The Screwdriver

"So I'm screwy; what can I do? I ask you" Those are some in the lyrics in Woody Woodpecker's short opening song as Walter Lantz and the writers try to keep emphasizing this new cartoon character as somebody who is nuts and funny.

There seems to be another theme at work, too - a dumb foil in each Woody Woodpecker cartoon. This time, it's a cop. He's looking for "speeders" and Woody is one of the worst in his cool little hotrod. Mel Blanc voices both characters and they couldn't sound more different.

The early part of this cartoon was very good with nice sight gags as Woody ran wild on the roads. Then, it abruptly stopped when Woody met the motorcycle cop and it got stupid. Our woodpecker got back into his car for a fun 15 seconds but that was it as he and cop then finished it off with more dumb dialog. In the end, the cop wound up in "jerk ward" which was an apt description.