The "Big Bad Wolf" and chickens?

[Victor Steinbok]

MGM, Paramount and WB, no silly Disney sap...

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> The big bad wolf is hungry and thinks lamb-chops would fill his need,
> so he puts the a snatch of a couple of Uncle Blackie's fleecy-white
> nephews. Uncle Blackie takes offense at this and dispatches the wolf
> and rescues his little kinsmen. This minor setback has not diminished
> the wolf's appetite for lamb, so he disguises himself as Little Boy
> Blue and sets out once again to get a lamb-dinner. This doesn't work,
> either, but the odds are high that the wolf is out there somewhere
> working on a Little Bo-Peep outfit.

You can find several of them in "classic cartoons" collections at Target
for $1. One of them I cited earlier as a 1934 use of "hubba-hubba".

     VS-)

On 3/4/2011 3:53 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
> I dunno, Victor, Are you sure you're talking about Disney's Zeke "The Big
> Bad" Wolf?
>
> My impression is that the Disney wolf&  pigs cartoon was the earliest source
> to call the wolf "The Big Bad."
>
> Specialists will recall the angst of his son, "Li'l Wolf," as he tried
> to thwart his father with good deeds. Adding to his difficulties was that he
> was a boy named Li'l.
>
> Where are you now, Li'l Wolf? We hope you have triumphed over your tragic
> upbringing.
>
> JL
>

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