FAQ

Some TV prints (including the one on the 2002 Columbia House DVD) are missing the "Be Patriotic! Get a Vistory Haircut!" gag card, rendering Woody's response ("'Victory Haircut?' Hmm...what could I lose with a 'Victory?'") pointless.

Woody has Mel Blanc's voice in the opening titles. Otherwise, his speaking voice is probably Ben Hardaway's; his singing voice is unknown. Woody's characteristic laugh, usually archive sound of Mel Blanc, is given an operatic flavor by whoever is giving Woody his singing voice.

"Seville Barbershop / Tony Figaro Prop."

The device has sliding panels. The first says, "Slicker" and shows a man with a slicked-back hairstyle. The next: "Need a Haircut? Come In We'll Give You a Good Trimming." [sic] The third: "The Pip Dip with a Drip Clip." The picture shows a man whose hair appears to be dripping like water. The fourth: "The Rinky Dink with a Stinky Kink." The man in the picture has ludicrously kinky hair that spreads out on either side like pieces of lasagna. The fifth (missing from TV and DVD prints): "Be Patriotic! Get a Victory Haircut." The man's curly red hair is shaped into an enormous red "V." See: Winston Churchill and the V sign on Wikipedia.

Woody inadvertently combs his hair into the famous "peekaboo" hairstyle. He says, "Looks like Harmonica Lake." He means Veronica Lake, who set the trend for the "peekaboo" look.

"Coming, mother!" is a catchphrase of the popular radio and movie character, , an adenoidal adolescent.

Yes. The Italian throws him through the barbershop window and he crashes into a display of shaving mugs. Then the barber pole falls on his head. The dazed Woody is last seen inside the pole as the spinning object distorts his image grotesquely.