The Hollywood Matador

Hollywood Matador, The (1942)

** (out of 4)

Woody Woodpecker plays the matador who must battle a 1100-pound bull and teach him who the boss is. I must admit that I've never been a big fan of any type of bullfighting cartoon. It's not that I'm against the sport but often times I find the comedy to be very limited and more often than not the jokes are just repeated from film to film. That trend continues with this entry as we get all the typical jokes including Woody constantly picking at the bull as well as turning him into hamburgers at the end. The one joke that I thought worked well is when the bull goes speeding past Woody who takes out a pen and marks out various parts of the book from the hamburger to the t-bone. This certainly isn't a bad film but it's not one of the better entries in the series.