"Is this trip really necessary?" asks a road sign. "Sure, it's necessary," replies Woody Woodpecker. "I'm a necessary evil." Patriotic gestures are evidently not Woody's strong suit. When he goes to the gas station for a refill, he doesn't even know what a ration book is. The attendant thinks Woody is a wise guy and takes a large mallet and knocks him and his car into a junkyard several miles away. What luck! The old cars still have a bit of gas in them. Woody takes a rubber hose and siphons the gasoline from some of them. Unluckily, one of the cars he picks is brand new. And it's a cop car. Woody is soon at odds with a bulldog police officer.
Genre: Animation
Stars: Mel Blanc, Kent Rogers
Crew: Ben Hardaway (Story), Emery Hawkins (Director), Darrell Calker (Original Music Composer), Milt Schaffer (Director), Bob Bentley (Animation), Walter Lantz (Producer)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: Walter Lantz Productions, Universal Pictures
Runtime: 7 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jul 25, 1943
IMDb: 4.375
Keywords:cartoon, gas rationing
