The Beach Nut

The Beach Nut

October 16, 1944 Theatrical Series Woody Woodpecker

Studio
Walter Lantz Productions
Distributor
Universal Pictures

Synopsis

A trip to the balmy seashore reveals thousands of people relaxing in the sun. All, that is, but big, fat Wally Walrus, who's choking the daylights out of Woody Woodpecker. Wally explains, in flashback, why he is trying to rid himself of Woody. The woodpecker is a terror on the beach, heckling Wally at the beach. Woody surfs while singing "My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean." It seems that Woody, among other things, walked on his face, jammed his face into a nice, big cake, and ran over him with a surfboard, swiping his lunch (including his hot dogs) on the way. Practically choked him to death with smoke from a bonfire, burned his beach umbrella from over him and his beach chair from under him. Almost drowned him with a fire hose. Chasing him to the amusement center, Woody, disguised as a yogi, persuaded him to dive through a plate glass window. Fastening Woody to an anchor, Wally throws him into the sea, but the anchor rope pulls the pier and everything else in after it, and we iris out on Woody swimming into the sunset with the walrus and thousands of people swimming after him.

Characters

Woody Woodpecker, Wally Walrus

Credits

Directing

Director
Shamus Culhane (as James Culhane)

Producing

Producer
Walter Lantz

Writing

Writer
Ben Hardaway, Milt Schaffer

Voices

Voice
Ben Hardaway (Woody Woodpecker), Mel Blanc (Woody's Laugh), Hans Conried (Wally Walrus)

Music

Music
Darrell Calker

Animation

Animator
Dick Lundy, Les Kline

Production notes

Wally Walrus makes his debut in this cartoon.

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