Knock Knock (1940 film)
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Genre Family, Animation, Short Language English | 6.8/10 IMDb Film series Andy Panda Duration | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date November 25, 1940; 74 years ago (November 25, 1940) (USA) Similar movies The Barber of Seville , The Loan Stranger , Fish Fry , The Screwball , The Screwdriver , Chew-Chew Baby | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Knock Knock is a 1940 animated short subject, part of the Andy Panda series, produced by Walter Lantz. The cartoon is noted for being the first appearance of Woody Woodpecker, and was released by Universal Pictures on November 25, 1940.
Plot
The cartoon ostensibly stars Andy Panda (voice of Sara Berner) and his father, Papa Panda (voice of Mel Blanc), but it is Woody (voice of Blanc) who steals the show. Woody Woodpecker constantly pesters the two pandas, apparently just for the fun of it. Andy, meanwhile, tries to sprinkle salt on Woody's tail in the belief that this will somehow capture the bird. To Woody's surprise, Andy's attempts prevail (comically, the mound of salt placed on Woody's tail is so heavy that he cannot run away), and in an ending very similar to 1938's Daffy Duck & Egghead, Woody is taken away to the funny farm—where his captors prove to be crazier than he is.
References
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