The Loan Stranger

The Loan Stranger
Woody Woodpecker series
Directed by	Alex Lovy
Produced by	Walter Lantz
Story by	Ben Hardaway Milt Schaffer
Voices by	Kent Rogers Harold Peary
Music by	Darrell Calker
Animation by	Alex Lovy LaVerne Harding Frank Tipper
Studio	Walter Lantz Productions
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release date(s)	October 19, 1942 (October 19, 1942) (U.S.)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6' 46"
Language	English
Preceded by	Ace in the Hole
Followed by	The Screwball

The Loan Stranger is the sixth animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on October 19, 1942, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal Pictures. The title is a pun on The Lone Ranger.

Notes

• While Woody is voiced by Kent Rogers, his singing is recycled audio of Mel Blanc (Woody's original voice) extracted from Woody Woodpecker. The song would make a reappearance in Hot Rod Huckster, performed by Grace Stafford.

Everybody thinks I'm crazzzy!

Yesiree, that's me, that's me!

That's what I'm cracked up to be,

I chop a hole in every tree!

Knock on wood!

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

Well, Knock on wood!

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK

So I'm crazy, but what, what, what can I do?

So are you!

Also, beginning with this cartoon Woody's appearance has a minor change as his design is less "off-model" than in previous cartoons (his bucked teeth are gone), which began with Ace in the Hole.^[1]

Some available prints overdub Kent Roger's vocals with Grace Stafford.

• This is the first series where Woody laughs at the end of the series.

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