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The Barber of Seville (1944) was a Animation - Family Film directed by Shamus Culhane and produced by Walter Lantz.

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[title credits]
Woody Woodpecker: Guess who!


[first lines]
Woody Woodpecker: [reading] See-villy barbershop. Tony Fig-a-roo... Figaro. Prop.


Indian: Me wantum quick shampoo.
Woody Woodpecker: Okay, turkey head.


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The title refers to the opera performed in the cartoon, The Barber of Seville, or The Useless Precaution, an opera buffa in two acts by Gioachino Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini. The première took place on 20 February 1816, at the Teatro Argentina, Rome.
The first Woody Woodpecker "cartune" to feature the new, more appealing Woody re-design by Emery Hawkins and Arthur Heinemann. This design removed the buck teeth, receding chin, and stubby legs of the original Alex Lovy design from Knock Knock, and simplified Woody's color scheme.
The Italian customer cries, "Coming, mother!" He is quoting a catchphrase of the popular radio and movie character, Henry Aldrich, an adenoidal adolescent.
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