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The Beach Nut is the 11th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on October 16, 1944, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures.[2] The title is a play on "beech nut".

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The Beach Nut
Directed by	James Culhane
Story by	Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Starring	Jack Mather Ben Hardaway Lee Sweetland[1]
Music by	Darrell Calker
Animation by	Les Kline Dick Lundy Emery Hawkins Don Williams Laverne Harding Paul Smith
Layouts by	Art Heinemann
Backgrounds by	Philip DeGuard
Color process	Technicolor
Production company	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date	October 16, 1944 (1944-10-16)
Running time	6:50
Language	English

Plot

The film opens in medias res with vacationer Wally Walrus beating Woody Woodpecker into submission on a beachfront amusement pier. Wally explains to the gathered crowd what happened earlier to provoke his anger:

Wally decides to go to the beach to relax for his day off, but is constantly disturbed by surfer Woody. Returning to the present, Wally ties Woody to an anchor and hurls him into the ocean. The rope snags on the pier, demolishing first the pier and then the entire marina. The cartoon ends with Woody swimming away toward the horizon, pursued by Wally, and both of them pursued by the other beachgoers.

Production notes

The Beach Nut marked the debut of Woody Woodpecker's recurring antagonist, Wally Walrus. Voiced by actor Jack Mather, Wally became Woody's primary rival until 1948, before being replaced with Buzz Buzzard in Wet Blanket Policy. Woody would lose more battles to Wally than any other of Woody's opponents.[3]

References

External links

• The Beach Nut at IMDb
• The Beach Nut at the Big Cartoon Database

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