The New Woody Woodpecker Show (on-screen title is The Woody Woodpecker Show) is an animated television series based on the original cartoon by Walter Lantz. It was produced by Universal Cartoon Studios and aired from May 8, 1999 to December 20, 2001 on Fox's Fox Kids programming block.
The series was announced in 1996 and first publicly shown on June 9, 1998; it was originally stated to premiere in November of 1998,[2] but it was pushed to May of 1999.
Cast and characters[]
Main[]
- Billy West as Woody Woodpecker, Wally Walrus, Smedley, Dr. Doug Nutts, Judge and additional voices
- Mark Hamill as Buzz Buzzard, Tweaky the Lackey, Creepy Badger and additional voices
- B.J. Ward as Winnie Woodpecker and Mother Nature
- Andrea Martin as Miss Meany
- E.G. Daily as Knothead
- Nika Futterman as Splinter
Chilly Willy, who appears in his own segment, is non-speaking.
Recurring/Guest[]
Notably, several recurring characters are voiced by different actors throughout the series:
- Maxie the Polar Bear - voiced by Dan Castellaneta, Kevin Michael Richardson, Jonathan Harris, Jim Cummings, and Mark Hamill
- Santa Claus - voiced by Chuck McCann, Eugene Roche, and Tino Insana
- Inga Smorgasbord - voiced by Teresa Ganzel and Marsha Clark
- The Mole - voiced by Joe Lala and Billy West
- Wiener Joe - voiced by Jess Harnell, Joe Lala, and Billy West
- Billy - voiced by John Kassir and Billy West
- Scoop Sullivan - voiced by B.J. Ward and Jeannie Elias
Non-speaking characters including Chilly Lilly and the Captain.
Episodes[]
Main article: List of The New Woody Woodpecker Show episodes
Gallery[]
Videos[]
DVD[]
In Brazil was released the DVD "Pica-pau Sai de Férias", and in Spanish the DVD "Pajaro Loco: Pánico Escénico y Otras Aventuras" from these series. Few DVDs were released in the UK, previously on VHS. Some episodes from the first and second seasons can now be viewed on Hulu.com.
This show never had a complete series DVD box set in the United States. However, the series is available on Peacock and episodes were included in:
- Frankenwoody, The Meany Witch Project and Fright Movie Woody are available on Woody Woodpecker and Friends: Halloween Favorites.
- A Very Woody Christmas, It's a Chilly Christmas After All, Yule Get Yours and The Twelve Lies of Christmas are available on Woody Woodpecker and Friends: Holiday Favorites.
Trivia[]
- Unless one counts The Woody Woodpecker Show, which is an anthology series, this is the first Woody Woodpecker television series.
- Paul Dini has stated that considered the series was stuck in development hell for most of the 90's, as it was first conceived as early as either late 1992 or early 1993. Dini himself never wrote for the show, but being a fan of the character, attempted to join the staff.
- Maxie the Polar Bear is the only character in the series whose his name is not mentioned. However, he is referred to as a "vegetarian polar bear".
- Gabby Gator only appeared in one episode, Corn Fed Up voiced by Jeff Bennett and he looks entirely different than he did in the classic cartoons.
- Some sources (including Don Markstein's Toonopedia) implied that Space Mouse would appear in this show despite being not the case.
- The series aired after the 100th birthday of the late Walter Lantz, who passed away in 1994 when the series was made.
- Inspector Willoughby and Windy & Breezy were considered to appear in this show according to some sources like press materials and merchandise, but they never showed up on the revival, possibly due to Fox Kids's executive meddling.
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Original The New Woody Woodpecker Show • Woody Woodpecker (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Compilations Oswald Rabbit Presents • The Woody Woodpecker Show (1987) • The Woody Woodpecker Show (MeTV) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unsold pilots | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unproduced | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Others Sing with Woody! • Bird Gone Wild: The Woody Woodpecker Story • Woody Woodpecker's 80th Anniversary • Toon In with Me • Cartoon All-Stars |