Born to Peck
| Born to Peck | |
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| Directed by | Walter Lantz |
| Produced by | Walter Lantz |
| Story by | Walter Lantz |
| Music by | Clarence Wheeler |
| Animation by | Ray Abrams Fred Brunish Don Patterson Laverne Harding Paul J. Smith |
| Studio | Walter Lantz Productions |
| Distributed by | Universal International |
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| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 6' 35" |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Destination Meatball |
| Followed by | Stage Hoax |
Born to Peck is the 39th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on February 25, 1952, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International.
In the future, Woody is an elderly woodpecker who tries in vain to peck away at a tree. Unfortunately, his best years are behind him, and his beak was too weak. Depressed, he begins to reminisce about his younger days when he was a little bird in the care of his father. It becomes apparent that from Day 1, Woody was a mischievous, rascally bird who made his hapless father's life a living nightmare.
After spending several minutes recalling his youth, a despondent Woody jumps over the side of a cliff in an effort to commit suicide. At the last minute, an offscreen cartoonist breaks the fourth wall, erases the grave Woody was bound for, and replaces it with a Fountain of Youth. Rejuvenated, Woody returns to the forest, ready to peck away at his first tree in years. Unfortunately, he chooses a petrified tree, which knocks him cold upon impact.
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