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Paul J. Smith

Paul J. Smith (March 15, 1906 – November 17, 1980) was an American animator and director. Smith began as a cel painter for Walt Disney Animation in 1926, then moved up to an animator. In 1928, when all the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons for Charles Mintz were completed, Smith left the payroll. Smith worked for the Walter Lantz studio for much of his career, first as an animator, and then as a director. He also animated at Warner Bros. Cartoons. By 1955, Smith had taken over as primary director of the Woody Woodpecker cartoon shorts. With Smith in the director's chair, the Woody Woodpecker series maintained its trademark frenetic energy, while the animation itself was simplified, due to budget constraints. By the late 1960s, Smith became the sole director of the Lantz studio's output: the cartoon series Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, and The Beary Family. Smith stayed with Lantz until the studio was closed in 1972. Smith died in Van Nuys, California on November 17, 1980. He was the brother of animators Frank Smith and Hank Smith and the uncle of actor and film director Charles Martin Smith. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

  • Known ForVisual Effects
  • Born15 March 1906 (age 119)
  • Place of BirthNahma Township, Michigan, USA

Paul J. Smith

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Paul J. Smith (March 15, 1906 – November 17, 1980) was an American animator and director. Smith began as a cel painter for Walt Disney Animation in 1926, then moved up to an animator. In 1928, when all the Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoons for Charles Mintz were completed, Smith left the payroll. Smith worked for the Walter Lantz studio for much of his career, first as an animator, and then as a director. He also animated at Warner Bros. Cartoons. By 1955, Smith had taken over as primary director of the Woody Woodpecker cartoon shorts. With Smith in the director's chair, the Woody Woodpecker series maintained its trademark frenetic energy, while the animation itself was simplified, due to budget constraints. By the late 1960s, Smith became the sole director of the Lantz studio's output: the cartoon series Woody Woodpecker, Chilly Willy, and The Beary Family. Smith stayed with Lantz until the studio was closed in 1972. Smith died in Van Nuys, California on November 17, 1980. He was the brother of animators Frank Smith and Hank Smith and the uncle of actor and film director Charles Martin Smith. [biography (excerpted) from Wikipedia]

  • Known ForVisual Effects
  • Born15 March 1906 (age 119)
  • Place of BirthNahma Township, Michigan, USA
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The King of Ads
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4.3
1991
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Gold Diggin' Woodpecker
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7.0
1972
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Show Biz Beagle
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8.0
1972
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Indian Corn
star
6.7
1972
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The Rude Intruder
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6.0
1972
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The Genie with the Light Touch
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8.0
1972
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Pecking Holes in Poles
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8.0
1972
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Chili Con Corny
star
8.0
1972
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For the Love of Pizza
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8.0
1972
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Bye, Bye, Blackboard
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8.0
1972
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A Fish Story
star
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1972
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Let Charlie Do It
star
1.0
1972
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Rain Rain, Go Away
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1.0
1972
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Unlucky Potluck
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2.0
1972
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Airlift a la Carte
star
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1971
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How to Trap a Woodpecker
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8.0
1971
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Sleepy Time Chimes
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8.0
1971
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Shanghai Woody
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8.0
1971
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The Snoozin' Bruin'
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8.0
1971
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The Bungling Builder
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1.0
1971
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Kitty from the City
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8.0
1971
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Moochin' Pooch
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1.0
1971
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Chilly's Hide-a-Way
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3.0
1971
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Flim Flam Fountain
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8.0
1971
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Woody's Magic Touch
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8.0
1971
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The Reluctant Recruit
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8.0
1971
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Charlie the Rainmaker
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1.0
1971
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Wild Bill Hiccup
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8.0
1970
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Buster's Last Stand
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8.0
1970
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Gooney's Goofy Landings
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1970
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Seal on the Loose
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8.0
1970
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A Gooney Is Born
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1970
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Hi-Rise Wise Guys
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8.0
1970
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Coo Coo Nuts
star
7.333
1970
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Chilly's Ice Folly
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1970
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All Hams on Deck
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8.0
1970
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Chilly's Cold War
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1970
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Charlie in Hot Water
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2.0
1970
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The Unhandy Man
star
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1970
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Charlie's Golf Classic
star
3.0
1970
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Tumble Weed Greed
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8.0
1969
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Cool It, Charlie
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1.0
1969
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Charlie's Campout
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1.0
1969
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Prehistoric Super Salesman
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8.0
1969
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Chilly and the Looney Gooney
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6.0
1969
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Phoney Pony
star
8.0
1969
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Project Reject
star
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1969
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Ship a-Hoy Woody
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6.5
1969
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Sleepy Time Bear
star
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1969
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Woody's Knight Mare
star
8.0
1969
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Little Skeeter
star
6.5
1969
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Gopher Broke
star
3.5
1969
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Highway Hecklers
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1968
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A Lad in Bagdad
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8.0
1968
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Fat in the Saddle
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7.0
1968
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Hook, Line, and Stinker
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8.0
1968
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A Peck of Trouble
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5.7
1968
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Feudin Fightin-N-Fussin
star
8.0
1968
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Woody the Freeloader
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8.0
1968
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Jerky Turkey
star
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1968
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Paste Makes Waste
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1.0
1968
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Under Sea Dogs
star
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1968
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Lotsa Luck
star
5.7
1968
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One Horse Town
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8.0
1968
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Bugged in a Rug
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1.0
1968
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Vicious Viking
star
10.0
1967
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Have Gun Can't Travel
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8.0
1967
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Chilly Chums
star
10.0
1967
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Sissy Sheriff
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7.0
1967
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Hot Time on Ice
star
10.0
1967
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Secret Agent Woody Woodpecker
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8.0
1967
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Window Pains
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10.0
1967
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Hot Diggity Dog
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8.0
1967
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Chiller Dillers
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1967
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The Nautical Nut
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8.0
1967
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Chilly and the Woodchopper
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10.0
1967
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Horse Play
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8.0
1967
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Mouse in the House
star
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1967
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Practical Yolk
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8.0
1966
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Polar Fright
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1966
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The Big Bite
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8.0
1966
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Woody and the Beanstalk
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8.0
1966
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Lonesome Ranger
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8.0
1966
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Hassle in a Castle
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8.0
1966
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Snow Place Like Home
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1966
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Monster of Ceremonies
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7.0
1966
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South Pole Pals
star
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1966
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Astronut Woody
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8.0
1966
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Foot Brawl
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1.0
1966
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Canned Dog Feud
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8.0
1965
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Janie Get Your Gun
star
8.0
1965
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What's Peckin'
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8.0
1965
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Woodpecker Wanted
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8.0
1965
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Davey Cricket
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1.0
1965
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Case of the Elephant's Trunk
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1965
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Guest Who?
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1.0
1965
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Roof-Top Razzle Dazzle
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1964
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Freeway Fracas
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8.0
1964
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Saddle-Sore Woody
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8.0
1964
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Roamin' Roman
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7.7
1964
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The Case of the Maltese Chicken
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1964
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Rah Rah Ruckus
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1964
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Spook-a-Nanny
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5.7
1964
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Case of the Cold Storage Yegg
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1.0
1963
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Goose in the Rough
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1.0
1963
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Charlie's Mother-in-Law
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1.0
1963
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Coming Out Party
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10.0
1963
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Hi-Seas Hi-Jacker
star
1.0
1963
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The Goose Is Wild
star
1.0
1963
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The Secret Weapon
star
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1963
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Shutter Bug
star
8.7
1963
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Room and Bored
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6.5
1962
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Little Woody Riding Hood
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7.0
1962
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Hyde and Sneak
star
2.0
1962
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Calling Dr. Woodpecker
star
6.2
1962
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Crowin' Pains
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7.0
1962
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Short in the Saddle
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6.2
1962
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Careless Caretaker
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6.5
1962
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Tragic Magic
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6.5
1962
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Home Sweet Homewrecker
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6.5
1962
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Phoney Express
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1962
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Robin Hoody Woody
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5.0
1962
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Mississippi Slow Boat
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1961
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Sufferin' Cats
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7.1
1961
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Case of the Red-Eyed Ruby
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10.0
1961
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The Bird Who Came to Dinner
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6.8
1961
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St. Moritz Blitz
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6.0
1961
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Papoose on the Loose
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6.0
1961
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Busman's Holiday
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6.6
1961
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Phantom of the Horse Opera
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7.0
1961
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Rough and Tumbleweed
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6.333
1961
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Fowled Up Falcon
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7.0
1960
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Heap Big Hepcat
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8.0
1960
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How to Stuff a Woodpecker
star
6.0
1960
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Bats in the Belfry
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7.0
1960
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Ozark Lark
star
7.0
1960
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Pistol Packin' Woodpecker
star
6.2
1960
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Fish Hooked
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6.0
1960
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Tomcat Combat
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7.3
1959
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Kiddie League
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7.0
1959
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Romp in a Swamp
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6.8
1959
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Log Jammed
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7.3
1959
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Bee Bopped
star
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1959
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The Tee Bird
star
7.0
1959
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Truant Student
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1959
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Jittery Jester
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6.6
1958
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Everglade Raid
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6.8
1958
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Three-Ring Fling
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1958
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Half Empty Saddles
star
7.2
1958
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Misguided Missile
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6.8
1958
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Tree's a Crowd
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7.1
1958
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Salmon Yeggs
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7.2
1958
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His Better Elf
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6.7
1958
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Box Car Bandit
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6.8
1957
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Red Riding Hoodlum
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6.5
1957
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Fodder and Son
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6.7
1957
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The Unbearable Salesman
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6.5
1957
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Round Trip to Mars
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7.0
1957
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Dopey Dick, the Pink Whale
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6.8
1957
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International Woodpecker
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6.2
1957
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Arts and Flowers
star
7.2
1956
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Niagara Fools
star
6.25
1956
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Calling All Cuckoos
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7.2
1956
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Chief Charlie Horse
star
7.5
1956
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Get Lost
star
7.5
1956
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Woodpecker from Mars
star
7.2
1956
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After the Ball
star
7.5
1956
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Bunco Busters
star
7.5
1955
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Witch Crafty
star
7.1
1955
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Private Eye Pooch
star
6.4
1955
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Square Shootin' Square
star
7.0
1955
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Bedtime Bedlam
star
6.7
1955
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Helter Shelter
star
7.3
1955
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Hot Rod Huckster
star
7.0
1954
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Real Gone Woody
star
6.5
1954
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A Horse's Tale
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5.25
1954
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Hay Rube
star
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1954
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Paw's Night Out
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5.0
1954
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Pig in a Pickle
star
5.0
1954
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Hot Noon or 12 O'Clock for Sure
star
7.0
1953
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Chilly Willy
star
6.6
1953
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Maw and Paw
star
5.0
1953
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The Flying Turtle
star
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1953
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The Dog That Cried Wolf
star
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1953
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Plywood Panic
star
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1953
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The Mouse and the Lion
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1953
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The Tortoise and the Hare
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1953
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The Lion and the Mouse
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1953
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Symphony Night
star
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1953
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The Hound and the Rabbit
star
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1953