The BEST episodes of Woody Woodpecker and Friends season 1963
Every episode of Woody Woodpecker and Friends season 1963, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Woody Woodpecker and Friends season 1963!
With arguably the most famous laugh of any cartoon character in history ("ha-ha-ha-HA-ha"), Woody Woodpecker pecked his way into our lives through a 1940 Andy Panda theatrical short entitled Knock Knock. Woody continued to appear in short films throughout the 40's and 50's, and in 1957, the Kellogg's company packaged these theatrical works into the syndicated package The Woody Woodpecker Show. Walter Lantz created the famed bird, and in the show's early days, the animator would host from his office, demonstrating how cartoons were made by showing the viewers at home such essentials as painting cels and drawing storyboards. Woody, an obnoxious mischief-maker, would usually star in the shorts, occasionally taking a backseat to his friends Andy Panda, Wally Walrus, Gabby Gator, Buzz Buzzard, Oswald the Rabbit, The Beary Family and Arctic penguin Chilly Willy.
#1 - Calling Dr. Woodpecker
Season 1963 - Episode 19 - Aired 12/24/1963
Woody impersonates a doctor with the usual madcap events.
#2 - Goose is Wild
Season 1963 - Episode 16 - Aired 10/1/1963
Charlie Beary, furiously plowing through a mountain of bills, vows that he's going to cut expenses. Growling goodbye at Bessie as she leaves to go shopping, he's annoyed to see Goose making muddy tracks toward the icebox. Goose treats himself to a snack, but Charlie grabs him on the way.
#3 - Pesky Pelican
Season 1963 - Episode 15 - Aired 9/24/1963
As Pesky Pelican flies south for the winter, his wings begin to ice up. He's puzzled until he finds the South Pole. He slides down the "pole," and he watches Chilly Willy bore a circle in the ice and fill his wheelbarrow with fish. While Chilly takes his fish to the igloo, Pesky tries the same routine.
#4 - Goose in the Rough
Season 1963 - Episode 12 - Aired 8/1/1963
It's spring! All the birds are nesting- that is, all but Goose Beary. She just sits, gazing longingly out the window at happy birds. A car horn and loud voice brings Charlie Beary to the window. It seems that Charlie and his friend Pete have a golf date.
#5 - Salmon Loafer
Season 1963 - Episode 10 - Aired 5/28/1963
Chilly Willy goes deep sea fishing coming up with an old shoe which he proceeds to cook. Smedley explains normally he would be stealing fish from his salmon cannery but the salmon aren't running... until now.
#6 - Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker
Season 1963 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/1/1963
In the old days, sailing the seven seas was dangerous as pirates were at large. But, as the narrator tells us, "That was all in the past!" Not so. A modern-day pirate, "One-Eyed" Jack Hook, is caught holding up a battleship. Everyone flees the ship but Inspector Willoughby is assigned to bring justice to the lawbreaker.
#7 - Charlie's Mother-in-Law
Season 1963 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/1/1963
Charlie Beary's awakened bright and early by the honking of his fishing pal's auto horn. Leaping into his fishing outfit, he kisses Bessie goodbye and runs smack into Bessie's mother at the front door, over early to supervise the spring cleaning.
#8 - Case of the Cold Storage Yegg
Season 1963 - Episode 5 - Aired 3/1/1963
Notorious criminal Yeggs Benedict, having just pulled a $50,000 bank robbery, hears a radio report in his hideout that Inspector Willoughby has been assigned the case.
#9 - Coming Out Party
Season 1963 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/1/1963
Inspector Willoughby is assigned to foil the attempts of a criminal named Crash McDash to escape from Sing Song Prison.
#10 - Fish and Chips
Season 1963 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/1/1963
Smedley, Colonel Blooblud’s faithful watchdog, accepts a package from Little America, Antarctica during the colonel’s absence. Suspecting foul play, Smedley opens it and is delighted to find Chilly Willy, a real live penguin. While Smedley’s getting Chilly a sardine to eat, Chilly steals the colonel’s prize trophy- a stuffed marlin. Horrified to find Chilly putting the marlin through a meat grinder, Smedley glues it back together piece by piece. Carrying the marlin in his arms, Smedley slips on the floor, freshly waxes for this purpose by Chilly. The marlin comes apart as a result of the fall, and Chilly fools Smedley several times in different guises until Smedley becomes disgusted and mails Chilly back to Little America. Returning the much-glued marlin to its place over the mantle, Smedley gets a package in the mail from Chilly in which he discovers the marlin’s sword and tail just as the colonel returns. We iris out on Smedley posing as the marlin on the wall over the mantle.
#11 - Greedy Gabby Gator
Season 1963 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/1/1963
Gabby Gator tries to cook Woody for dinner, but he instead finds himself the pursued when an unfriendly cousin, a crocodile, decides that an alligator would be a tasty dish. Gabby's radar spies Woody heading toward the Okedokee Swamp, so he snares Woody in a set and tries to make Woody think that he's arrived at Gabby's Health Resort. Woody soon finds that he's destined to be the main ingredient in a Woodpecker stew. He managed to escape from Gabby with the help of the crocodile, who occupies Gabby with his own chase.
#12 - Science Friction
Season 1963 - Episode 18 - Aired 12/3/1963
A mad scientist introduces himself to us ("Come! I show you around!") and explains his specialty is crossing things ("I cross a pine mit a apple and I get a pineapple!"). His biggest ambition is cross his pet ape with something but doesn't know what. Enter Woody who comes to his door selling magazines.
#13 - Tepee for Two
Season 1963 - Episode 17 - Aired 10/29/1963
When Woody makes way too much racket with his TV set and musical instruments, his neighbors have had enough and evict him from the entire city! He decides he'd be better off living in the "wide open spaces" anyway and makes himself a home out west... on top of an Indian's tepee.
#14 - Short in the Saddle
Season 1963 - Episode 14 - Aired 9/20/1963
Woody Woodpecker goes out West.
#15 - The Tenant's Racket
Season 1963 - Episode 13 - Aired 8/30/1963
#16 - Coy Decoy
Season 1963 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/9/1963
While flying south with a flock of ducks, Woody is shot at and hunted by a hunter and his dog.
#17 - The Shutter Bug
Season 1963 - Episode 9 - Aired 5/7/1963
Glamorous screen star Woody Woodpecker is constantly beset by a publicity photographer who wants to take his picture. Finally, Woody gets away for a vacation in the woods, thinking that he has escaped the bright lights and publicity men for a while. However, who shows up but the pesky photographer?
#18 - Stowaway Woody
Season 1963 - Episode 6 - Aired 3/5/1963
Woody flies onto a Hawaii-bound ocean liner, causing havoc for a captain and his dog. The ship's dog tries to catch him, with no luck.
#19 - Robin Hoody Woody
Season 1963 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/12/1963
The evil king is busy counting his money. Woody and his Merry Men are dancing in Sherwood Forest. The old king's tax money comes up short because of Woody and his men. The king challenges Woody to a duel. The king uses cannonballs; Woody uses apple pies. The King is so angry that he starts throwing bags of money at Woody.