The Cracked Nut is a 1941 short cartoon released on June 7th, and the first solo short of Walter Lantz's most famous character, Woody Woodpecker, even though it is not his first appearance (that belongs to the Andy Panda short "Knock Knock"). This short was also a runner-up on The 50 Greatest Cartoons list, losing out to The Barber of Seville, another Woody Woodpecker short.