Woody Woodpecker: Ration Bored

[AntiVenom36]

I'M A NECESSARY EVIL! XD

[Stephen10528]

This cartoon is not great!

[DeepEye1994]

0:33 "Sure is necessary, I AM THE NECESSARY EVIL!" ...Best. quote. EVERRRRR.

[redcheeks1025]

he's a fckn bird why didnt he just fly??

[motanunr1fly]

oh boy gas! ;)

[zendaddy621]

Even in the afterlife cops get no respect...

[Tsubahi]

Woody looked so sweet in his big angel wings.<3

[schizoidboy]

Back during WWII the military used to monitor all the cartoons coming out of Hollywood, Kind of wondering how this got by them:)

[shadowdog625123]

0:18-0:23

best 5 seconds of my life :D

[shadowdog625123]

0:30-0:38

CONSERVE GAS & TIRES

IS THIS TRIP REALLY NECESSARY?

Sure its Necessary!

I'M A NECESSARY EVIL!

Hahaha, classic Woody XD

[FireCheepCheep]

Hooray for Woody Woodpecker!!

Always enjoyed him then, will always enjoy him now.

[jayko657]

im ammazed woody isnt in jali for life after all the things he does

[wiisalute]

angry video game nerd: I knew it

[sheepwolf2004]

when woody siphoned gas out of the car at 2:13 to 2:17, it reminded me of the scene in "lethal weapon 3" when mel gibson siphoned gas out of a car and got it in his mouth and said "ack! pooey! exxon!"

[wayneivey1]

Great Cartoon

[Obomaeatschildren]

Stupid cop! Yeah I think we'll be back at rationing gas if we don't do something, but that's what the government would want control of where you drive. Just look at all the Wasted money on public transportation.

[ShadooTheHedgehog]

What Are You Talking About, This Is Just A Cartoon. >_>

[balloonjoe1963]

This is a great Cartoon just love it Thanks

[balloonjoe1963]

@balloonjoe1963 Hey Man this is great Cartoon love it when the Cop Car Exploded when he blew into the Tire. Thanks Man

[JediMarco15]

I'm a necessary devil! :o

[juniorgatom]

This cartoon is great but this version is not the origional complete one.

[R5dontmess]

best one in the world

[sp19047]

Released in July 26,1943 Woody's appearance would get a complete makeover, making Ration Bored the last Woody Woodpecker film featuring the original manic design

[ticoinjapan]

its older than my father, wow

[NinjaGhostScorpion]

"A is for Apple, as used in a pie, B is for Butter, but it's hard to buy, C is for Cuff, which you can put the gas on, bud!"

Dated, but still the wise-ass Woody I've grown up with. Funny as hell.

[theusmkriativa]

It observes the Face of the Woody Woodpecker when it finishes to read the plate and looks at pra who is attending, observes well, but if he does not scare

[ClassicCartoonQueen]

Love this episode! when he take the gas from the cop car lol Classic! Oh a copper huh? :)

[Rlotpir1972]

Ain't the first time he siphons gas. He done it in 1947's "Well Oiled".

[HaggisMcCrablice]

Technically it is--this picture was dated 1943, a good four years previous.

Appropriate that Woody dies at the end; this would be the last appearance of this version. "The Barber of Seville". released a year later, was the first of Woody's new "cuter" designs--white chest and gloves, non-banded legs, swooped topknot, no overbite.

Woody would also use a villain as a car chassis with Buzz Buzzard later in "Wet Blanket Policy".

[vmpickle123]

@HaggisMcCrablice Woody uses Buzz Buzzard as a car chassis in "Hot Rod Huckster", and not "Wet Blanket Policy".

It is also worth noting that this is a transitional Woody, somewhere between Alex Lovy's crazy, manic woodpecker and Culhane's streamlined woodpecker.

[ProNinjaHax]

I loved this cartoon back in the good ol' days :D

[sherrywine1941]

That was great!! (5*) Sherry

Thanks gimmillsinger for the share.

[ginmillsinger]

Great share, 65tel! Thanks! 5+Star's! :c)

[nllleonard]

Oh, I miss Woody Woodpecker! Funny stuff! Thanks for sending, Bill! ;)

[fromthesidelines]

This was originally released in July 1943, and was a friendly warning to those who had any ideas on using more than their three gallon a week allotment {"A" stickers on a windshield attested to that gasoline ration, as Bugs Bunny pointed out later that year in "Falling Hare"}. And don't forget- buy YOUR War Bonds at the box office when you leave this theater!

[sarniatownreggae]

Word on the "necessary evil" line. That was brilliant.

I also liked how the gas attendant dealt with Woody by croqueting his car over the hill with a mallet.

[GundamBlueDestiny]

"Is this REALLY necessary?" ...Now I see where that line came from.

"Sure, it's necessary.... I'M a necessary evil!" ...Riot!

[PatrickRsGhost]

@GundamBlueDestiny The "Is this trip REALLY necessary?" gag has been used in several cartoons produced and released during WWII. It was a spoof of one of many propaganda messages aimed at civilians during the war, convincing them to do "their part". Fears of fuel shortages for military vehicles fueled (geddit?) such actions as convincing people to take shorter, combined trips, gas rationing (the "A" card joke shown on this cartoon, and in Bugs Bunny's "Falling Hare"), and other measures.

[9421465]

the one they died was funny lol

i love woody is the best cartoon in the world i watch the arabic version one too.

[jro81]

Man, I think the best cartoons are the ones that came out during WWII. Especially the ones, (Like this one,) that poke fun at rationing, or that one Merrie Melodys cartoon where they did the fairy tales, and the goose who laid golden eggs laid Aluminum eggs for the war effort.

[138720]

This Woody Woodpecker episode was released under another title: THE GAS BANDIT (in Portuguese, "O AFANADOR DE GASOLINA").

[JA268]

Isn't that toxic sucking Gas though the pipe?

[CidSilverWing]

Dangerous, yes, but that was about the only known method for pilfering gas back then.

[PatrickRsGhost]

This practice was also used as recently as 1978/1979 when there was an oil embargo and gas went up to 50 cents a gallon or more (a lot back then). A lot of cars started to come with locking gas caps that could only be opened with a key. This practice is even going on in some cities today with the current rise in gas prices.

[stickdog100]

@PatrickRsGhost yeah, my '78 motorhome has two large gas tanks with a locking cap on each one.

[MyThrillKillKult]

Stealing Gas huh.... Oh ,, a Copper huh..Woody Rocked !!!! So good to see him again .The thought police almost made him extinct...

[lugia0]

whoa woody's first time in gloves

[bookstar77]

Even during World War Two, good ol' Woody is stickin' it to The Man! YES!