The New Woody Woodpecker Show is an animated television series that was based on the cartoon characters created by Walter Lantz. It was created by well-known animator Bob Jaques. Jaques directed the first 13 episodes alongside Alan Zalove, until the 14th episode, where Zalove becomes the sole director until the end of the series. It was produced by Universal Cartoon Studios and aired on 11:00 AM Saturdays from May, 8 1999 until March, 28 2002 on the Fox Kids channel. The show also aired in Canada on YTV, and in the United Kingdom on CBBC. On July 9, 2018, The show returns in the United States, and reruns will air on NBCUniversal's owned channel, Universal Kids.
It is an updated version of The Woody Woodpecker Show with characters from the original series and a few new ones appearing in their own segments. Each 22-minute episode consists of three segments, two featuring Woody Woodpecker, and one starring Chilly Willy (or Woody's fellow woodpecker co-stars, Winnie Woodpecker and Knothead & Splinter, which lasted until the third season). Each one have their own supporting casts.
Characters[]
Woody Woodpecker[]
- Woody Woodpecker (voiced by Billy West) - In this modern update, Woody Woodpecker lives in a treehouse overlooking an apartment building in the big city. He is frequently portrayed as a lazy moocher, often looking for ways to get by without lifting a finger. This does not endear him to his rivals, but Woody doesn't take their resistance lightly.
- Buzz Buzzard (Mark Hamill) - A sleazy vulture who is always concocting scams and cons on Woody, though Woody frequently outsmarts him. In this series, Buzz often operates with a sidekick named Tweaky Da Lackey (also voiced by Mark Hamill).
- Wally Walrus (Billy West) - A Swedish walrus who lives in the apartment Woody's treehouse overlooks. Woody frequently mooches him for food and generally proves to be a nuisance for him.
- Mrs. Meany (Andrea Martin) - The mean landlord who owns the apartment building that Wally and Woody live in. She is another of Woody's frequent adversaries.
- Winnie Woodpecker (B.J. Ward) - A female woodpecker who tends to get into her own misadventures. She has a more dignified persona than Woody's. Unlike the original series, Winnie and Woody are best friends instead of boyfriend and girlfriend.
- Knothead and Splinter (E.G. Daily) and (Nika Futterman) - Woody's nephew and niece, who can't help but give their uncle (and anybody else) a hard time.
Chilly Willy[]
- Chilly Willy - A silent penguin who lives in the Arctic, though he frequently dreams of living someplace warm like tropical islands and resort beaches. Despite his innocent demeanor, Willy is quite the troublemaker.
- Smeadly (Billy West) - A hound dog that is frequently at odds with Chilly Willy, though usually portrayed as more of an authority figure than an antagonist. He is very easygoing and generally does not break his calm demeanor, but Willy always pushes Smeadly's patience to the breaking point.
- Major Bull (Kevin Michael Richardson) and Sgt. Hogwash (Blake Clark) - Military officers who operate in a government base, who are plagued by Willy's mischievousness and frequent habit of sneaking into their base.
- Maxie the Polar Bear (Dan Castellaneta, Kevin Michael Richardson and Jonathan Harris) - One of Willy's friends, though he only makes a few appearances in this series.
Episodes[]
Season 1 (1999)[]
No. series | No. season | Titles | Original air date |
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1 | 1 | Wiener Wars / Electric Chilly / Woody and the Termite | May 8, 1999 |
2 | 2 | Fake Vacation / Medical Winnie Pig / Cable Ace | May 15, 1999 |
3 | 3 | Temper Temper / A Classic Chilly Willy Cartoon / Crash Course | May 22, 1999 |
4 | 4 | Woody's Ship of Ghouls / Bad Hair Day / Downsized Woody | May 29, 1999 |
5 | 5 | Ya Gonna Eat That? / Chilly & Hungry / Brother Cockroach | June 5, 1999 |
6 | 6 | Father's Day / Camp Buzzard / He Wouldn't Woody | June 12, 1999 |
7 | 7 | Wally's Royal Riot / Mexican Chilly / Sleepwalking Woody | June 19, 1999 |
8 | 8 | Pinheads / The Chilly Show / Slient Treatment | June 26, 1999 |
9 | 9 | Over the Top / Chilly & the Fur-Bearing / Painfaker | July 3, 1999 |
10 | 10 | Baby Buzzard / Bait & Hook / Bad Weather | July 10, 1999 |
11 | 11 | Automatic Woody / Zoom-a to Montezooma / Chicken Woody | July 17, 1999 |
12 | 12 | Bonus Round Woody / Winnie at the Ball / Date with Destiny | July 24, 1999 |
13 | 13 | Woody's Roommate / Winnie's New Car / Whistle Stop Woody | July 31, 1999 |
14 | 14 | Tee Time / S & K Files / Goldiggers | August 7, 1999 |
15 | 15 | Mirage Barrage / Queen of the De-Nile / Party Animal | August 14, 1999 |
16 | 16 | K-9, Woody-O / Ready for My Close-Up, Mr. Walrus / Gopher It | August 21, 1999 |
17 | 17 | Spy-Guy / Ye Olde Knothead and Splinter / Life in Pass Lane | August 28, 1999 |
18 | 18 | Signed, Sealed, Delivered / Out to Launch / Spa-Spa Blacksheep | September 4, 1999 |
19 | 19 | Pecking Order / Chilly on Ice / Just Say Uncle | September 11, 1999 |
20 | 20 | The Contender / Snow Way Out / Hospital Hi-Jinx | September 18, 1999 |
21 | 21 | Dr. Buzzard's Time Chamber / Winnie P.I. / Foiled in Oil | September 25, 1999 |
22 | 22 | Aunt Pecky / Terror Tots / Carney Con | October 2, 1999 |
23 | 23 | Bavariannoying / Kitchen Magician / Cheap Seats Woody | October 9, 1999 |
24 | 24 | Meany Side of the Street / Chilly to Go / Ant Rant | October 16, 1999 |
25 | 25 | Woody Watcher / Chilly Dog / Beach Nuts | October 23, 1999 |
26 | 26 | A Very Woody Christmas / It's a Chilly Christmas After All / Yule Get Yours | December 11, 1999 |
Season 2 (2000)[]
No. Series | No. Seasons | Titles | Original air date |
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27 | 1 | Stuck on You / Freeze Dried Chilly / That Healing Feeling | January 6, 2000 |
28 | 2 | Lap it On / Swiss Family Buzzard / Getting Comfortable | January 13, 2000 |
29 | 3 | Sync or Swim / Armed Chilly / Difficult Delivery | January 20, 2000 |
30 | 4 | Cabin Fever / Everbody's a Critic / Hide and Seek | January 27, 2000 |
31 | 5 | The Ice Rage / Endangered Chilly / Attila the Hen | February 3, 2000 |
32 | 6 | Frankenwoody / The Meany Witch Project / Fright Movie Woody | February 10, 2000 |
33 | 7 | This Seat's Taken / Cajun Chilly / Out of Line | February 17, 2000 |
34 | 8 | Inn Trouble / Wishful Thinking / Trail Ride Woody | February 24, 2000 |
35 | 9 | Super Woody / Skating By / Be a Sport | March 2, 2000 |
36 | 10 | Like Father, Unlike Son / A Chilly Spy / Country Fair Clam-ity | March 9, 2000 |
37 | 11 | Enine, Meany, Out You Go! / Stage Fright / Gone Fishin' | March 16, 2000 |
38 | 12 | Teacher's Pet / Dirty Derby / Hooray for Holly-Woody | March 23, 2000 |
39 | 13 | Cyrano de Woodypecker / Chilly Lilly / Meany's Date Bait | March 30, 2000 |
40 | 14 | The Twelve Days of Christmas | December 21, 2000 |
Season 3 (2002)[]
No. Series | No. Seasons | Titles | Original air date |
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41 | 1 | Woodsy Woody / Chilly Solor Wars / Cue the Shark Pool | January 3, 2002 |
42 | 2 | Couples Therapy / Chilly Blue Yonder / Hiccup-Ed | January 10, 2002 |
43 | 3 | Crouching Meany, Hidding Woodpecker / A Chilly Party Crash Crasher / Junk Funk | January 17, 2002 |
44 | 4 | Two Woodys, No Waiting / A Chilly Amusement Park / Born to Be Woody | January 24, 2002 |
45 | 5 | Mechanical Meany / A Chilly Furance / Homerun Woody | January 31, 2002 |
46 | 6 | Tire Tyrant / A Chilly B-B-Q / Spring Cleaning | February 7, 2002 |
47 | 7 | The Fabulous Foodbox by Scamco / A Chilly Hockey Star / Corn Fed Up | February 14, 2002 |
48 | 8 | Inferquent Flyer/ A Chilly Cold & Flu Season / Moto-Double Cross | February 21, 2002 |
49 | 9 | Wild Woodpecker / A Chilly Fashion Model / Speed Demon Mountain | February 28, 2002 |
50 | 10 | Niece and Quite / Chilly Bananas / Surf Crazy | March 7, 2002 |
51 | 11 | Birdhounded / Run Chilly, Run Deep / Surviving Woody | March 14, 2002 |
52 | 12 | Firehouse Woody / Hogwash Junior / Thrash for Cash | March 21, 2002 |
53 | 13 | Miniature Golf Mayhem / A Chilly Cilffhanger / I Know What You Did Last Night | March 28, 2002 |
Home Media[]
Few DVDs were released in the UK, previously on VHS. As of February 2018, the first 13 episodes can be viewed on Hulu and Yahoo! View. Previously, all 53 episodes were available for streaming on Netflix. The full series is part of the new NBCUniversal streaming service Peacock, launched in May 2020.
Referencers[]
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External links[]
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show on IMDb
- The New Woody Woodpecker Show at Keyframe — the Animation Resource