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Sleep Happy (1951)
Simple yet Effectively Charming
One of the first Woody shorts produced after Lantz temporarily closed up shop, Sleep Happy is a short with a rather simple premise: Woody and Wally Walrus trying to get a good night's sleep. It's execution, however, proves to be both effective and somewhat charming. Animation at Lantz never really recovered after the shutdown, but his team of Animators still manage to deliver excellently crafted shots, particularly those of Don Patterson, fresh from MGM. His shots of Wally Walrus attempting to close and board up the Drawer Woody keeps emerging from incorporate vast amounts of Dry Brush usage. Story wise, while some of the gags might have been done before (At Lantz or otherwise), they still manage to do a good job of showing the unpredictability as to how Woody will interrupt Wally's sleep time and time again. Overall, a Solid entry in the Woody series, and one of his best shorts in the 1951 season. 8/10.