Gabby's Diner
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Gabby's Diner is the 107th animated cartoon
short subject
in the Woody Woodpecker
series. Released theatrically on March 28, 1961, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International
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), living in the Everglades
, is suffering from utter starvation. Upon looking in the sky, he sees Woody Woodpecker happily flying overhead. Gabby takes out a shotgun
and fires at the woodpecker and misses. Woody, however, sees Gabby's sign advertising the "Fryer's Club Hotel" and decides to satisfy his curiosity. The conniving alligator
convinces Woody that his home is a luxury hotel, and sends the woodpecker up to "Room 350" (in truth, the temperature the oven is set at that Woody is bunking in). Woody begins to sweat profusely and requests "room service" by asking that ice be sent up. The ice manages to bring the stifling temperature down, eventually turning the oven off.
Gabby then advises Woody that his hotel likes to tuck their guests in at night. In reality, Gabby puts Woody in a baking pan, and places dough on top of him. Woody catches on to this plan, and replaces the standard dough with Quick Rise Baking Powder. Unaware, Gabby bakes the pie, sending the rising dough high above his home, eventually splattering all over southern Florida
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Animated cartoon
An animated cartoon is a short, hand-drawn film for the cinema, television or computer screen, featuring some kind of story or plot...
short subject
Short subject
A short film is any film not long enough to be considered a feature film. No consensus exists as to where that boundary is drawn: the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of 40 minutes or less, including all...
in the Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker
Woody Woodpecker is an animated cartoon character, an anthropomorphic acorn woodpecker who appeared in theatrical short films produced by the Walter Lantz animation studio and distributed by Universal Pictures...
series. Released theatrically on March 28, 1961, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
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Plot
Gabby Gator (voiced by Daws ButlerDaws Butler
Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.Daws Butler trained many working actors...
), living in the Everglades
Everglades
The Everglades are subtropical wetlands in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Florida, comprising the southern half of a large watershed. The system begins near Orlando with the Kissimmee River, which discharges into the vast but shallow Lake Okeechobee...
, is suffering from utter starvation. Upon looking in the sky, he sees Woody Woodpecker happily flying overhead. Gabby takes out a shotgun
Shotgun
A shotgun is a firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder, which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number of small spherical pellets called shot, or a solid projectile called a slug...
and fires at the woodpecker and misses. Woody, however, sees Gabby's sign advertising the "Fryer's Club Hotel" and decides to satisfy his curiosity. The conniving alligator
Alligator
An alligator is a crocodilian in the genus Alligator of the family Alligatoridae. There are two extant alligator species: the American alligator and the Chinese alligator ....
convinces Woody that his home is a luxury hotel, and sends the woodpecker up to "Room 350" (in truth, the temperature the oven is set at that Woody is bunking in). Woody begins to sweat profusely and requests "room service" by asking that ice be sent up. The ice manages to bring the stifling temperature down, eventually turning the oven off.
Gabby then advises Woody that his hotel likes to tuck their guests in at night. In reality, Gabby puts Woody in a baking pan, and places dough on top of him. Woody catches on to this plan, and replaces the standard dough with Quick Rise Baking Powder. Unaware, Gabby bakes the pie, sending the rising dough high above his home, eventually splattering all over southern Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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