Chilly Willy

1953 – 1972 50 cartoons

Created by Paul J. Smith, Chilly Willy is a penguin who lives in Alaska (despite the fact that penguins are only native to the southern hemisphere). Chilly generally met opposition from a dog named Smedley. Both spent most shorts trying to keep warm in the arctic climes.

Cartoons

  1. Chilly Willy

    December 21, 1953 No. U-25.. MPAA: 16591 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy makes his debut by trying to get to a hot furnace on a ship, but the same ship is guarded by a dopey dog.

  2. I'm Cold

    November 29, 1954 No. U-43. MPAA: 17026 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy, the always-shivering penguin, tries to find warm shelter in a fur warehouse because, he says, "I'm cold." He attempts to get a fur coat in the storage house, but he has to get…

  3. The Legend Of Rockabye Point

    April 11, 1955 No. U-41. MPAA: 17060 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy tries to get a dopey fish-stealing polar bear in trouble by making noise to disturb a monstrous watchdog, thus getting him to bite the bear. Chilly outsmarts two sizable advers…

  4. Hot And Cold Penguin

    October 24, 1955 No. U-51. MPAA: 17463 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    For the fourth Chilly Willy cartoon the setting is the Antarctic. Chilly tries making a fire to get warm but even the fire freezes. He then spots the general headquarter for Little America…

  5. Room And Wrath

    June 4, 1956 No. U-57. MPAA: 17655 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy would rather snore in bed than pay his overdue "snowtel" bill. When the hotel manager, watchdog Smedley, attempts to awake and evict him, he hangs a "Do Not Disturb" sign on th…

  6. Hold That Rock

    July 30, 1956 No. U-63 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Balancing Rock Canyon, were it not in a cartoon, might well be considered the eighth wonder of the world, for it indeed houses a rare phenomenon. Huge rocks of inestimable weight balance pr…

  7. Operation Cold Feet

    May 6, 1957 No. U-70 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    At the South Pole, where the Armed Forces are camped for the winter, dog sentry Smedley is ordered to guard the food stores while his commanding officer's away. As Smedley paces his post of…

  8. The Big Snooze

    August 30, 1957 No. U-77 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    A message from the park commissioner of the National Department of Parks in Washington, D.C. reads: "It has come to our attention that hibernating bears are being disturbed by park visitors…

  9. Swiss Miss-Fit

    December 2, 1957 No. U-79 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    In a rescue station high in the mountains of Switzerland, the keeper of the rescue St. Bernard dogs is angry bawling out one of them for having no rescues to his credit. He points with prid…

  10. Polar Pests

    May 19, 1958 No. U-85 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    A group of tourists are being conducted on a trip through the Kalamazoo Zoo. The guide calls their attention to a laughing hyena (with a sour face), a jaguar (an automobile), and then to th…

  11. A Chilly Reception

    June 16, 1958 No. U-86. MPAA: 18648 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    In the Antarctic Ocean, the icebreaker U.S.S. Icepick is busy clearing the sea lanes. As is usual in the tradition of the sea, she carries a mascot- in this instance a large dog who lives i…

  12. Little Televillain

    December 8, 1958 No. U-96 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Smedley (a dog), the hottest thing on television and the star of his own I Love Smedley show, achieved his present status quite by accident. It all began when Smedley was hired by the stati…

  13. Robinson Gruesome

    February 2, 1959 No. U-92 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy's home is an igloo atop an iceberg. The iceberg, floating into warmer waters, finally melts completely away, and Chilly finds himself on a tropical isle. On the island is "Robi…

  14. Yukon Have It

    March 30, 1959 No. U-88 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy's fishing through a hold in the ice, but he has no luck. Suddenly, in the distance, he sees a Northwest Mounted Police cabin and makes haste to get there. Peeking through a win…

  15. Fish Hooked

    August 10, 1960 No. U-114 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    The Oceanland Aquarium features, in its various tanks, the strange and colorful fish from below the ocean's surface. At the aquarium, the catfish and dogfish are always fighting, and the sw…

  16. Clash And Carry

    April 25, 1961 No. U-128 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy cons grocery store proprietor Wally Walrus out of all his fish. Chilly, walking by a fish market, sees a large fish in the window. Chilly goes inside and sneaks along under the…

  17. St. Moritz Blitz

    May 16, 1961 No. U-125. MPAA: 19661 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    The register of the hotel in St. Moritz is receiving its annual "dust off" in prepration for the influx of guests at the opening of the skating season. The hotel boasts that it has the best…

  18. Tricky Trout

    September 5, 1961 No. U-132. MPAA: 19918 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Wally Walrus is the keeper of a fish hatchery in which trout are incubated and raised. The ever-hungry Chilly Willy, tramping through the country and always looking for an easy meal, sudden…

  19. Mackerel Moocher

    April 10, 1962 No. U-147. MPAA: 19918 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy's on a wharf fishing, using his accordion as a sea bag. As he catches a fish, he puts it in the sea bag. A large pelican comes up behind Chilly and gobbles up each fish as fast…

  20. Fish And Chips

    January 8, 1963 No. U-155. MPAA: 19998 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    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 fin…

  21. Salmon Loafer

    May 28, 1963 No. U-165. MPAA #: 20456 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Smedley is the owner of a salmon cannery and has the unfortunate task of trying to deal with a hungry Chilly Willy. Chilly, carrying his fishing pole, walks past the snoozing cannery watchd…

  22. Pesky Pelican

    September 24, 1963 No. U-169. MPAA #: 20160 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    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 t…

  23. Deep Freeze Squeeze

    March 1, 1964 No. U-177 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Here in the bleak, freezing Arctic, Chilly Willy and Smedley sit silently at a bare table listening to each other's hunger pangs. The supply plane is two days late in a region where just on…

  24. Lighthouse Keeping Blues

    August 1964 (estimated) No. U-181. MPAA: 20493 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions.

    A battle of (nit)wits ensues when a sleepy Chilly Willy tries to extinguish the light coming from a lighthouse that Smedley is guarding.

  25. Ski-Napper

    November 1964 (estimated) No. U-185 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy is living in the Alps and just can't stay warm. A snowstorm keeps blowing Chilly's door open, and he is freezing. He gives up and goes to a ski resort where they might have a f…

  26. Fractured Friendship

    March 1965 (estimated) No. U-189 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy tries to thwart his best friend Smedley's attempts to leave the frozen tundra and move to Hawaii. The freezing Arctic weather proves too much for thin-blooded Smedley, and he d…

  27. Half Baked Alaska

    April 1, 1965 No. U-194 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    We're back in the frozen North with ham and eggs at $45, coffee at $10 a cup, and a Chilly Willy with nary a sou in his pocket. On a desperate job-hunting expedition, Chilly flunks out as p…

  28. Pesty Guest

    June 1, 1965 No. U-198. MPAA #: 20350 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy is dying of thirst in the desert- how he got there is unknown- and sees a sign for a hotel: "It's a treat to beat the heat at the Hotel E'lite." He looks over and sees the Empi…

  29. Snow Place Like Home

    February 1, 1966 No. U-206 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Smedley is sent to the Antarctic by an anthropological society to bring back an Emperor Penguin for its exhibit. Smedley tries to capture Chilly Willy while a large muscular Emperor Penguin…

  30. South Pole Pals

    March 1, 1966 No. U-210 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly helps protect his polar bear friend from an Eskimo who wants to hunt him.

  31. Polar Fright

    April 1, 1966 No. U-212 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly and his Pal Maxie are playing football with fish. One day, a Eskimo tries to catch Maxie to win $100. The Penguin tries to protect his friend.

  32. Teeny Weeny Meany

    May 1, 1966 No. U-202 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    On a tuna boat, Chilly gives a dog a hard time by stealing the fish that he catches. Chilly also gives the captain a hard time by stealing his fish meals.

  33. Vicious Viking

    February 1967 (estimated) No. U-216 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly Willy and Smedley inadvertently free a Viking from the ice, and the mean savage tries to eat the two hapless heroes.

  34. Hot Time On Ice

    March 1967 (estimated) No. U-219 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Buried under the ice and snow of Antarctica's polar regions is the nerve center of a weather station. The captain gets word that food is running low, and he orders Smedley to fly to Camp Ce…

  35. Chilly And The Woodchopper

    May 1967 (estimated) No. U-223 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly stows away in a woodchopper's travel bag while the woodchopper is on his way to Smedley's Rest Home. Smedley tries to get rid of Chilly while trying to make the woodchopper enjoy a q…

  36. Chilly Chums

    June 1967 (estimated) No. U-225 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    When Chilly Willy rescues drowning Maxie the Polar Bear from freezing Arctic waters, he gains a grateful lifetime friend- and a long-term liability. "Bring 'Em Back Alive" Clive, a hunter w…

  37. Operation Shanghai

    1967 (estimated) No. U-204. MPAA: 20768 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    A musical parody of Gilbert and Sullivan's operetta "Pirates of Penzance." The pirate ship (the Old Eyesore) is run by Captain Blah (pronounced Blaaaaaaaah) with first mate Smedley. In fact…

  38. Highway Hecklers

    September 1, 1968 No. U-235. MPAA: 21549 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Featuring Chilly Willy, Colonel Pot Shot, Maxie the Polar Bear, Radio Announcer

  39. Under Sea Dogs

    1968 (estimated) No. U-226. MPAA: 21346 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly and Maxie the Polar Bear are sleeping in their igloo. A submarine breaks through the ice and into their house. Chilly's polar bear pal decides to have fun with the submarine's explor…

  40. Chiller Dillers

    1968 (estimated) No. U-229 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly and Maxie are playing music. It is disturbing a man who then tries to catch the two to make money with them.

  41. Project Reject

    May 1969 (estimated) No. U-242 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    An Air Force base sets up camp next to Chilly Willy's igloo, which keeps on melting every time that a jet takes off.

  42. Chilly And The Looney Gooney

    July 1969 (estimated) No. U-246 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Featuring Chilly Willy, Gooney the Albatross, Colonel Pot Shot

  43. Sleepy Time Bear

    December 1969 (estimated) No. U-250 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly protects hibernating Maxie the Polar Bear from a hunter.

  44. Gooney's Goofy Landings

    March 1970 (estimated) No. U-254. MPAA: 22231 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    The Gooney Bird does not know how to land without crashing. Chilly Willy and Smedley try to teach him how to land with more dignity. A movie producer comes to film his goofy landings, but C…

  45. Chilly's Ice Folly

    June 1970 (estimated) No. U-257. MPAA: 22264 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Featuring Chilly Willy, Maxie the Polar Bear, Baby Mammoth, Baby Mammoth's Mother

  46. Chilly's Cold War

    November 1970 (estimated) No. U-262 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Featuring Chilly Willy, Smedley, Colonel Pot Shot

  47. A Gooney Is Born

    1971 (estimated) No. U-265 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    A timely storyline has planes menaced by flocks of Gooney birds! When a crazed hunter is hired to get rid of the birds, Chilly adopts one of the eggs left behind (kind of sad, really) and i…

  48. Airlift A La Carte

    1971 (estimated) No. U-270 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Chilly invites Maxie to dinner and has only one bean. They can't get to the store over the snow, so Gooney lends a hand (or wing) and flies Chilly to the store while Maxie fishes. Several a…

  49. Chilly's Hide-A-Way

    1971 (estimated) No. U-274 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    Featuring Chilly Willy, Smedley, Colonel Pot Shot, Policeman

  50. The Rude Intruder

    1972 (estimated) No. U-278 Theatrical Series Walter Lantz Productions

    A man wants to build a oil well on top of Chilly's and Maxie's igloo, but the two put up a fight.