Born to Peck

Born to Peck
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by Walter Lantz
Produced by Walter Lantz
Story by Walter Lantz
Music by Clarence Wheeler
Animation by Ray Abrams
Fred Brunish
Don Patterson
Laverne Harding
Paul J. Smith
Studio Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by Universal International
Release date(s)
  • February 25, 1952 (1952-02-25) (U.S.)
Color process Technicolor
Running time 6' 35"
Language English
Preceded by Destination Meatball
Followed by Stage Hoax

Born to Peck is the 39th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on February 25, 1952, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.

Plot

In the future, Woody is an elderly woodpecker who tries in vain to peck away at a tree. Unfortunately, his best years are behind him, and his beak was too weak. Depressed, he begins to reminisce about his younger days when he was a little bird in the care of his father. It becomes apparent that from Day 1, Woody was a mischievous, rascally bird who made his hapless father's life a living nightmare.

After spending several minutes recalling his youth, a despondent Woody jumps over the side of a cliff in an effort to commit suicide. At the last minute, an offscreen cartoonist breaks the fourth wall, erases the grave Woody was bound for, and replaces it with a Fountain of Youth. Rejuvenated, Woody returns to the forest, ready to peck away at his first tree in years. Unfortunately, he chooses a petrified tree, which knocks him cold upon impact.

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