The New Woody Woodpecker Show

The New Woody Woodpecker Show
GenreComedy
Based onWoody Woodpecker
by Walter Lantz Productions
Developed by
Directed by
  • Mauro Casalese (season 1)
  • Alfred Gimeno (season 1)
  • Kurt Anderson (season 1)
  • Alan Zaslove (seasons 2–3)
Voices ofBilly West
Mark Hamill
Andrea Martin
B.J. Ward
Jim Cummings
E.G. Daily
Nika Futterman
Theme music composerJim Latham
ComposerThomas Chase Jones
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes53 (157 segments) (list of episodes)
Production
Producers
  • Sean Roche
  • Diane A. Crea (season 3)
EditorKen Solomon
Running time20–21 minutes (7 minutes per segment)
Production companyUniversal Cartoon Studios
Original release
NetworkFox Kids
ReleaseMay 8, 1999 (1999-05-08)[1] –
July 27, 2002 (2002-07-27)
Related
The Woody Woodpecker Show (1957–1977)
Woody Woodpecker (2018–2022)
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The New Woody Woodpecker Show (titled on-screen as The Woody Woodpecker Show) is an American animated comedy television series based on the animated short film series created by cartoonist and animator Walter Lantz. It was co-developed by animators Bob Jaques and Kelly Armstrong, was produced by Universal Cartoon Studios and aired from May 8, 1999 to July 27, 2002 on Fox's Fox Kids programming block.[2]

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 episode consists of two segments featuring Woody Woodpecker dividing one starring Chilly Willy, with Winnie Woodpecker and Knothead & Splinter also starring in some segments. 53 episodes (consisting of 155 segments plus one episode-length Christmas special, as well as one classic Chilly Willy cartoon) were produced.[3]

  1. ^ "'Woody Woodpecker' Is Out on a Shaky Limb". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 22 November 2011.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 915–917. ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3.
  3. ^ Crump, William D. (2019). Happy Holidays—Animated! A Worldwide Encyclopedia of Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year's Cartoons on Television and Film. McFarland & Co. p. 210. ISBN 978-1-4766-7293-9.