The Tree Medic (1955)
The Tree Medic Review
The Tree Medic is a 1955 animated short film from the Woody Woodpecker series. It is a pretty weak short.
A tree surgeon arrives in a forest to inspect a tree, specifically Woody’s. He destroys Woody’s bed with a drill and Woody plans to get even. This is a very odd cartoon that simply did not work for me, leading to one of the series’ weakest installments. The animation is good as always and the movie is technically well made, but otherwise totally forgettable.
Woody is very much absent in most scenes here while the protagonist is boring himself. The tree-centered gags did not work and were mostly mediocre. I appreciate the originality of its silly premise, but the execution failed to make a good use of said premise.
