Pantry Panic
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L.E. Elliott
Mel Blanc
Marge Tarlton
Margaret McKay
Kent Rogers
| Pantry Panic | |
|---|---|
 Title card | |
| Directed by | Walter Lantz |
| Story by | Ben Hardaway L.E. Elliott |
| Produced by | Walter Lantz |
| Starring | Danny Webb Mel Blanc Marge Tarlton Margaret McKay Kent Rogers |
| Music by | Darrell Calker |
| Animation by | Alex Lovy Lester Kline Laverne Harding Frank Tipper Hal Mason[1] |
| Backgrounds by | Ed Kiechle[1] |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7:03 |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Pantry Panic is the third animated cartoon short in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on November 24, 1941, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2] This short is one of the few cartoons where Woody does not say "Guess Who?" in the opening titles, although his trademark laugh in the cartoon itself is still present.
The local groundhog warns a community of birds that a winter storm is imminent; the birds all quickly head south before it arrives, except Woody, who wants to continue swimming. Winter suddenly arrives, freezing the swimming hole solid while Woody is mid-dive ("must be hard water"); Woody is initially unfazed, as he has stockpiled much food to wait the winter out—until a funnel cloud breaks down Woody's door and sucks away all of his food.
Two weeks later, Woody is literally staring starvation, personified as something vaguely resembling the Grim Reaper, in the face. A month later, a hungry cat happens upon Woody's cabin (aware of the viewers reading one of the title cards and its description of said "hungry little kitty cat"), and conspires to eat the woodpecker, who likewise seeks to eat the cat. A battle ensues. Eventually, a moose appears at Woody's open door, and the starving cat and woodpecker chase after it to capture and eat it. Afterwards, however, the meal proves not to be enough to satisfy Woody or the cat, who instantly resume their game of trying to eat each other.
Voice cast
- Danny Webb as Woody Woodpecker (some lines), Korny Kat, and Moose
- Mel Blanc as Woody Woodpecker (some lines and trademark laugh)[3]
- Kent Rogers as Woody Woodpecker (one line), Birds[4]
- Margaret McKay as Birds
- Marjorie Tarlton as Birds[5]
