![]() Indeed, the mean old wolf was lurking in a nearby pool hall–or, rather, cheating. “the mean old wolf was lurking in a nearby pool hall” asserts as such. a cliche, sure, and it was one even by 1937, but with tex avery at the helm, audiences can be reassured that it’s all tongue in cheek. The film burlesques the age-old story of little red riding hood, complete with katherine hepburn little red riding hoods, gin guzzling grannies, nonthreatening wolves, fourth wall breaks, and mysterious whistling men.Īlready, the cartoon marks an intriguing open, with the title card playing into the action itself: the title card serves as the title of a book, opening to divulge the fractured fairy-tale before us. ![]() many have labeled this guy as egghead, and understandably so-they’re eerily similar in more ways than one, and “prototype elmer fudd” is much more monotonous than “egghead”, but this is indeed our favorite little hunter! humble beginnings for sure. i covered this in my review of egghead rides again, and you can read more into the differences between egghead (another 1937 avery character) and elmer here, but the bulbous nosed, derby hat donning little man traipsing around with his guitar case is our favorite befuddled hunter. Maybe the most notable, however, is the debut of tex’s third character of 1937: elmer fudd. the handling on the backgrounds are nothing short of stellar! they truly accentuate the “fairy tale” look and feel of the piece. not only that, but it’s the first cartoon to debut a purely comic villain-villains in previous pictures had comedic touches, of course, but the wolf (voiced by story man tedd pierce, whose vocals are quite underrated-you may recognize him as tom dover from the dover boys at pimento university) is purely made out to be a rather pathetic, unscrupulous adversary from the very beginning.Įven more interesting is that the bulk of the cartoon’s backgrounds are done entirely in colored pencils, by avery background artist johnny johnson, who moved with him to MGM when tex left WB in 1941. cartoons and even over at MGM (perhaps most famously the red hot riding hoodseries). ![]() little red walking hood serves as the first fairy tale spoof of his, a genre that would pop up time and time again in his warner bros. Perhaps one of tex avery’s most formative cartoons in his career. Starring: elvia allman (little red walking hood, granny), tedd pierce (wolf), mel blanc (elmer)īuckle up! this is a “lengthy prologue” piece! ![]()
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