Wissenswertes

This cartoon re-uses the same animation and soundtrack from Der kleine Specht (1949). The animation was re-filmed over different backgrounds. The purpose was to accommodate the wider screen of CinemaScope the new backgrounds are much wider than the old ones. The result is a "remake" that is nearly identical to the earlier film.

Animated woodpeckers were not a new concept, as rival artist Walter Lantz first introduced his most famous character, Woody Woodpecker, in 1940.

As noted above, the same story was animated with different backgrounds here. And as befitted the mid century era, the design was more modern and streamlined, with the background detail drawn in an abstract style. The end result was just as colorful, though.

The title of this short is a play on the romantic comedy Das Ei und ich (1947).