Operation Sawdust

Operation Sawdust
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by Don Patterson
Produced by Walter Lantz
Story by Homer Brightman
Voices by Grace Stafford
Dal McKennon
Music by Clarence Wheeler
Animation by Ray Abrams
Fred Brunish
Laverne Harding
Paul J. Smith
Studio Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by Universal International
Release date(s) June 15, 1953
Color process Technicolor
Running time 6' 07"
Language English
Preceded by Buccaneer Woodpecker
Followed by Wrestling Wrecks

Operation Sawdust is the 47th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on June 15, 1953, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.

Plot

Lumber mill workers Woody Woodpecker and Buzz Buzzard are friends when they are sawing trees, but when Wally Walrus (making a brief cameo as the lumber camp chef) rings the dinner bell, they become bitter enemies. Woody and Buzz duke it out over food, with the woods being pecked to death in the process.

Censorship

The scene where Buzz Buzzard is sliced down the center is excised from television prints since the 1990s.

Notes

Operation Sawdust marked Wally Walrus's final appearance in a Woody Woodpecker theatrical "cartune". He had already long since been replaced as Woody's main foil by Buzz Buzzard by this time. Wally would later appear in two Chilly Willy "cartunes", and then had his last appearance in the 1964 Woody TV special Spook-A-Nanny. The last cartoon pairing Buzz Buzzard & Wally Walrus.

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