Wet Blanket Policy

Wet Blanket Policy (1948)

Woody Woodpecker buys life insurance with the beneficiary being Buzz Buzzard who wants to collect early.

Date of release
1948-08-27
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (8)
Runtime
6m
Genres
Animation, Comedy
Director
Dick Lundy

Casting

Interesting facts

Wet Blanket Policy is a 1948 Woody Woodpecker "cartune" directed by Dick Lundy. Released theatrically on August 27, 1948, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by United Artists. The cartoon is noted for being the first appearance of Buzz Buzzard, and the film would later be reissued by Universal International, Lantz's former distributor.

Production notes

Wet Blanket Policy is the first cartoon to introduce Woody's new theme song, "The Woody Woodpecker Song". Written by George Tibbles and Ramey Idriss, the song was performed by Kay Kyser, with Gloria Wood providing vocals and Harry Babbitt chiming in with Woody's trademark laugh. The song was a smash hit, selling over 250,000 records within ten days of its release.

The cartoon also prominently featured Woody's new adversary, Buzz Buzzard. Buzz proved to be a more popular foil for Woody than Wally Walrus, who appeared less frequently in Woody cartoons after this film. Buzz would appear regularly with Woody until 1955's Bunco Busters, when he was replaced by Dapper Denver Dooley (who debuted in 1955's Square Shootin' Square and used until 1959's The Tee Bird), Gabby Gator (who debuted in 1960's Southern Fried…

Lionel Stander provided the voice of Buzz Buzzard for his earliest appearances. When Stander was blacklisted in 1951, Dal McKennon stepped in as Buzz as well as Wally and Dooley.

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