It's Walter Lantz Weekend at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog

This weekend, we pay tribute to animation producer and director Walter Lantz (1899-1994).





Here's Walter with his wife and cartoon voice artist Gracie Stafford Lantz (the voice of Woody Woodpecker after the departure of voiceman/storyman Ben Hardaway).



Walter Lantz began producing cartoons for J.R. Bray in the silent era, with the Dinky Doodle and Pete The Pup series.









Mr. Lantz was assisted very aptly by, to name just a few talented collaborators, animators Shamus Culhane, Dick Lundy, Bill Nolan, Tex Avery, Grim Natwick, Emery Hawkins, Manuel Moreno, Les Kline, Pat Matthews, Laverne Harding, Ben "Bugs" Hardaway, Milt Schaffer, Philip DeGuard, Art Heinemann, Alex Lovy, Don Patterson, Jack Hannah, Sid Marcus, Art Davis, Cal Howard, voice artists Dick Nelson and Dallas McKennon and music men Jimmy Dietrich, Frank Marsales and Darrell Calker.



Now, let's bring on the Walter Lantz "Cartunes".











We at Way Too Damn Lazy To Write A Blog especially love the Walter Lantz Studio's Swing Symphonies.

Indeed, our mission is to continue deluging you with vintage Walter Lantz "Cartunes", starting with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit and his segment from the 1930 Universal feature THE KING OF JAZZ.









































We'll close this tribute to Walter Lantz with cartoons directed by Tex Avery during his brief second stint there.