I don't remember much of watching Woody, and I had watched this short online and I love it it was funny; And I didn't know this cartoon mark Woody Woodpecker's first screen appearance AND I didn't know that the great Mel Blanc did his voice I mean O.M.G! he sounds just like Daffy Duck - His first appearance is on someone ELSE'S cartoon, and he suddenly ends up becoming more popular than Andy Panda! just like Daffy who first appear in Porky Pig cartoon.

I love the scene where Mr. Panda try to shoot Woody; but the gun didn't work, so Woody try the gun and it work and hands it back to Mr. Panda; and when Mr. Panda tries again *BAM!* the gun handle morph into a boot and smacks him right in the face. I also love the scene with the explosing decoy too.

It seems ironic that the birth of Woody Woodpecker would ultimately spell the end of Andy Panda, the character whose series he was introduced in. In some ways, this kind of superseding is not entirely uncommon, Daffy quickly replaced Porky as Warner Bros. biggest star and any number of characters superseded those they starred with. What most of those happenstances have in common is that mostly the character/s they overtook in popularity didn’t ultimately disappear in the end; the same way Andy Panda did.

Even though Mel Blanc provides the voice for the loony bird, as well as his distinctive laugh; he would only record Woody a few more times for Lantz. Before he could make another recording he had signed an exclusive contract with Warner Bros, to voice characters there. Lantz replaced the voice, but kept the laugh track, as it proved difficult for the new voice actor to do. He would use the track until his wife took over the role of Woody.

Both characters would make better films, indeed both characters would appear together again, albeit with better character designs. Maybe this was better back in 1940, when it was something new and exciting, but with some of Woody’s later escapades to compare it too, it just seems to be a little tame how.

That's not to say that there aren't some good moments in here, it's just that they are few and fleeting rather than the normal state of things. Woody would get better as the studios learnt how to deal with him; still as it is, it's at least a decent start for the most famous of toon woodpeckers.