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Does anyone know if a Woody Woodpecker dvd will be released any time soon?

It depend's on what you want...
If its the classic shorts from the Walter Lantz studio's then you can 10 DVD's with Woody on. You have to sign up to columbia House Home Video and they are mail ordered to you.

I'm not sure about the most recent TV show episodes though.

i've got a couple cartoon compilations with a few woody woodpecker cartoons on there but i could go for a nice dvd set with some chilie willie on there too

The Columbia House set is probably the way to go. 10 discs worth of Walter Lantz cartoons and extras isn't too bad. If you go to dvdtoons.com you can find their reviews of them. To order the set go to columbiahouse.com and look under the TV Greats section and it'll be there.

I just signed up at Colubia House - Thanks!

Anyone know if the Columbia House DVDs are censored?

they're tv prints so many are edited and have cut scenes. check this site.

STASHONE wrote:they're tv prints so many are edited and have cut scenes. check this site.

No sale for me then!

yeah but this is not meant to be a collection of individual theatrical shorts - you are getting vintage episodes from the woody woodpecker show presented as classic t.v. installments so if you take this in context for what it is, i would say that its definitely worth the money.

the prints are not restored but look really amazing and better than youve ever seen them in any medium to date. plus these are currently not available uncut anywhere else unless you collect 16 and 35 mm and universal has absolutely no intentions of doing anything further with these films so i would say you should just go for it and take what you can get, plus you'll find some real gems in some of these volumes.

i just think of it as watching something like the old disneyland anthology shows when they presented character themes where Walt would introduce a cartoon and than cut into the shorts with some edits, its basically the same thing. plus you get vintage film intros with walter lantz as well as black and white news reels with lantz and woody and many shots of the directors (James Culhane, Dick Lundy, Paul Smith, etc) setting up scenes and and offering insight into how the films are produced.

not all of the shorts are edited though, at least %50 are presented in their original form and some volumes more so. i would recommend these if you have any interest at al in the lantz/universal films. that's my 2 cents.

They did try to get the 35 mm prints when they were available for each short. When they weren't available, they were forced to use the television versions, many of which were trimmed. This is the most complete set that you'll be able to get though, or so they say. So it probably isn't going to help to hold out for a better collection. I plan on ordering the set soon myself, after the May Treasures rush.

I received the first volume yesterday. It's great to see Woody again!

So these DVDs are as complete as we’ll ever get?