Walter Lantz New Funnies #151

In this classic 1949 installment from *Walter Lantz New Funnies #151*, Andy Panda and Charlie Chicken dive into the art of ventriloquism, using their new skills to pull off playful pranks on friends—first on each other, then on the whole gang, including Woody Woodpecker, Presto, and the ever-skeptical Homer Pigeon. As the jokes escalate, the chaos spreads through the forest, testing the limits of humor and friendship.

In a classic slice of 1949 slapstick, Woody stumbles upon a lineman perched high on a utility pole, only to find the man utterly deaf to his attempts at conversation. When Woody’s persistence leads the lineman to descend—only to be knocked down in the process—the lineman delivers a perfectly timed insult, complete with a visual gag of a screw and a baseball, branding Woody a “screwball” for the trouble.