The Dippy Diplomat

The Dippy Diplomat
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by	James Culhane
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer
Voices by	Ben Hardaway Jack Mather
Music by	Darrell Calker
Animation by	Pat Matthews Grim Natwick Emery Hawkins
Studio	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	August 27, 1945 (U.S.)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6' 50"
Language	English
Preceded by	Woody Dines Out
Followed by	The Loose Nut

The Dippy Diplomat is the 15th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on August 27, 1945, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.

Plot

Wally Walrus is preparing a barbecue feast for a visiting ambassador. The smell of cooking steaks rouses Woody from his nap, and he begins to swipe food off the table - first grabbing ears of corn through a fence knothole, then eating a plate of hard-boiled eggs while pretending to look for a lost ping-pong ball. When he tries to get away with one of the steaks, though, Wally launches him out of the yard. Woody crashes into a newspaper rack, reads about the ambassador's visit, and decides to impersonate him.

Dressed in a coat, top hat, and false beard to match the ambassador's photo, Woody barges into Wally's yard and accidentally sets the beard on fire when he gets too close to the barbecue. Woody slaps the beard onto Wally's face and yanks his chef's hat down. Wally panics and starts to chug around the yard like a train locomotive, smoke pouring from his hat, and Woody loads all the food into a covered wagon and hitches it to Wally when he passes. Woody gorges himself as Wally blunders his way onto a set of railroad tracks and chugs toward the horizon.

References

• Cooke, Jon, Komorowski, Thad, Shakarian, Pietro, and Tatay, Jack. "1945". The Walter Lantz Cartune Encyclopedia.