Hypnotic Hick (1953)

Name: Hypnotic Hick
Genre: Animation
Released: 1953-08-25

Running Time

August 25, 1953
Release Date

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Plot.

Woody is asked by a law officer to serve a court summons on Buzz Buzzard. Woody accepts but when Buzz takes a look at the summons, he disposes of Woody and thwarts all his attempts to deliver it. Finally, Woody uses hypnotism to get Buzz to accept it and, just for kicks, hypnotizes him into thinking he's various animals and getting him to wander around a skyscraper skeleton. Finally, Woody brings Buzz into the officer who serves Woody with a court summons for practicing hypnotism out of season.

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Cast & Crew.

Don Patterson

Director

Mel Blanc

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John T. Smith

Buzz Buzzard

Grace Stafford

Woody Woodpecker

Homer Brightman

Writer

Walter Lantz

Producer

Clarence Wheeler

Composer

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Details.

Release Date
August 25, 1953

Status
Released

Running Time
6m

Genres
Animation

Last updated: 2025-05-11

Wiki.

Hypnotic Hick is a 1953 Woody Woodpecker cartoon supervised by Don Patterson. The film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and released on September 26, 1953 by Universal International.

The short is notable for being the first and only Woody Woodpecker cartoon to be produced in 3D, in an attempt to cash in on the stereoscopic craze started with the film Bwana Devil. Much of the staff credited besides Patterson and William E. Garity are credited in the short as Artists.