The Screwdriver is the second animated cartoon

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 August 11, 1941, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures

Universal Studios

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The plot has the wacky bird driving a car (hence the title of the picture), with a series of gags about the jalopy he's driving and his attempts to speed and to elude a persistent policeman.

Censorship

The scene where Woody dressed up as a Chinese stereotype to trick the cop was removed.

Quotes

(Woody ask a question about women to the cop.)

• WOODY:: What's the color of Jeannie's light brown hair? (Turns to audience) No coaching from the audience please

(The Cop is explaining what a speeder is)

• COP:: A speeder is a guy that goes *imitates speeding engine*
• WOODY:: You mean like this 'Pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt'?
• COP:: Nah like this *imitates speeding engine*
• WOODY:: Ah I get it 'Pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-*Cuckoo*'
• COP:: I didn't say 'Pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-*Cuckoo*'. I said *imitates speeding engine*, and if you go 'Pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-pbbt-*Cuckoo*' once more, I'll give you a ticket