notes

"Real Gone Woody" features the first, and only, animated appearance by Woody's girlfriend, Winnie Woodpecker. Winnie became a regular in "The New Woody Woodpecker Show", where she also stared in her own cartoon segments.

References

*Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. " [http://lantz.goldenagecartoons.com/1954.html 1954] ". "The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia".