Oregon Movies, A to Z

When Mel Blanc left Lincoln High School without a diploma, it may have been because he had other things on his mind. According to his autobiography, Blanc used the echoing hallways of Lincoln High School (now Lincoln Hall, on the PSU campus) to perfect the sound which became Woody Woodpecker’s laugh.

Woody Woodpecker is not the right character to illustrate Blanc’s overall career, since his involvement with Woody was limited to Woody’s first films. However, the fact that the Woody Woodpecker laugh was originated at Lincoln High School, according to Blanc himself, is enough to make me claim this as an Oregon film.

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