Chew-Chew Baby
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Chew-Chew Baby is the 13th animated cartoon
short subject
in the Woody Woodpecker
series. Released theatrically on February 5, 1945, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures
.
This was not aired on The Harveytoons Show
in spite of their buying various Famous Studio shorts, perhaps due to the subject nature.
. Subsequently, the lonely Walrus runs an ad in the local newspaper looking for a sweetheart. Woody reads this and decides to respond to the ad by dressing in drag
. The woodpecker then arrives at Wally's place and eats him out of house and home.
Animated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...
short subject
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
in the Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic acorn woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio and distributed by Universal Pictures...
series. Released theatrically on February 5, 1945, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
.
This was not aired on The Harveytoons Show
The Harveytoons Show
The Harveytoons Show is a television series presenting theatrical animated cartoons produced from October 1950 until March 1962 and produced by Famous Studios, featuring Harvey Comics characters and series including: Casper the Friendly Ghost, Little Audrey, Tommy Tortoise and Moe Hare, Baby Huey,...
in spite of their buying various Famous Studio shorts, perhaps due to the subject nature.
Plot
Woody manages to get himself evicted from a boarding house run by proprietor Wally WalrusWally Walrus
Wally Walrus is a fictional animated cartoon character who appeared in several films produced by Walter Lantz Productions in the 1940s and '50s....
. Subsequently, the lonely Walrus runs an ad in the local newspaper looking for a sweetheart. Woody reads this and decides to respond to the ad by dressing in drag
Drag (clothing)
Drag is used for any clothing carrying symbolic significance but usually referring to the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of another gender. The origin of the term "drag" is unknown, but it may have originated in Polari, a gay street argot in England in the early...
. The woodpecker then arrives at Wally's place and eats him out of house and home.