Why did he fail and why did Universal abandon him? They could not even keep him as the mascot of the Universal theme parks which would have immortalized him
>>150473229They didn't appeal to brazil
he had a movie last year
>>150473229the looney tunes succeeded because they had a constant presence on nationally syndicated TV from its inception all the way to nowthats all there is to it
>>150476482Woody was the same way up until the 90s, then he had no presence till that late 90s show and by then it was too lateThis is all on Universal fucking up
>>150476994out of sight, out of mind
>>150476482Looney Tunes also had a frequent cast of characters that could stand on their own and didn't have to solely rely on the relevancy of Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck
>>150475585Working on Woody Woodpecker as an American probably feels similar to being Japanese and working on Sonic the Hedgehog
>>150477230Lantz' had a decent cast of characters outside of Woody in fairness. Buzz Buzzard, Andy Panda, Chilly Willy, Smedley, Wally Walrus, and Gabby Gator all could have been household names but they all just became second fiddles to Woody.
>>150473229He never had that many shorts to begin with, his 60s-70s is good compared to the rest of unfunny stilted Hanna Barbera shit of the time but it is still just ok.There a still why when they make DVD collections they include Andy Panda, the Penguin and the aborted napoleon squirrel
when i was a little kid, it seemed every broadcast station had their own looney tunes reruns. different days, different times of day, etcwoody was like a smaller player, only one of the stations played him. a different station would play old harvey toons, a different station would use old terrytoons as fillerso it was like everybody wanted a piece of the rabbit, but woody was on the same tier as baby huey or casper
He's not sexy enough.
>>150473229Universal never cared about animation until Shrek, Dragons, and Minions made them bank.
>>150477532Do not forget OswaldThey had rights for him for 80 years and did nothing
>>150473229he's like Oswald, a relatively unknown character unless you're an animation autist
>>150479199The woodpecker is very sexy though
>>150479678And to think Oswald was Woody’s secondary character If anything them being on the same level shows how much he fell
