My Woody Woodpecker Album

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This past weekend, I was suddenly reunited with the only record other than Michael Jackson’s Thriller that I used to play on a daily basis as a kid: Woody Woodpecker! Don’t ask me what the songs sound like, because I really can’t remember. While visiting my sister this weekend, I instantly recognized the album at first sight, as you can tell from the above photo of me embracing it. I put that photo up for two reasons:

  1. It’s funny.
  2. Woody Woodpecker saved my life.    

The funny part is obvious, considering I’m a grown man hugging a children’s record. However, Woody Woodpecker may have indirectly saved my life. One day back in my youth, my friends Pay-Pay and Rodney came by the house and asked me to come outside and play Transformers with them. I said “Not now. I want to watch Woody Woodpecker.” My mom didn’t like nor trust Pay-Pay or Rodney, so since I was not allowed to let them in the house, they left. In the middle of Woody Woodpecker, a drunk/high/whatever the hell he was on driver crashed into a tree in our front yard, and the path his car took went right through the area where Pay-Pay, Rodney and I used to have G.I. Joe and Transformer battles.

See what I’m saying? That cartoon bird with the irritating laugh may have rescued me from becoming a curly haired hood ornament. Thanks, Woody!

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My Woody Woodpecker Album

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3 Responses to “My Woody Woodpecker Album”

  1. J. Seals 26. Jun, 2009 at 7:08 pm #

    OK… weird…. o?

    I can’t front, tho, Woody was that dude.
    Other than Thriller, I’ve gotta say my favorite record comin’ up was “Disco Duck”. I did not know that that was some radio DJ named Rick Dees doin the voice, my dumb ass thought it was a real duck who came in the studio to record that.

    OK, you’re not so weird…… …. yeah, yeah you are!

  2. Kayemjay 29. Jun, 2009 at 11:19 am #

    I love stories involving Pay-Pay…just cause that name is so hilariously hood. LOL!

  3. Scott 27. Aug, 2009 at 1:25 am #

    I love the story about Woody. Sounds like his cartoon did come on at just the right time.

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