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Little Rural Riding Hood (1949)
(animation short)
In Tex Avery's fourth of four versions of the "Little
Red Riding Hood" fairytale, preceded by Little Red Walking
Hood (1938), Red Hot Riding Hood (1943), and Swing Shift Cinderella
(1945) - a subversive, plot-twist cartoon about the forces of
censorship, and the adage: "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder":
- the two main archetypal characters: a goofy-voiced
bumpkin Country Wolf (voice of Pinto Colvig), and an extremely
ugly, skinny, buck-toothed, backwoods Country Red Riding Hood (voice
of Colleen Collins) with a strong Appalachian accent
- the scene in which the Country Wolf was sent a Western
Onion picture-telegram by his sophisticated and suave City Wolf Cousin
(voice of Daws Butler), suggesting that he come to the city to see
a "real Red Riding Hood" - and the Country Wolf Cousin's
excited reaction to viewing the picture of his new shapely and potential
lust object - all parts of his body separated, his eyes bulged, his
hind end raised into the air, and his tongue extended onto the floor
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Country Wolf's Reaction to Picture of City Red
Riding Hood
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- the scene in a city nightclub, where the two tuxedoed
Wolf cousins watched as the City Red Riding Hood (voice of Imogene
Lynn), a sultry chanteuse performed the song: "Oh, Wolfie"
- the City Wolf had to restrain the grabbing, whistling and hysterical
reactions of his cousin, the Country Wolf, to the erotic sexy female
- the final segment, when the City Wolf had to extract
his Country Wolf cousin from the club, with an apology: "Oh,
I'm very sorry Cousin, but I'm afraid city life is a bit too much
for you. I shall motor you back to the country"; they motored
out of the city in the City Wolf's stretch red roadster
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The First Sight of Country Red
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City Wolf's Reaction
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- back in the country, the City Wolf was astonished
in the same exaggerated way by his first sight of the Country Red
Riding Hood, who greeted them with a seductive "Howdy, boys!";
the City Wolf was likewise restrained and told by the Country Wolf: "Sorry
cousin, this country life's too much for ya. I'll have to take
ya back to the city"
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Country Red Riding Hood
Country Wolf with Country Red
City Wolf Restraining Country Wolf During City Red's Singing
City Red's Performance of "Oh, Wolfie"
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