A Brief History of Woodsy Owl
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 เม.ย. 2020
- Finally, I can be free of Woodsy's curse.
Music Tracks courtesy of Kitsch Club on bandcamp.
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Woodsy Illustration by the wonderful Fishounen on twitter.
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Give a hoot! Don't Pollute! - บันเทิง
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this is incredible! this is the best overview of woodsy i've seen.
ps we've tried pitching a woodsy owl animated series to the forest service and boy did that go poorly...
How did you get into woodsy?
Thank you so much for watching, and I can't thank you enough for the inspiration!
(And I would definitely watch a woodsy owl series I'm sorry that went so bad).
My next video is on animatronics (albeit restaurant ones) and I am definitely including this woodsy abomination! (it can shoot water! incredible!)
Louie Zong i only clicked on this video because i knew who woodsy was because of your cover!
y u p
No wonder Smoky doesn't like fires, they killed his friend
Wow you’re right
NOW THAT'S JUST SAD
:(((( ough
This is fucking sad
i saw your profile pic and now i'm wondering if you came from a particular map..
Government: No! You're not supposed to remember the old Woodsy! We burned him from the face of the Earth!!!
Community: haha old Woodsy go "Hoot Hoot"
I’ve seen you on a lemon demon post before and to that I’d like to say you have very good taste in music and humor
Love your pfp XD
lemon demon fans out in the wild
I hope a year later we still remember Old Woodsy 😔
Smokey: You Did What You Lil Shi-
Here's hoping that someday, Woodsy will rise from the ashes like a majestic phoenix...
Phoenix woodsy
I just imagine a flaming woodsy screaming from a pile of flaming wood
@@googlyguys 😂😂😂😂
@@googlyguys “I’ve become the very same thing, that killed my friend.. i’m a monster aren’t i? Maybe I should’ve never risen, and stayed lost...”
Well if there is anything left of him
the clip of woodsy just struggling, clunking two broken planks of wood against each other........
timestamp?
I find it quite poetic and sad that Smokey's sidekick died to the fires he was supposed to prevent
No wonder his life‘s work is dedicated to preventing fires
Then, the imposter that takes his place looks like a forensic accountant for the government. No wonder the governent is dependjng on fear mongering, scare tactics, blaming everyone, and telling everyone their children are doomed because of what we are doing today. Okay, fine. I will just not have kids. Their idiotic scare tactics are costing the governent future tax payers.
Dang, I never knew about Woodsy... and in all honesty, his old design looked WAY better.
Too bad they've all been burned baBYYYY
@@sugarbean1246 no
Old design:awwwww let me hug him! He's so cute and fluffy!
New design:please stay a MILLION LIGHT YEARS away from me.
@@mmaksnd5784 Do you mean
new design: FURRY FURRY FURRY
@@ospoortus same thing
That rap is killing me... They ruined him...
Why'd they try to make him HOT?!
@@bittervagrant We will never know.
It's killing me both mentally, and physically!!
*RIP Headphone Users*
When?
@@ananddhanola4623 6:25
fun fact: spotted owls are now at near threatened instead of being nearly extinct and are now outside of the threatened zone as of may 10th!
this video has given me a strange new love for spotted owls
Happy fact ☺
The virgin Johnny horizon vs the Chad Woodsy Owl
Old Woodsy: cute, reconizeable, absolute lad
New Woodsy: why is he so tall? Someone’s creepy fursuit o_o, what the hell is that thing he’s too human like
"Someone's creepy fursuit" LMAOOOOO
Peter Griffin with a mutilated chicken nuggest head
True
They tried too hard to make him look like a Chad, and he ended up looking like a bird version of Peter Griffin put through a taffy machine
The new woodsy looks like the Duolingo costume from Duolingo push
Fun fact: Woodsy Owl is no longer protected by the government, so you can now do whatever you want with the character, for good or for ill
Woodsy Owl is no longer protected by the Government is such a raw fuckin scentence
i had never heard of woodsy before i saw louie zong's video, and this is exactly the video i was looking for in regards to his history. thank you, i look forward to seeing more!
Same
I was 100% sure Louie and friends were just goofing around and made Woodsy up haha this is wild
I never knew about Woodsy until South Park.
Me too, I discovered him through a MAP video
I too learned from louie, but I thought it was a video game character for some reason
I came here because I saw louie zong’s song and was hella confused on who this bird was and why he needed to be burnt down but now i finally get it😌
same
Me too
Lol me too.
“DESTROYED BEYOND RECOGNITION!”
Let's continue using old woodsy so their forced too bring him back
Old woodsy or riot
YES YES YES YESSSSS!
screw the protests and riots right now
what about woodsy
They're* to*
old woodsy is better the new one is gross
I choose riot.
Smokey can only watch as his best friend is burned alive. His skin boils like water over a hot stove, and his beak melts off like a marshmallow over a campfire on a cold summer’s night. Woodsy was burnt so badly, Smokey didn’t consider him a friend anymore, he didn’t see one,but he did see a flaming mess. Smokey then swore he’d never let another friend meet this fate.
i liked hes old design better,he was cuter and less of a furry bait,more huggable aswell,the new Woodsy looks like a chad,in a bad way :(
a FAKE chad
Ah yes, nothing says hip and cool like a 90s redesign and urban rap. Rip woodsy
Not gonna lie, found the song _Burn Him Down_ and I love it and now I’m intrusives by this whole thing.
I’m a part of Gen Z. I grew up not knowing about Woodsy, and knowing very little about Smokey. I feel like the focus of public education has shifted away from preventing forest fires in modern times. I believe Smokey will be gone in a few more generations unless a new danger of forest fires arises.
It surprises me they don't start warning about forest fires due to what happen the past year at California and Australia
Well, they seem to be starting back up again
Fun Fact, It's not Smokey THE Bear. It's just Smokey Bear. Source: Myself, who's been Smokey Bear four times for the DEC for the New York State Fair Parade
Smokey looks different in ur pfp
Smokey gets REALLY pissed when you call him Smokey the Bear. ‘Does anyone ever call you Smokey The Bear?’ ‘Not twice. No.’
@@PGar58 HAAA
Things I did not learn to expect today: Owls were too controversial in the 90s... :0
Damn, maybe if they stuck with his original design, he would've lasted. He's cute, he's round, he'd sell great merch. It's a shame, really.
And he C H O N K
I'd bet that there's something in those old Woodsy Owl costumes that would count as pollutants after the costume was burned.
This is very un-hoot.
Yep…
okay but why does this give me hella inspiration for a horror story
The old design is so kind :(
Woody series VHS Tape: 1
Like, there's still a person inside and they Burn the suit down. Yeah, I can see a horror story in that whole thing
I wanna see that now lol
@@thebotanist7145 It's a suit, not a trap. It wouldn't make sense for them burn the suit with a man inside
The audio... Editing... Quality... It's all so good!! Why doesn't this have thousands of views?!
"Huh, an entire 10-minute video dedicated to Woodsyy Owl? Alright, this seems pretty nea-"
"IT'S WORLD WAR II IN THE UNITED STATES."
I firmly believe that one day woodsy will rise from the ashes like a mighty phoenix 😤😤 #Justice4Woodsy
Woodsy his last word's were "Thank's for helping me spread the word" he knew what had to be done and it must have been painful be he endured INCINERATION just for the goverment
The new woodsy is just a furry???
Well, a talking animal is a furry so he was always one I guess. He does look more human-like, though.
He looks like Disney's Robin Hood design
If they added the body structure of the sonic characters to woodsy’s new design
@@rebelbarredrock A furry is an animal with human like features, like talking, standing on two legs, having a job.
@@cinnamonpuppi I know that, but usually anthropomorphic / furry is used to just say a speaking animal.
Hopefully one or two old woodsy costumes were spared.
Old woodsys could be preserved for display. There’s one in Missoula Montana.
Not gonna lie the old design was WAAAAAAY better tham the new one.
Not surprised he kinda fell back.
I’m gonna be completely honest, I thought Woodsy was from that one episode of south park where we find out Mr Mackey was a victim of sexual abuse by someone in a Woodsy costume, and that he was just sp’s Smokey Bear
Okay but the old design is much cuter and more appealing??? Probly because it contrasts Smokey’s more anthro/buff dude design. (Also will I get in legal trouble if I draw the old design of Woodsy??)
Really interesting and informative - thanks for sharing!!!
This gives the song "Burn Him Down!" A whole new meeting
Cause its based off of him
I would overthrow the government for an old woodsy costume.
old woodsy is shaped like a friend. the new woodsy looks like a mascot for a shoddy middle school that’s faced one too many lawsuits.
the redesign killed him he was so cute before it :(
Honestly og Woodsy the owl I'd the only mascot design I've only liked
FINALLY I GOT AN ANSWER, I KEPT ASKING AND SEARCHING BOUT THESE BUT FOUND NOTHING
THANK YOUUUU
I still didn’t get it.
Meanwhile in the Forest Service
*chanting cult messages to summon a real life woodsy the owl to strike back those polluters*
We need to get everyone to band together to bring back the old Woodsy
i honestly don’t know why but probably because quarantine but i’ve been researching woodsy. still why did they burn him they could have gave him to museums
Woodsys could be donated to museums to save them from the burning, so a couple have been preserved!
@@SnellbyKay then again, two Woodsy designs would've been confusing to 90s kids.
I’ve never heard of Johnny Horizon, but I do give a hoot.
They should bring back the cute little Woodsy and bring back his message against vandalism!
I love the PSAs with Woodsy Owl when voiced by Sterling Holloway! Sterling’s voice sounded so pleasant. It’s a good thing he also knew how to voice an iconic Disney character!
I'm probably just being too overly sentimental over a mascot I've never heard of until today, but that last picture of Smokey with tiny Woodsy blowing his lil' whistle before disappearing,,,god damn I shouldn't be having a breakdown over fictional characters targeted towards young kids oh my god
In that rap clip Woodsy looked like some kind of school mascot rather than someone who encourages people to not litter
Ngl hearing that all those old costumes were burned makes me really sad.
Just found this video because of the “Burn him down” song you featured. I’m loving this channel. Very well made. I can’t wait to see what else you produce on this channel ❤️💕
"and then in 1997, they massacred my boy"
6:13
Let’s get some fursuiter makers to make a whole bunch of woodsy og costumes
Gen X here. I love Woodsey!
I remember Woodsy's commercials. I also remember owning a comic book from 1974.
I still love the character.
I’m glad I saw this video the same week I discovered that one song by kitsch club about how woodsy the owl’s old costume was violently burned down “beyond recognition”
R.I.p old woodsy you really did give a hoot
THEY RUINED HIM IM LAUGHING SO HARD
I've been obsessed with Woodsy lately! Thanks for making this vid
Is it sad that the only form of relevance this guy has had in the past 20 years is a South Park parody?
smokey: dont burn things
the creators of woodsy:kill it *KILL IT WIITH F I R E*
Love this video. Found it after the “burn him down” video and I’m glad to hear some backstory :)
Fantastic video! Would love to see a whole series on mascots through the ages. The modernized Louie the Lightning Bug creeps me the heck out.
But to be fair...he was always a little creepy.
This video took a sharp turn at the part about the logging and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
If woodsy was made in this generation he would probably be either kawaii or an anime character tbh.
"burn him down" is gonna be stuck in my head for the next two weeks thanks
50 Years of Woodsy! We'll always remember you!
I feel like people Woodsy the Owl more the ever, as pollution has only gotten worse and worse over the years. Maybe he could be brought back to try and promote the fight against climate change and the pollution that causes it? Idk, but i find Woodsy to be such a wholesome character that it saddens me to see him left forgotten like this
I loved Woodsey in the 70s. Thank you for putting this video together for all of us Woodsey fans.🦉🦉
This is the best video I've seen in a while. Can't wait for more content
im literally fucking mourning bro. his old design is so Good.
I actually came here from the Kitsch Club songs that are shared. Can’t say I’ve heard of Woodsy before, also I enjoyed this video :)
I’d only ever heard “give a hoot, don’t pollute!”
Can you do a video on a brief history of Dominos’ old mascot, “Avoid the Noid”?
Mr. Mackey is having Vietnam war style flashbacks rn
YOU MUST DESTROY OH YOU MUST DESTROY BEYOND ALL RECOGNITION
I love this kind of stuff, good luck with growing your channel!
Lets not forget what he did to Mr Mackey.
I know the company that did the costume of Woodsy. This company was known as Fantasy Fair. A company that existed in San Fernando Rd. in California. They play a part in the story of Knott's Bear-y Tales and its design among other parks...
That's cool info! I might have to look into this in the future!
You deserve more subscribers! This was amazing! Keep up the phenomenal work!^^
This is such a good video!! Definitely deserves more views
I'm one of those kids who designed a poster in 6th grade (1970) and included an owl and the slogan "give a hoot don't pollute!" When the actual campaign was released, I told my mom "I did that." I don't know if I'd seen it somewhere before? I don't remember a coloring sheet, but I do recall an anti-litter poster contest, an owl and "give a hoot!" Thanks for the overview.
Woodsy honestly should have held on to both his old design and original "Give a hoot! Don't pollute." motto. He really should also have been used in advertisements to this day like Smokey Bear, such as ones where he teaches children about the three major pollution types: land, air, and water (not counting one water pollution ad way back from 1986), as well as noise, light, thermal, and radioactive pollution. (With air, not just land, being in the natural areas as well, that would simply be a fine reason for the "Give a hoot! Don't Pollute." slogan to remain...)
Is there a petition to bring back the old look, make him huggable again
Keep up on the TH-cam grind. Don't give up, I sense a big future for your channel.
Thank you for this detailed and informative video
Thank you very much for this shockingly great overview of something I never knew existed
This video answered everything I needed to know about woodsy. Very nice video!
Note: "smokey bear" and not "smokey the bear". I was surprised when I first learned it. Thanks for the video.
For a few years now, I’ve owned a t-shirt with the OG Woodsy design on it, and I never bothered to find out who the character was/what he was from until today! What a weird little history.
this is really high quality! i'm surprised you only have about 150 subscribers
This is like a beginning of a horror story. Honestly I can imagine employees taking woodsys hat head and torso peice and tossing in in a fire pit. And I bet a Smokey statue was probably near by. Smokey had to watch his best friend burn to death. Think about it. We miss ya woodsy.
Woodsy the owl 🦉 ♥️!!!!!!! He'll always be awesome!!!!!!!!! Just as Smokey the bear 🐻!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old Woodsy: Exists
New Woodsy: I’m about to end this owls whole career
The only good thing about all the woodsy costumes being incinerated is that we got a good song about it
When you mentioned a new redesign for woodsy, it meant, t h e o l d o n e s h a v e t o g o
Ok but Johnny Horizon was FINE like dang man
Very well done, thanks for this
Mr Mackey's worst nightmare
i love this. really helping kick off my research on government mascots
I found a map. Found the song. Found this-
Also I wanna teach this to my kids that I probably might not have