Three "repeats" in the September 21st episode of "The Woody Woodpecker Show". The ones that I hadn't seen before were "Frankenstymied" (except as a "Quick Clip"), "Robinson Gruesome" and "Calling Dr. Woodpecker" (possibly the first appearance of Meanie).

Buzz Buzzard started out as a stereotypical "deep-dyed, snarling villain" (quote from Johnathan Harris). But in "Real Gone Woody" (and also "Belle Boys" and "Alley To Bali"), Woody and Buzz are more like Popeye and Bluto, fighting over a female.

I looked up George Hall, which is the name on the window of the costume shop in "Under the Spreading Blacksmith Shop". According to tralfaz.blogspot.com, he was the production manager at the Lantz studio.

I didn't know that Daws Butler could do a "Peter Lorre" voice. So I wonder why Hanna-Barbera used Paul Frees as the voice of Morocco Mole? My guess is that he happened to be available while he was doing voicework for The Man Called Flintstone, so Hanna-Barbera used him for Morocco Mole, as well as Secret Squirrel's boss, Yellow Pinky, and possibly other Secret Squirrel villains. (And also Squiddly Diddly.) I don't think that Paul Frees did much voicework for Hanna-Barbera outside of that.

"Robinson Gruesome" makes at least three Chilly Willy cartoons in which Smedley is referred to as a dog. So Leonard Maltin must not have watched it before he wrote Of Mice and Magic.

(Yes, I'm behind. I was forced to stay at my sister's house for two days because of Hurricane Helene. In addition to being in an evacuation zone, people living in "manufactured homes" had to evacuate. (One of the downsides of being "trailer trash".) My sister asked our mom if she was going to have to come here and "coerce" me, "coerce" meaning "threaten". (Not only did both of my sisters marry their father, both of them act like their father as well.) The electricity went out at the Adams family house sometime between 5:00 and 6:00 in the afternoon yesterday, and came back on around 1:00 AM. But the electricity never went out here at Caribbean Isles (just like it didn't go out during Hurricane Ian and Hurricane Idalia), though the air conditioner is out of commission, and it can't be serviced until Monday. In Florida. At least this place has five ceiling fans.)

EDIT: Four "repeats" in the September 28th episode of "The Woody Woodpecker Show". The only cartoon that I hadn't seen before was "Vicious Viking".

"Prehistoric Super Salesman" definitely had not been restored.And I wonder why Daws Butler voiced Professor Grossenfibber, who was usually voiced by Dal McKennon? Maybe Dal McKennon was too busy doing voicework for the Archie Comics franchise at Filmation.

At least one of Woody's screams of pain in "Voo Doo Boo Boo" sounded like Daws Butler to me.

(I didn't think that this was worth making a new post about. And I finally have air conditioning again. A new unit and a new thermostat were installed yesterday. But it still wasn't cooling. They had to come back today and replace all of the ductwork, which is underneath this "manufactured home" and thus got damaged by Hurricane Helene. Nothing like going without air conditioning for a week in Florida. The inside temperature got as high as 96 degrees if it didn't rain here. My mom is finally coming home tomorrow, after being stuck staying with the Adams family for ten days. She will be very glad to be back here.)

EDIT #2: The only cartoons that I hadn't seen before in the October 5th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" were the two that weren't "repeats", "Witch Crafty" and "Foot Brawl".

It was strange hearing a witch not voiced by June Foray in a theatrical cartoon from the 1950's. I can't remember the title, but years ago I watched a cartoon in which Knothead and Splinter had to deal with a witch. Surely June Foray voiced the witch in that cartoon.

(Once again, I didn't think that this was worth making a new post about. And you're spared any "color commentary" from me about the October 12th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" because I was at my sister's house with no electricity thanks to Hurricane Milton that day.)

"Toon In With Me" on Monday, September 30th:

"Tooners Pick the Toons": "We have another tooners takeover! Every featured cartoon is curated by our amazing viewers."

(This is the second time that they've done this. I should have posted here when they did it the first time.)

Tomorrow (October 5th), instead of "Bugs Bunny and Friends", MeTV is airing "House of Svengoolie's Cartoon Boo-Nanza" ("A collection of Halloween themed cartoons hosted by The Sven Squad.") at 9:00 AM.

I hadn't ever seen any of the three cartoons that weren't "repeats" in the October 19th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show".

Another Chilly Willy cartoon that recycled the "Chilly saves Smedley's life and Smedley is eternally grateful" ending from Half-Baked Alaska". (Though this one was written by Sid Marcus, not directed by him.)

I wonder why Daws Butler didn't get screen credit for narrating "Practical Yolk"? Walter Lantz was usually so good about giving screen credit to his small stock company of voice actors and actresses. Even stranger, I wonder why Daws Butler switched to his Southern Wolf/Smedley/Huckleberry Hound voice for one of Davy Crewcut's lines ("Man, it's dark in here!", which echos back to "Three Little Pups") in "Woody Meets Davy Crewcut"?

Also, on Sunday, MeTV is repeating "House of Svengoolies Cartoon Boo-Nanza" at 10:00 AM.

EDIT: Five "repeats" in the October 26th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show". The only cartoon that I hadn't seen before was "Phantom of the Horse Opera" (which missed out on a chance to have a cameo by Buzz Buzzard).

When I was a child, I watched a Woody Woodpecker cartoon in one of those booths that played a cartoon for a quarter. All I could remember about it was that it ended with Professor Dingledong thinking that he's been launched into outer space, but he's actually just on a ride at "Dizzyland". Now I finally know the title of that cartoon, "Round Trip To Mars". (Though as a child, I didn't notice how off-model Woody is in most of this cartoon.)

EDIT #2: Every cartoon in the November 2nd broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat". So you don't have to worry about any "color commentary" from me. (Other than that I think that this was the first time that a "Quick Clip" was from a one-shot cartoon instead of one starring Woody.)

The only cartoon that I hadn't seen before in the November 9th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was the one that wasn't a "repeat", "The Snoozin' Bruin". (And it wasn't bad for an early 1970's cartoon directed by Paul J. Smith.)

No voice credit for whoever narrated "The Snoozin' Bruin". (It didn't sound like Daws Butler to me.) I think that this is the fourth "late" Walter Lantz cartoon that I've seen that omitted a voice credit for a narrator or a male character. I wonder what was going on at the studio at the time?

Of the seven cartoons that were shown, four of them were from the 1940's, and the Beary Family cartoon was an early one with "the psychotic goose" that was directed by Jack Hannah. I wonder if MeTV was getting complaints that they were showing too many later cartoons directed by Paul J. Smith?

EDIT: Five "repeats" in the November 16th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show". All seven cartoons were ones that I had already seen before.

The scene in "Helter Shelter" of the mean dog using a plank on the front porch to send Woody flying into the ceiling inside looked familiar. I think Marc Antony did it to Claude Cat, maybe to protect Pussyfoot.

I wonder if Michael Maltese working at Lantz during the 3D shutdown had anything to do with Daws Butler starting to do voicework at Termite Terrace after the 3D shutdown? Maybe he brought Daws with him when he returned to Termite Terrace after it reopened. Chuck Jones has said that the first voicework that Daws did for him was as Nasty Canasta in "Barbary Coast Bunny". And I assume that Tex brought Daws with him when he returned to Lantz after MGM shut down his unit.

One cartoon from the 1940's, four from the 1950's (one of them written by Michael Maltese) and two from the 1960's. And the Beary Family cartoon was an early one again, though this one was directed by Paul J. Smith. (Actually, all of the cartoons that had a director credit were directed by Paul J. Smith.)

EDIT #2: Five "repeats" in the November 23rd broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show". (And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "The Ostrich Egg and I".) The only cartoon that I hadn't seen before was "Stowaway Woody".

Two cartoons from the 1940's, two from the 1950's and three from the 1960's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, one directed by Dick Lundy, one directed by Alex Lovy, one directed by (and written by) Jack Hannah, one directed by Sid Marcus, and only two directed by Paul J. Smith. (But the Inspector Willoughby cartoon is pretty bad. Only the villain's mouth moves when he talks, the fight scene on top of the train doesn't have enough inbetweening, and the backgrounds are very "stylized", which wasn't usually the norm at Lantz. And Inspector Willoughby reading everything out loud got annoying.)

EDIT #3: Every cartoon in the November 30th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat". (And I think this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Andy Panda's Pop" and "Plumber of Seville".) Two from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, three from the 1960's and one from the 1970's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, one directed by Alex Lovy, one directed by Jach Hannah, three directed by Paul J. Smith and one with no director credit.

One thing that I didn't notice the first time that I watched "The Reluctant Recruit" is that Daws Butler does his own version of the famous Don Messick snicker for the guard dog.

EDIT #4: Six of the seven cartoons in the December 7th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" were "repeats". (And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Knock Knock".) The only cartoon that I hadn't seen before was the one that wasn't a "repeat", "The Nautical Nut". (And "The Nautical Nut" has a strange ending. Woody says Professor Dingledong's catchphrase ("Oh, hello der!"), then the captain and his first mate do a variation of the Tex Avery take in "Crazy Mixed Up Pup" from over a decade earlier.)

One cartoon from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, four from the 1960's. One directed by Don Patterson, one directed by Jack Hannah, four directed by Paul J. Smith and one with no director credit.

(Also, I got to watch all of Saturday Morning Cartoons because my sister was at a pharmacists convention in New Orleans. "The "Quick Clip" that aired during "Popeye & Pals" was from a Gene Deitch Tom and Jerry, "Mouse Into Space".)

EDIT #5: Once again, every cartoon in "The Woody Woodpecker Show" (on December 14th) was a "repeat". (And I think that this was the third time that MeTV has shown "The Loan Stranger", Scrambled Eggs" and "Flea For Two".) One cartoon from the 1930's, two from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, two from the 1960's. A whopping three directed by Alex Lovy (all from his first directing stint at Lantz), two directed by Don Patterson and only two directed by Paul J. Smith.

"Toon In With Me" on Thursday, November 21st:

"Tweety's Debut": "Bill and Toony celebrate Tweety's big day with a special guest appearance and a lineup of cartoons featuring the beloved yellow canary."

This Saturday (December 7th), instead of "Bugs Bunny and Friends", MeTV is airing "A Very Merry Bugs Bunny Christmas" (original airdate 12/11/22) at 9:00 AM. From my cable TV box's guide:

"Celebrating the season with Bugs Bunny, Tweety, Daffy and more with the three original shorts featured in the 1979 television special, "Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales", and three extra holiday cartoons."

"A Very Merry Bugs Bunny Christmas" airs again at 12:00 PM on Sunday, December 22nd.

(And it's followed by Snoopy, Come Home at 1:00 PM and A Boy Named Charlie Brown at 3:00 PM.)

Every cartoon in the December 21st broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat", but I missed "Room and Wrath" the first time that it aired on Saturday Morning Cartoons, though I watched it many years ago. And I think that this is the fourth time that MeTV has shown "Ballyhooey". (But it was probably just as well, because while Woody was stuck watching commercials, the picture froze up and I lost audio. After a couple of minutes I finally gave up and turned off the TV.) They didn't show "Ski For Two". They didn't show "Toyland Premiere". And the only winter-themed cartoon was (big surprise) the Chilly Willy cartoon. I wonder if the person who programmed Saturday Morning Cartoons moved to MeTV Toons?

Daws Butler seemed to be channeling the Southern Wolf when he voiced Smedley in "Room and Wrath". ("Man, it's dark in here! Turn on a light!" and ending another sentence with "...man".) Of course, he probably was voicing the Southern Wolf for the Droopy cartoons directed by Michael Lah around the same time.

Two cartoons from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, two from the 1960's, one from the 1970's. One directed by Burt Gillett, one directed by Dick Lundy, two directed by Alex Lovy, three directed by Paul J. Smith. And they mixed up the order a little, showing the second Woody Woodpecker cartoon as the third cartoon instead of the fourth cartoon, maybe because Andy Panda is in it.

EDIT: Every cartoon in the December 28th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat", but I missed about the first half of "The Pied Piper of Basin Street" the first time that it aired on Saturday Morning Cartoons, so I got to watch the whole cartoon this time, though I watched it many years ago. And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "The Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby".

As a child, I didn't know that the mayor in "The Pied Piper of Basin Street" was based on Lou Costello, even though I watched Abbott and Costello movies (and also Lou Costello's only solo movie, The 30 Foot Bride of Candy Rock) on Tampa's WTOG 44 on Sunday mornings in the 1970's, or that the Pied Piper's voice was supposed to be Jimmy Durante. (Though there's no physical resemblance.)

Two cartoons from the 1940's, three from the 1950's, two from the 1960's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, one directed by Alex Lovy (during his first directing stint at Lantz), one directed by Sid Marcus, four directed by Paul j. Smith.

"Toon In With Me" on Thursday, January 2nd:

"New Year New Toons": "Bill and Toony show six classic cartoons, all of which will be airing for the very first time."

Every cartoon in the January 4th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat" again. (But the first time that I watched "Coo Coo Nuts', I somehow missed that Woody said Professor Dingledong's catchphrase, "Oh, hello der!". That's twice that Woody has said it. And I'm starting to think that "Candyland" was filmed in Cinecolor, not two strip Technicolor. It has more of a range of colors.)

"Sleep Happy" still had Gracie Lantz narration (though thankfully it's minimal, since Woody is asleep for most of the cartoon) and the wrong soundtrack playing over the opening titles. The first time that "The Pink Blueprint" aired on Saturday Morning Cartoons, it had a laugh track, even though it had theatrical titles. The next time that 'The Pink Blueprint" aired, it was the proper version, without a laugh track. (Though the "Quick Clip" from "The Pink Blueprint" was still the version with a laugh track.) I wonder if MeTV is getting sloppy, or if Universal is harder to deal with than MGM? There are color cartoons from the Lantz library that don't have "politically incorrect" content that haven't aired on Saturday Morning Cartoons. I'm beginning to believe that Universal didn't give everything to MeTV.

One cartoon from the 1930's, one from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, two from the 1960's, one from the 1970's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, four directed by Paul J. Smith, two with no director credit.

And the "Quick Clip" was from "Ski For Two"...ten days after Christmas.

EDIT: The January 11th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" included a cartoon that I hadn't seen before, "Roamin' Roman". But it could have aired one of the two Saturday mornings that the cable TV (and Internet and land line phone service) were out here because of a fire, or on the Saturday that I was forced to stay at my sister's house because of Hurricane Milton. So the January 11th broadcast may have been all "repeats".

Daws Butler seemed to have been trying to channel Joe Besser for his voice for Emporer Nero in "Roamin' Roman".

A whopping four cartoons from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, two from the 1960's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, a whopping three directed by Dick Lundy, one directed by Alex Lovy, and only two directed by Paul J. Smith.

And there were two Andy Panda cartoons (even though MeTV doesn't have that many of them to begin with) in this broadcast, which I don't think has been done before.

They managed to squeeze eight cartoons into the September 18th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show", probably because they showed four 1970's cartoons (of course, all of them directed by Paul J. Smith) in a row. There were three cartoons that I hadn't seen before: both Chilly Willy cartoons and the Beary Family cartoon. But they could have been "repeats" that originally aired on the two Saturdays in a row that there was no cable TV (or Internet or land line phone service) here because of a fire, or when I was forced to stay at my sister's house because of Hurricane Milton in October, including on a Saturday. They showed two Chilly Willy cartoons, which I don't think has been done before. And I think that this was the third time that MeTV has shown "The Tree Medic" on Saturday Morning Cartoons.

"Airlift A La Carte" was the first time that I saw Smedley, Maxie and Gooney in the body of the same cartoon. (Though they weren't all together in the same scene.) Of course Daws Butler voiced all four characters, and the only one that was a celebrity impersonation was Gooney, his "Joe E. Brown" voice.

"Highway Hecklers" had a credit for "Woody's voice", even though Woody isn't in this cartoon. I'm sure that Gracie voiced the wife of the couple in the RV/motorhome, but not Woody. I wonder if the studio was recycling credits at this time?

One cartoon from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, one from the 1960's, a whopping four from the 1970's. One directed by Dick Lundy, one directed by Alex Lovy, and a whopping six directed by Paul J. Smith. (Though that includes Sugarfoot's debut cartoon, which I well remember from my childhood.)

EDIT: Once again, they managed to squeeze eight cartoons into the January 25th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show", since a whopping five of them were 1970's cartoons (of course, all of them directed by Paul J. Smith), though all five of them weren't shown consecutively. (But three of them were.) Four Woody Woodpecker cartoons, two of them shown back-to-back, and two Chilly Willy cartoons. And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "The Dog That Cried Wolf".

The only cartoon that I hadn't seen on Saturday Morning Cartoons before was "Woody's Kook-Out", though I may have missed the first broadcast because of the abovementioned reasons. I know that I watched "Woody's Kook-Out" years ago, but back then I didn't notice that Woody and Gabby Gator run around in a panic EXACTLY like Humphrey Bear. I wonder if Jack Hannah brought any of his former Disney animators with him to Lantz?

Now having watched four later Chilly Willy cartoons over the course of a little over a week, I'm just now noticing that Colonel Potshot seems to have been a recurring character in the later Chilly Willy cartoons.

One cartoon from the 1950's, two from the 1960's, a whopping five of them from the 1970's. One directed by Jack Hannah, all of the rest of them directed by Paul J. Smith.

EDIT #2: Every cartoon in the February 1st broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat". And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Polar Pests" and the first "Maw and Paw" cartoon.

I wonder if there were complaints about there being so many later cartoons directed by Paul J. Smith the previous two Saturday mornings? The cartoons in the February 1st broadcast were mostly earlier ones. Even the Beary Family cartoon was one of the earlier entries in the series. It breaks down to three cartoons from the 1940's, three from the 1950's, and only one from the 1960's. Two directed by Shamus Culhane, one directed by Alex Lovy, three directed by Paul J. Smith, and one with no director credit.

One of the cartoons in the February 8th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was one that I hadn't seen before, "Phoney Pony". But it may have been a "repeat" that I missed the original Saturday Morning Cartoons broadcast of because of abovementioned reasons (no cable TV two Saturdays in a row, being forced to stay at my sister's house during back-to-back hurricanes). Otherwise it was all "repeats". And I think that this was the third time that MeTV has shown "Gooney's Goofy Landings" and "Three Lazy Mice".

I missed the original Saturday Morning Cartoons broadcast of "The Hollywood Matador", but I had seen it long ago. (Though "Its a lot of bull, folks!" went over my head when I was a child.)

They tried to have a Valentines Day theme with the first three cartoons ("Janie Get You Gun", "Hay Rube", "Bear and the Bees") and the final cartoon ("Phoney Pony"). And we got a triple dose of Sugarfoot.

One cartoon from the 1930's, one from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, three from the 1960's, one from the 1970's. Four directed by Paul J. Smith, one directed by Jack Hannah, two with no director credit.

EDIT: I think that the February 15th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was all "repeats", but I'm not positive. I don't remember seeing "A Chilly Reception" on Saturday Morning Cartoons before, but I could have missed the original broadcast because of abovementioned reasons. I've definitely seen it in the past, probably as part of the syndicated Woody Woodpecker TV series from the late 1980's. And the second Woody Woodpecker cartoon was the third cartoon, instead of the fourth cartoon like it usually is.

Someone at Lantz (Alex Lovy? Homer Brightman? Daws Butler?) must have like the idea of a little man who abruptly switches from a "cultured" soft-spoken voice to yelling at the top of his lungs, courtesy of Daws Butler. I've now seen this in three cartoons: "To Catch A Woodpecker", "Polar Pests" and "A Chilly Reception", all of them directed by Alex Lovy.

The first time that I watched "Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker" on MeTV, I somehow missed that when Woody is in his car with his topknot blown back by the wind, he sort of looks like his 1940's self. (And also like the mascot for Thrush mufflers.)

One cartoon from the 1930's, two from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, two from the 1960's. One directed by Tex Avery, one directed by Shamus Culhane, one directed by Alex Lovy, two directed by Paul J. Smith, two with no director credit.

EDIT #2: All of the cartoons in the February 22nd broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" were "repeats". Once again they managed to squeeze in eight cartoons, probably because a whopping five of them were 1970's cartoons (of course, all directed by Paul J. Smith), four of them in a row, plus there were two made-for-TV cartoons from the 1960's, which were probably directed by Paul J. Smith. To quote Bloom County: "See? Right back to the crapola.". (Except for "The Goofy Gardener".)

Even though I had already seen "For the Love of Pizza" on Saturday Morning Cartoons, I somehow missed that in it, we learn that Meanie's first name is Minnie.

And even though I had already seen "How To Trap A Woodpecker" on Saturday Morning Cartoons, I somehow didn't notice that sometimes Woody imitates Inspector Willoughby's walk. And it sounds like Daws Butler was trying to do a "John Wayne" voice for "George".

EDIT #3: I hadn't seen one of the cartoons in the March 1st broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show", "Monster of Ceremonies" (which wasn't bad for a 1960's cartoon directed by Paul J. Smith), before. But it may have been a "repeat" that I missed the original Saturday Morning Cartoons broadcast of because of abovementioned reasons. Otherwise it was all "repeats". And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "The Fox and the Rabbit".

"Under the Counter Spy" was still the version with Gracie Lantz narration (though at least it's minimal compared to "Born To Peck") and altered opening titles. So it looks like MeTV isn't going to do anything to replace cartoons like this with the proper prints like they did with the DePatie-Freleng cartoons. (Maybe Universal is harder to deal with than MGM. That might explain why MeTV doesn't have all of the color Lantz cartoons that they could be showing.)

One cartoon from the 1930's, one from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, four from the 1960's. One directed by Dick Lundy, one directed by Don Patterson, a whopping three directed by Jack Hannah, only one directed by Paul J. Smith, and one with no director credit.

"Toon In With Me" on Wednesday, February 26th:

"Celebrating Tex": "Bill and Toony celebrate the life and cartoons of pioneering animator Tex Avery."

The March 8th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" started out with five cartoons in a row that were directed by Paul J. Smith, all of them "repeats". (Though the first cartoon was the classic "Bunco Busters".) And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Hassle in a Castle". But then I was pleasantly surprised when the sixth cartoon was "Toyland Premiere", a cartoon I well remember from my childhood, and it was followed by a cartoon that I hadn't seen before "Wild Bill Hiccup". (Though both cartoons may have been "repeats" that I missed the original Saturday Morning Cartoons broadcasts of because of abovementioned reasons. But surely MeTV would have shown "Toyland Premiere" at Christmastime.)

Of course MeTV edited out the black character in "Toyland Premiere", though you can hear the tail end of his "spitting" sounds. (When I watched this cartoon as a child in 1979 and 1980, I thought that he was some kind of animal, not a person.) They also edited out the cake hitting Laurel and Hardy when Santa blows out the candles, so I assume that it left them in blackface. The cartoon also seemed to cut abruptly from the elves making a new suit for Santa with paint and popcorn to the parade balloons leaving the North Pole, and it cut abruptly from Santa arriving at the department store to Santa greeting Oswald. But the cartoon may have been that way to begin with.

The first time that I watched "A Lad in Bagdad" (on MeTV), I didn't notice that the copyright is from the late 1960's. Yet it has a fairly elaborate title card, not one of the very plain, "generic" ones that Lantz was using by then. I wonder if the background painting from an earlier cartoon was recycled for this title card?

And I've lost count of how many late Woody Woodpecker cartoons directed by Paul J. Smith that paired Woody up with Sugarfoot that I've seen. When I saw "One Horse Town" before Bon Voyage Charlie Brown (And Don't Come Back!) in 1980, I assumed that Woody being paired up with Sugarfoot was a one-time thing. And in "Wild Bill Hiccup", Sugarfoot falls in love with a fake "horse" again, though it isn't as drawn-out as "Phoney Pony". What about Starlight?

One cartoon from the 1930's, one from the 1950's, four from the 1960's, one from the 1970's. A whopping six directed by Paul J. Smith, one with no director credit. And they showed four Woody Woodpecker cartoons instead of the usual three, which I don't think had been done before.

EDIT: Every cartoon in the March 15th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat". And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Musical Moments From Chopin" (which is a good one) and "Fowled Up Party".

"Pesky Pelican" is the first time that Chilly Willy talked since his debut cartoon. According to Wikipedia, it was the second Chilly Willy cartoon directed by Sid Marcus. I wonder if Sid Marcus was the one who wanted Chilly to start talking? At first the talking was minimal. But eventually Chilly became a real chatterbox. Also, since Chilly's foil in "Pesky Pelican" was voiced by Dal McKennon, Chilly was voiced by someone besides Daws Butler. I'm assuming that it was Gracie Lantz.

One cartoon from the 1940's, four from the 1950's, two from the 1960's. One directed by Dick Lundy, two directed by Alex Lovy, one directed by Sid Marcus, three directed by Paul J. Smith.

Also, I got to watch all of Saturday Morning Cartoons because the Adams family was camping in Fort Wilderness at Walt Disney World. In addition to "His Better Elf" airing during "The Woody Woodpecker Show" (though it was the final cartoon instead of the first one), MeTV also showed "Droopy Leprechaun" during "The Tom & Jerry Show", and they showed "Shamrock and Roll" and "Wearing of the Grin" during "Bugs Bunny and Friends". (But they didn't show Trap Happy Porky" and Tex's spot gag cartoon that includes a very realistically animated man singing "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", though there was only room for three non-Bugs Bunny cartoons in this broadcast.)

EDIT #2: Every cartoon in the March 22nd broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat", and all of them were ones that I had seen before. And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Mouse Trappers" and "Dig That Dog".

One cartoon from the 1940's, three from the 1950's, three from the 1960's. One directed (and written) by Ray Patterson and Grant Simmons, one directed by Jack Hannah, one directed by Sid Marcus, three directed by Paul J. Smith, and one with no director credit.

EDIT #3: The March 29th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" included a cartoon that I hadn't seen on Saturday Morning Cartoons before, "South Pole Pals". (Though I had definitely seen it before, probably on the syndicated "Woody Woodpecker and Friends" from the late 1980's. I well remember the giant "emperor penguin", though back then I didn't notice that he has the same voice as Maxie, which makes sense, since he's also Chilly's pal and protector.) But it may have been a "repeat" that I missed the original Saturday Morning Cartoons broadcast of because of abovementioned reasons.

Even though I had recently seen "Three Ring Fling" on Saturday Morning Cartoons, I somehow didn't notice that Daws Butler used his "Peter Lorre" voice for Bruno's trainer. And Windy's scream of pain when he jumps out of the basket after getting stuck by a sword sounds like Dal McKennon, not Daws Butler.

Two cartoons from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, two from the 1960's, one from the 1970's. Two directed by Dick Lundy, two directed by Alex Lovy, three directed by Paul J. Smith. And the second Woody Woodpecker cartoon aired as the fifth cartoon instead of the fourth one, which I don't think had been done before.

"Toon In With Me" on Monday, March 24th:

"Simply Sylvester": "Bill and Toony celebrate everyone's favorite black and white tuxedo cat, Sylvester."

(Isn't this year Sylvester's 80th birthday?)

One of the cartoons in the April 5th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was one that I hadn't seen before, "Coy Decoy" (which lifted a gag pretty much directly from "Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur", except that the explosion didn't kill anyone). But it may have been a "repeat" that I missed the original broadcast of for abovementioned reasons. Otherwise, all "repeats". And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Space Mouse", "Dizzy Kitty" and "Overture to William Tell".

Watching the "censored" version of the "If I had a gun, I'd shoot myself!" scene in "Wacky-Bye Baby" for the second time, I think that MeTV did a pretty good job with the editing. Someone watching this cartoon for the first time probably wouldn't know that it had been "edited for content".

In all the years that I've watched "Crow Crazy", I never noticed until this past Saturday that the crow is wearing shoes.

A whopping five cartoons from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, one from the 1960's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, a whopping three directed by Dick Lundy, one directed by Alex Lovy, one directed by Sid Marcus, one with no director credit. (And none directed by Paul J. Smith.) And they showed two Andy Panda cartoons again, even though they don't have that many of them.

EDIT: Every cartoon in the April 12th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat". And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Crazy House", "Doc's Last Stand" and "Pig in a Pickle".

Three cartoons from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, three from the 1960's. Two directed by Dick Lundy, one directed by Jack Hannah, three directed by Paul J. Smith, one with no director credit.

EDIT #2: Every cartoon in the April 19th broadcast was a "repeat". And this is at least the third time that MeTV has shown "The Sleeping Princess".

One cartoon from the 1930's, one from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, two from the 1960's, two from the 1970's. One directed by Burt Gillett, one co-directed by Ben Hardaway and Emery Hawkins, one directed by Don Patterson, four directed by Paul J. Smith.

EDIT #3: The April 26th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" included a cartoon that I hadn't seen on MeTV before, "Watch the Birdie", though it was one that I had seen years ago. (The old "tiny firecracker creates huge explosion" gag making the forest look like a war zone was inspired.) But it may have been a "repeat" that I missed the original broadcast of for abovementioned reasons. Otherwise, all "repeats". And I think that this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Hyde and Sneak", "Chilly Willy" and "Andy Panda's Pop".

Three cartoons from the 1940's, three from the 1950's, only one from the 1960's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, one directed by Dick Lundy, one directed by Alex Lovy, three directed by Paul J. Smith, one with no director credit. And there were two "panda" cartoons, though I don't know if "Andy Panda's Pop" counts as an Andy Panda cartoon.

(Also, I got to watch all of Saturday Morning Cartoons because my sister was in Georgia. "The Tom & Jerry Show" was a Tex Avery, a Barney Bear directed by Dick Lundy, and only one Tom and Jerry. "Bugs Bunny and Friends" included "Ain't That Ducky", which was a "Dubbed Version").

"Toon In With Me" on Monday, May 5th:

"Celebrating Yosemite Sam"

(My cable TV box's guide doesn't give a description.)

The May 3rd broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" included a cartoon that I hadn't seen before, "Shutter Bug". (Though it may have been a "repeat" that I missed the original broadcast of for abovementioned reasons.) Otherwise, all "repeats". And this is at least the third time that they've shown "Man's Best Friend".

A vintage Polaroid camera does NOT work like that. I should know, because I used one for twenty years. (It was the same camera that took a lot of my baby pictures.) You don't push buttons and the photo pops out of the bottom of the camera. After you took the photo, you used a tab to pull the photo out of the side of the camera. After waiting for the film to develop (60 seconds for color film, I think 30 seconds for B & W film), you peeled the developed photo off the negative and threw the negative in the garbage. With the pre-1963 cameras (and the "Swinger"), the film came on a roll. After you took the photo, you advanced the film through the camera, waited for the developing time (B & W film only), opened a door in the back of the camera, and peeled the developed photo, which was perforated on two sides, off the negative. (I assume that you threw out the roll of negatives when you put a new roll of film in the camera.)

The voice credit for "Shutter Bug" was Jerry Mann. I wonder what was up with that? The photographer had an "Ed Wynn" voice, which Daws Butler could certainly do. (So could Jack Mercer.)

One thing that I didn't notice the first time that I watched "Woody Woodpecker" on MeTV is that one of the certificates/diplomas on the wall of the doctor's office says "State Of Collapse".

Three cartoons from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, three from the 1960's. One directed by Sid Marcus, three directed by Paul J. Smith, three with no director credit.

EDIT: Every cartoon in the May 10th episode of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat". (Which was probably just as well, because my sister called just as "Wicket Wacky" was starting.)

I thought that Candy Candido voiced the owl in "Woody Woodpecker". But after watching "Pantry Panic" just a week later, I think that Danny Webb voiced the owl. (Though Candy Candido said that he did voicework for Lantz in an interview in Comics Scene magazine.)

Maxie hugging himself and saying "Mmmm! Mmmm!" after eating a fish in "Polar Fright" was reminiscent of Snuffles (who of course was voiced by Daws Butler), though not as extreme.

Two cartoons from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, three from the 1960's. One directed by Alex Lovy, four directed by Paul J. Smith, two with no director credit. And they showed four Woody Woodpecker cartoons instead of the usual three. (If the fourth one had been from the 1970's instead of the 1950's, they would have shown a cartoon from each decade of Woody's career.)

EDIT #2: Every cartoon in the May 17th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat". And this is the third time that MeTV has shown "Freeloading Feline" and "Fish Fry".

The first time that I watched "Square Shootin' Square" on MeTV, I noticed that Michael Maltese incorporated "pronoun trouble" into it. The second time that I watched it on MeTV, I noticed more evidence that it was written by Michael Maltese:

Woody gets shot in the face with a comical result, like Daffy in the Hunting Trilogy.

Woody kisses Dooley on the lips, like Bugs.

The ending ("Get me away from that crazy woodpecker!") is very similar to the ending of "Racketeer Rabbit" ("Help! Police! Take me with you! Don't leave me here with that crazy rabbit!"), which was written by Michael Maltese.

(And Of Mice and Magic mentions Dooley saying "I hate you." to Woody, like Daffy saying "You're despicable." to Bugs.)

Watching "Horse Play" for the second time, I noticed that Woody never says "Sugarfoot".

Two cartoons from the 1940's, one from the 1950's, four from the 1960's. One directed by Shamus Culhane, one directed by Jack Hannah, four directed by Paul J. Smith, one with no director credit. Once again they showed two Andy Panda cartoons, even though they don't have that many of them. And all three Woody Woodpecker cartoons were Western-themed.

EDIT #3: Every cartoon in the May 24th broadcast of "The Woody Woodpecker Show" was a "repeat".

"The Bandmaster" was still the reissue version with the pre-1938 Universal logo tacked onto the beginning, and VHS tracking problems at the end.

Either Homer Brightman or Alex Lovy must have liked Michael Maltese's "pronoun trouble" in "Square Shootin' Square", because it was used in "To Catch A Woodpecker".

Three cartoons from the 1940's, two from the 1950's, two from the 1960's. Two directed by Dick Lundy, a whopping three directed by Alex Lovy (including one from the 1940's), only two directed by Paul J. Smith. And they showed four Woody Woodpecker cartoons instead of the usual three again.

Yeah, but Mercer was in the East Coast, not the West Coast.