Everybody Thinks I'm Crazy | Woody Woodpecker sings (1941) [RESTORED] | Pitch-shifting Mel Blanc

From the Walter Lantz cartoon released in 1941, his new character just recently introduced in "Knock Knock" gets his own namesake film, "Woody Woodpecker". READ ON....
This is the opening sequence of that film, where jazz/swing-influenced music conductor/composer Darrell Calker introduces Woody in song, "Everybody Thinks I'm Crazy!", a familiar tune to many Woody-watchers, also used as a music cue in some films following this film.
But I went the extra step to show you how Mel Blanc performed Woody in regular voice. Keep in mind I kept sync and this is pitch-shifted electronically and time-corrected. Mel would have sung this MUCH slower during the recording session.
TECH HEADS: The pitch shift is -5 semitones down from middle C (which is considerable!) and rhythm corrected using the Pitch II tool in Avid Media Composer. The DYNA-STEREO is not a plug-in :-)
Mel Blanc was still a freelancer during this point in his career, very busy on radio, so you might find it curious why he'd voice Woody at Lantz and the majority of the classic Warner Brothers Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoon characters.... well, Leon Schlesinger didn't sign that incredible contract Mel Blanc cooked up yet - to be listed EXCLUSIVELY on-screen - an invaluable feat - only to be outdone by actor Jonathan Harris in "Lost In Space", when he demanded to be credited on-screen as "Special Guest Star"!
As for Woody Woodpecker, once that contract was signed, Ben "Bugs" Hardaway also voices Woody - and ultimately led to money-saver Lantz' wife, 'actress' "Grace Stafford" - whom I personally believe 'cutened' and ruined Woody. Worse was when Grace got older in the late 60s and 70s and Woody got a little deeper in tone. Don't worry, I'll spare you the same example with Grace singing.
The entire Walter Lantz story is fascinating.

[@jimmartin7881]

Anybody that gives Woody a thumbs down is disturbed. See ya in St. Louis, screwy!

[@ConversusVans]

As the low pitch sounds more like regular Blanc, it begins to sound more like his first Woody laugh from Andy Panda's "Knock Knock"

[@musicom67]

It is regular Blanc at the low pitch. I know, I made it confusing :(

[@rodrigowengzynski7262]

❤🎉🎉🎉😂

[@kevink973]

It never occurred to me that his voice was pitched higher. That's how naive I am. I also prefer this Woody Woodpecker, when he looked maniacal. Over time, he resembled an avian Lucille Ball.

[@user-qi7qy4hy8g]

This is my fav version of Woody

[@raul-Comentando]

*_no sabia que eea un arreglo de sonido la voz del pajaro loco me encanta este personaje 1941_*

[@musicom67]

Si. Aceleraron la voz, como Alvin y The Chipmunks

[@Sunnie_0]

Love it

[@danielip6563]

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[@Sunnie_0]

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[@danielip6563]

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[@danielip6563]

You crazy hehehheheh

[@danielip6563]

Show you

[@SarahWestTheAmericanTailQueen]

Awesome work! Woody Woodpecker is one of my favorite cartoons.

[@LunaMuertaPop]

Recuerdo diferente la música de esa versión, como más lenta. Recuerdo me daba miedo. En los 80s era un niño y esta música la sigo recordando por eso vine a buscarla hasta que encontré esta versión.

[@musicom67]

Esta caricatura en particular fue de la década de 1940 con el swing de Darrell Calker. Probablemente estabas acostumbrado a escuchar la versión de Clarence Wheeler de los años 1950-1972 cuando cerraron el estudio. ¿Pero no lo recuerdo más lento?

[@luisreyes1963]

0:48 Mike Lindell's official theme...🤪

[@goldprincejamal]

Awesome

[@BlackieFoxxless]

Why couldn't thry make Mel Blanc's woody voice slightly bit more higher-pitched?

[@musicom67]

They 'could' - they just chose the 'speed' they did. Guess you don't like executive decisions ;-)

[@BlackieFoxxless]

@@musicom67 i like the higher-pitched version

[@MaxBunny7902]

​@@musicom67I don't think they had the technology to just pitch it up back then. They had to have Mel Blanc talk slowly and then they sped up the recordings. The same can be said about some Looney Tunes characters like Daffy, Porky, and Tweety.

[@loganmcnab1582]

0:53 The final recording had him with fast music

[@davidriley1702]

0:24 Actual voice of Mel Blanc 0:49 voice pitched up

[@christianpeligrinocagadas9781]

0:24

[@BlackieFoxxless]

Is it two or three steps lower when it's lower-pitched?

[@musicom67]

It's in the "ABOUT". I wrote it once, don't wanna read it again ;-)

[@BlackieFoxxless]

@@musicom67 how did they change the voice?

[@BlackieFoxxless]

@@musicom67???

[@flunkisepic717]

@@musicom67 its funny because computers didn't existed on 1940

[@godswillmahoshi2012]

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[@brandonlogan-v.2579]

The first version's low pitched

[@musicom67]

You are correct, son. It is PITCH changed, not TIME changed. Lowering pitch will also lower the key of the music, however in this example, the TIME is maintained... Enough school for ya? :-)

[@brandonlogan-v.2579]

Next time,...Don't call me son. Name's Brandon By the way.

[@el-jayenglish9548]

@@musicom67 if you’re a fan of Woody, please, check our vid on this 1941 episode. Will you tell us if the patterns of eyes-like images has a name? Cheers

[@loganmcnab1582]

Come on Woody wood 0:25

[@godswillmahoshi2012]

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[@musicom67]

The down-voter's got some screws loose... ?

[@NaturallyInspire]

You have some screws loose

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[@millaman4457]

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[@cherylhampton3480]

The new study was funded by woody

[@hansandtheteam6620]

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