The first of the Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to be completed after Walter Lantz Studios re-opened in 1950. This is the first cartoon to feature the more familiar "number 3" Woody design by Laverne Harding.
The first regular Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to feature Walter Lantz's wife Grace Stafford as Woody's voice, after her intial performance as Woody in Destination... Lune! (1950)
This cartoon features a major redesign for Buzz Buzzard. This new design has Buzz keep the black feathers on his torso, but his legs are now brown and he has no feathers on his head.
The title refers to the pony express that was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierras from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861. It became the west's most direct means of east-west communication before the telegraph and was vital for tying California closely with the Union just before the American Civil War.
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