It's no secret that second to cat videos the internet loves a viral video centered around penguins. Whether they're falling down an iceberg or waddling from one side to the other, there is nothing a penguin can't make cute. This was true way back in the 1950s when the Walter Lanz studio introduced an adorable penguin cartoon. Do you know which cartoon this was?

Chilly Willy, created by Paul J. Smith, was a tiny anthropomorphic penguin living in Alaska. From 1953 to 1972, the character stared in 50 theatrical shorts under a self-tiled series produced by Lantz. Chilly Willy quickly became the second most popular Lantz character, behind Woody Woodpecker. The series often revolved around Chilly's hilariously ironic attempts to stay warm. Occasionally, the character faced opposition from a large dog named Smedley. Although most interactions between the two involved Smedley trying to rid himself of Chilly, the pair did sporadically get along. In later cartoons, Chilly was accompanied by his friends Maxie the Polar Bear and Gooney the "Gooney Bird" Albatross.

In 1954, Rex Avery revived the character for two notable shorts - I'm Cold and the Academy Award nominated The Legend of Rockabye Point. The initial depiction of Chilly largely resembled that of Woody Woodpecker but was subsequently redesigned into his more familiar form. Chilly was also mute for most of his 1950s cartoons as well as some from the early 1960s. Beginning in 1965, with the short Half-Baked Alaska, Chilly was voiced by Daws Butler. Butler voiced Chilly in a style similar to his character Elroy Jetson, and continued to provide his voice until the end of the series.

The last appearance of Chilly Willy took place in 1957, as part of a television package of The Woody Woodpecker Show. Chilly was a featured character on the show and has remained as such in all later versions of that show package.