Friz Freleng updates some familiar fairy tales--and this being a 1942 cartoon, most of the gags have a wartime slant. Typical examples: While the Ant works hard to store for the winter, the Grasshopper puts his faith in US War Bonds; Aladdin rubs the lamp only to discover that the Genie has been unionized; Old Mother Hubbard is ratted out as a food hoarder; and the Goose that Lays the Golden Eggs converts to aluminum for the Duration. A cute running gag is provided by the Boy Who Cried Wolf (once too often, as it turns out) Hal Erickson, Rovi
Tex Avery cross-breeds the stories of Goldilocks and Little Red Riding Hood in his inimitable fashion. While the Three Bears take a bike ride in the woods until their porridge cools off, Goldilocks (appearing "courtesy of Mervyn LeBoy Pictures") shows up at Grandma's house by mistake--where the Wolf, anxiously awaiting the arrival of Red Riding Hood, tells her to beat it. Later, the Wolf gets tired of waiting for Red and heads to the Three Bears' place to gobble up Goldilocks. Inevitably, the Bears come home, little suspecting that there's an interloper from another fairy tale in their bedroom Hal Erickson, Rovi
Tex Avery's first Warner Bros. cartoon stars Beans the Cat as a prospector during the 1849 Gold Rush--and when we say "rush", brother we ain't kiddin' The plot, such as it is, gets under way when a snarling claim-jumper purloins a valuable package belonging to Porky Pig (bigger, fatter and louder than he'd ever be again). Beans vows to retrieve the stolen goods in exchange for the hand of Porky's daughter Little Kitty, thus setting the stage for a breathtaking car-chase finale--and never mind that cars haven't been invented yet Hal Erickson, Rovi
A huge flock of predatory ducks--who look like Daffy but sound like Donald--steal all the corn from Porky Pig's chickens. This act of aggression leads to an all-out war, on land and in the air. At first the ducks have the advantage, but Porky manages to emerge triumphant with the help of a reconverted washing machine. Though the makeshift tanks, airplanes and machine guns are drawn in comic fashion, the action is disturbingly reminiscent of genuine wartime combat footage...and remember, we're still a year or so away from the outbreak of World War 2 Hal Erickson, Rovi
A leering Hollywood wolf enters a movie house to drool over sexy film diva Laurie BeCool, currently costarring with Bogey GoCart in their latest film epic "To Have. . .To Have. . .To Have. . . " (PLEASE don't tell us you can't figure out what's being parodied here) First, however, the Wolf must sit through the "Warmers Newsreel" and put up with a variety of obnoxious movie patrons. Once the main feature gets under way, Wolfie goes into wild paroxysms of passion every time Laurie BeCool slinks into view--and even bums a discarded cigarette from Bogey Hal Erickson, Rovi
A majestic passage from Liszt's Les Preludes transports us to the Klondike during the Gold Rush. Claim jumper Chilico Sam hopes to exploit the special talents of Bugs Bunny, who gets a "funny feeling all over" whenever he's near gold. Unfortunately, Bugs finds the precious metal in only in places guaranteed to cause great injury to the greedy Sam. Finally, Sam gets so fed up that he chases the Bunny all the way to Kentucky--where, sure enough, that "funny feeling" comes over Bugs again (Need we add that Kentucky is the home of certain well-guarded government gold repository?) Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Genre: Kids and Family
- Category Family-Oriented Comedy, Slapstick
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 06 hr 57 min
- Language: English
- Subtitle Language: English
- Release Date: October 30, 2007
- Lead Actor: Mel Blanc, June Foray
- Supporting Actor: Ted Pierce, Richard Bickenbach, John Deering, Fred "Tex" Avery, Berenice Hansen, Ben Frommer, Dave Barry, Mel Blanc, Tom Holland, Sammy Wolf, Verna Felton, Tommy Bond, Sara Berner, Leo White, Bea Benaderet, Julie Bennett, Robert C. Bruce, Arthur Q. Bryan, Billy Bletcher, Elvia Allman, Frank Graham, June Foray, Kent Rogers, Joe Dougherty
- Director: Hawley Pratt, Tom Palmer, Tex Avery, Art Davis, Bob Clampett, Chuck Jones, Frank Tashlin, Jack King, Maurice Noble, Robert McKimson, Friz Freleng
