The Beach Nut

The Beach Nut is the 11th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on October 16, 1944, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2] The title is a play on "beech nut".

The Beach Nut
Directed byJames Culhane
Story byBen Hardaway
Milt Schaffer
Produced byWalter Lantz
StarringJack Mather
Ben Hardaway
Lee Sweetland[1]
Music byDarrell Calker
Animation byLes Kline
Dick Lundy
Emery Hawkins
Don Williams
Laverne Harding
Paul Smith
Layouts byArt Heinemann
Backgrounds byPhilip DeGuard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release date
  • October 16, 1944 (1944-10-16)
Running time
6:50
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The film opens in medias res with vacationer Wally Walrus beating Woody Woodpecker into submission on a beachfront amusement pier. Wally explains to the gathered crowd what happened earlier to provoke his anger:

Wally decides to go to the beach to relax for his day off, but is constantly disturbed by surfer Woody. Returning to the present, Wally ties Woody to an anchor and hurls him into the ocean. The rope snags on the pier, demolishing first the pier and then the entire marina. The cartoon ends with Woody swimming away toward the horizon, pursued by Wally, and both of them pursued by the other beachgoers.

Production notes

The Beach Nut marked the debut of Woody Woodpecker's recurring antagonist, Wally Walrus. Voiced by actor Jack Mather, Wally became Woody's primary rival until 1948, before being replaced with Buzz Buzzard in Wet Blanket Policy. Woody would lose more battles to Wally than any of his other opponents.[3]

References
  1. ""GUESS WHO??" Voice Artists in the Woody Woodpecker Cartoons |".
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 157–158. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7.
  3. Samerdyke, Michael (2013). Cartoon Carnival: A Critical Guide to the Best Cartoons from Warner Brothers, MGM, Walter Lantz and DePatie-Freleng. Berlin: Lulu.com. p. 117.
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