History YMMV / WalterLantz

** Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat

* ValuesDissonance: Some of his shorts suffered from this, but they're much rarer cases than you would find from the other studios. "Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat" in particular is full of this.

* GrowingTheBeard: The studio had its ups and downs over the years, but its peak years are easily from 1944 to 1949, when Disney veterans ShamusCulhane and Dick Lundy took over directing duties at Lantz, making some of the best cartoons in the studio's history.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general film historian opinion of Walter Lantz's work; not as good as Creator/WaltDisney's or WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, but much better than FamousStudios or Creator/{{Terrytoons}}.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The bulk of the studios nearly 600 short output is unavailable, save what has been released on the two Woody Woodpecker DVD sets, and what is available on Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research "Garage Sale" website.

* DoingItForTheArt: Sort of. Unlike his competitors like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger]] of Creator/WarnerBros, Fred Quimby of Creator/{{MGM}} and Paul Terry of Creator/{{Terrytoons}}, Lantz actually liked making cartoons and wanted to give his audience the best cartoons he could--without spending too much money in the process, since he did suffer from low budgets.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lantz originally planned to make a feature-length animated film, riding off the success of Disney's ''Snow White'', which would have been based on Aladdin. Unfortunately, the project never got off the ground due to the lackluster performance of the FleischerStudios film ''WesternAnimation/MrBugGoesToTown''. Which ironically canceled plans for feature length films from the rivals such as [[Creator/{{Terrytoons}} Paul Terry]] and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lantz originally planned to make a feature-length animated film, riding off the success of Disney's ''Snow White'', which would have been based on Aladdin. Unfortunately, the project never got off the ground due to the lackluster performance of the FleischerStudios film ''MrBugGoesToTown''. Which ironically canceled plans for feature length films from the rivals such as [[Creator/{{Terrytoons}} Paul Terry]] and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros]].

* NeedsMoreLove: The Lantz studio never quite had all of the ingredients of a great cartoon working all at once, but they still made a ton of wonderful cartoons. If you have the money, buy the WesternAnimation/WoodyWoodpecker collections, or buy the Lantz [=DVDs=] from Jerry Beck's ''Cartoon Research Garage Sale'' Web site, and get a taste of one of the most underrated studios of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.

* DoingItForTheArt: Sort of. Unlike his competitors like [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger of Warner Bros.]], Fred Quimby of MGM and Paul Terry of TerryToons, Lantz actually liked making cartoons and wanted to give his audience the best cartoons he could--without spending too much money in the process, since he did suffer from low budgets.
* DorkAge: His run on OswaldTheLuckyRabbit, for [[WaltDisney Disney]] fans

* NeedsMoreLove: The Lantz studio never quite had all of the ingredients of a great cartoon working all at once, but they still made a ton of wonderful cartoons. If you have the money, buy the WoodyWoodpecker collections, or buy the Lantz [=DVDs=] from Jerry Beck's ''Cartoon Research Garage Sale'' Web site, and get a taste of one of the most underrated studios of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.
* SoOkayItsAverage: The general film historian opinion of Walter Lantz's work; not as good as WaltDisney's or WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes, but much better than FamousStudios or TerryToons.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lantz originally planned to make a feature-length animated film, riding off the success of Disney's ''Snow White'', which would have been based on Aladdin. Unfortunately, the project never got off the ground due to the lackluster performance of the FleischerStudios film ''MrBugGoesToTown''. Which ironically canceled plans for feature length films from the rivals such as [[TerryToons Paul Terry]] and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Warner Bros]].

** [[WesternAnimation/TheBarberOfSeville The Barber of Seville]]

* DoingItForTheArt: Sort of. Unlike his competitors like [[LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger of Warner Bros.]], Fred Quimby of MGM and Paul Terry of TerryToons, Lantz actually liked making cartoons and wanted to give his audience the best cartoons he could--without spending too much money in the process, since he did suffer from low budgets.

* SoOkayItsAverage: The general film historian opinion of Walter Lantz's work; not as good as WaltDisney's or LooneyTunes, but much better than FamousStudios or TerryToons.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Lantz originally planned to make a feature-length animated film, riding off the success of Disney's ''Snow White'', which would have been based on Aladdin. Unfortunately, the project never got off the ground due to the lackluster performance of the FleischerStudios film ''MrBugGoesToTown''. Which ironically canceled plans for feature length films from the rivals such as [[TerryToons Paul Terry]] and [[LooneyTunes Warner Bros]].
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* SoOkayItsAverage: The general film historian opinion of Walter Lantz's work; not as good as WaltDisney's or LoonyTunes, but much better than FamousStudios or TerryToons.

* DoingItForTheArt: Sort of. Unlike his competitors like [[LooneyTunes Leon Schlesinger of Warner Bros.]], Fred Quimby of MGM and Paul Terry of TerryToons, Lantz actually liked making cartoons and wanted to give his audience the best cartoons he could--without spending too much money in the process, so there was a hint of MoneyDearBoy in it as well.

** [[WoodyWoodpecker/TheBarberOfSeville The Barber of Seville]]

** [[WoodyWoodpecker/TheBarberOfSeville]]

** [[WoodyWoodpecker/The Barber of Seville]]

* ValueDissonance: Some of his shorts suffered from this, but they're much rarer cases than you would find from the other studios. "Scrub Me Mama With a Boogie Beat" in particular is full of this.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The bulk of the studios nearly 600 short output is unavailable, save what has been released on the two Woody Woodpecker DVD sets, and what is available on Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research "Garage Sale" website.

* GrowingTheBeard: The studio had its ups and downs over the years, but its peak years are easily from 1944 to 1949, when Disney veterans Shamus Culhane and Dick Lundy took over directing duties at Lantz, making some of the best cartoons in the studio's history.

* NeedsMoreLove: The studio never quite had all of the ingredients of a great cartoon working all at once, but they still made a ton of wonderful cartoons. If you have the money, buy the WoodyWoodpecker collections, or buy the Lantz DVDs from Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research Garage Sale website, and get a taste of one of the most underrated studios of TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation.

* NeedsMoreLove: The studio never quite had all of the ingredients of a great cartoon working all at once, but they still made a ton of wonderful cartoons. If you have the money, buy the WoodyWoodpecker collections, or buy the Lantz DVDs from Jerry Beck's Cartoon Research Garage Sale website.

* GrowingTheBeard: The studio had its ups and downs over the years, but its peak years are easily from 1944 to 1949, when Disney veterans Shamus Culhane and Dick Lundy took over directing duties at Lantz, making some of the best cartoons in the studio's history.

* GrowingTheBeard: The studio had it's ups and downs over the years, but it's peak years are easily from the 1944 to 1949, when Disney veterans Shamus Culhane and Dick Lundy took over directing duties, making some of the best cartoons in the studios history.