Woody Woodpecker, reimagined in South America

Ruben Bolling 9:28 am Thu Oct 26, 2017

70 or so South American animators were assembled by Brazilian animator Ivanildo Soares to recreate a 1961 Woody Woodpecker short, "The Bird Who Came to Dinner."

It's a late-era Woody cartoon, and it's pretty uninspiring. But somehow it inspired these animators to reimagine the entire cartoon, individually, and in intervals of only a few seconds that are weird, creative, and jarring. The soundtrack is exactly the same, but every cel has been replaced, in very diverse styles.

Here is the original 1961 cartoon.

[vimeo 66482207 w=640 h=480]

The Bird Who Came To Dinner – YouTube from Marcelo Glauco on Vimeo.

And here is the new South American twist. It's pretty fun to watch.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mH4Fag8WrNw&w=560&h=315]

What spurred these animators to this project? I can't seem to find the answer, but it may have something to do with this: Like France's inexplicable love for Jerry Lewis, and the theory that "Germans Love David Hasselhoff," South Americans apparently love Woody Woodpecker.

via Mark Evanier and Cartoon Brew

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