<P> Woody Woodpecker cartoons were first broadcast on television in 1957 under the title The Woody Woodpecker Show, which featured Lantz cartoons bookended by new footage of Woody and live - action footage of Lantz . Woody has a motion picture star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 7000 Hollywood Boulevard . He also made a cameo appearance alongside many other famous cartoon characters in the 1988 film Who Framed Roger Rabbit . </P> <P> Woody Woodpecker and friends are also icons at the Universal Studios Theme Parks worldwide, as well as the PortAventura Park in Salou, Spain (they were originally brought to the park by Universal Studios, and remain there today despite Universal no longer having a financial stake in the park). Woody Woodpecker's latest appearance was in a self - titled Live - Action / CGI hybrid film, which was theatrically released in Brazil on October 5, 2017 and was panned by critics . The film was later distributed on DVD in the United States on February 6, 2018 and is currently streaming on Netflix . </P> <P> According to Walter Lantz's press agent, the idea for Woody came during the producer's honeymoon with his wife, Gracie, in Lake Sherwood, California . A noisy acorn woodpecker outside their cabin kept the couple awake at night, and when a heavy rain started, they learned that the bird had bored holes in their cabin's roof . As both Walter and Gracie told Dallas attorney Rod Phelps during a visit, Walter wanted to shoot the bird, but Gracie suggested that her husband make a cartoon about the bird, and thus Woody was born . Woody shares many characteristics in common with the pileated woodpecker in terms of both physical appearance as well as his characteristic laugh, which resembles the call of the pileated woodpecker . These similarities are apparently the result of the artistic license of the creators, and have caused much confusion within the birding community amongst those who have attempted to classify Woody's species . </P> <P> Woody Woodpecker first appeared in the short Knock Knock on November 25, 1940 . The cartoon ostensibly stars Andy Panda and his father, Papa Panda, but it is Woody who steals the show . The 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, and Woody is taken away to the psychiatric hospital--but not before his captors prove to be crazier than he is . </P>

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