Under The Counter Spy - Notes

Notes

  • Under the Counter Spy is a parody of the television show Dragnet. The title is a pun on the work of a counterintelligence agent. The end of the short spoofs the Mark VII Limited production logo with the person accidentally striking his thumb with the hammer.
  • Aside from a tired version of his trademark laugh (performed by Grace Stafford), Woody does not speak in this film. Instead, Dal McKennon (as one of the short's three narrators) relays to the audience Woody's "thought dialogue." In a sense, this is the only time McKennon plays the woodpecker in the series (other than providing vocal effects). This also marks the first time Stafford did not provide any dialogue for Woody since 1952's Scalp Treatment.
  • The short opens with a disclaimer that parodies Dragnet's standard disclaimer:
The story you are about to see is a big fat lie.
No names have been changed to protect anybody!
  • The story is similar to that of the Donald Duck comic Super Snooper (1949). In both stories, the main character mistakes a secret potion for his medicine and gains superhuman powers.

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