In this one, Tex Avery pkes continued fun at his old friends, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, but adds a slight twist-he parodies the tale of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse and of course, in true Avery fashion, stands everything on its ear. Tex also proves an old adage-beauty is in the eye of the beholder. All the old Tex Avery signatures are here-eye bulges, double-takes and sight gags galore. Bring the spouse, the kiddies, old Uncle Erasmus, Grampa and the hermit under the floor boards. Great fun will be had by all! Recommended.
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Little Rural Riding Hood (Tex Avery, 1949) ***
Bunuel197622 November 2006
Included as an extra on Warner's DVD of BATTLEGROUND (1949), this delightful MGM cartoon from the legendary Tex Avery is very typical of his irreverent output; actually, it's the last of a trio of shorts with virtually the same plot (the others being RED HOT RIDING HOOD [1943] and SWING SHIFT Cinderella [1945]). Despite the title, this deliberately unappealing character is not really the 'star': in fact, at the invitation of his slick cousin, the wolf goes to the city where he meets a sultry chanteuse - but he goes into the usual hilariously exaggerated reaction soon after, thus forcing the cousin to take him back home, where Little Red Riding Hood is waiting... This was voted the 23rd greatest cartoon ever in a 1994 poll!
Some of these side-splitting classics have cropped us as DVD bonus features (for instance, AIN'T WE GOT FUN [1937] on Warners' edition of THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA [1937], WHO KILLED WHO? [1943] on PRESENTING LILY MARS [1943], SLAP HAPPY LION [1947] amidst "The Thin Man Collection"[!], the sublimely surreal BAD LUCK BLACKIE [1949] on KITTY FOYLE [1940], THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW [1949] on MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE [1948], etc.) but, for the life of me, I can't understand what's holding Warners from releasing them properly i.e. in the form of a veritable (and most deserving) "Tex Avery Collection" Box Set...
Some of these side-splitting classics have cropped us as DVD bonus features (for instance, AIN'T WE GOT FUN [1937] on Warners' edition of THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA [1937], WHO KILLED WHO? [1943] on PRESENTING LILY MARS [1943], SLAP HAPPY LION [1947] amidst "The Thin Man Collection"[!], the sublimely surreal BAD LUCK BLACKIE [1949] on KITTY FOYLE [1940], THE HOUSE OF TOMORROW [1949] on MR. BLANDINGS BUILDS HIS DREAM HOUSE [1948], etc.) but, for the life of me, I can't understand what's holding Warners from releasing them properly i.e. in the form of a veritable (and most deserving) "Tex Avery Collection" Box Set...
All Good In The Hood - Fun Animated Short
ninjaalexs2 November 2021
Little Rural Riding Hood has Country Wolf go to the city to meet City Red. His cousin City Wolf, who seems to be a Southern Dandy-type (New Orleans) character shows him how to behave in what is basically a Burlesque club. This is the second appearance of Red after the better known 'Red Hot Riding Hood', the character most likely modelled on pint-size screen siren Mae West as well as Betty Boop.
Features typical Tex Avery animation which is playing with perspective and planes, as well as wacky "body animation" similar to Looney Tunes, but taken up a gear. The wolf character was hugely influential and was spoofed in The Mask when Jim Carrey first sees Cameron Diaz in a club. This isn't a masterpiece, but it is good fun.
The Blu Ray, Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2 features a nice print with some scratches, but superb colour, a huge step up from those VHS tapes that did the rounds in the 90s. Sound is crisp and in 2.0 stereo with no pops or nuisance noise. It's also much more affordable than the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection.
Features typical Tex Avery animation which is playing with perspective and planes, as well as wacky "body animation" similar to Looney Tunes, but taken up a gear. The wolf character was hugely influential and was spoofed in The Mask when Jim Carrey first sees Cameron Diaz in a club. This isn't a masterpiece, but it is good fun.
The Blu Ray, Tex Avery Screwball Classics: Volume 2 features a nice print with some scratches, but superb colour, a huge step up from those VHS tapes that did the rounds in the 90s. Sound is crisp and in 2.0 stereo with no pops or nuisance noise. It's also much more affordable than the Looney Tunes Platinum Collection.
Since the days of the Brothers Grimm, and probably for . . .
tadpole-596-91825618 January 2022
Warning: Spoilers
. . . centuries before them, the morals of Little Red Riding Hood have been under intense scrutiny by the Literary Police. Did an innocent young girl REALLY enter the dark woods with a snack for Granny, or was she ACTUALLY a wanton wicked witch traipsing into the forest in search of a wolf or some other lothario? LITTLE RURAL RIDING HOOD comes down on the side of the latter explanation for Hood's sylvan trip. You be the judge.
Little Rural Riding Hood is another hilarious Tex Avery cartoon from MGM
tavm7 June 2007
Warning: Spoilers
I first saw this one as a '70s kid watching The Tom and Jerry Show on weekday afternoons. That show had lots of outrageous cartoons that are so funny you can't help yourself. This one is more outrageous than usual since it parodies two well known stories: The Little Red Riding Hood and Country Mouse/City Mouse. Here, the title character is a hillbilly girl who speaks in a southern drawl who's bringing some jug of moonshine for her granny. Granny here is, of course, a wolf but he speaks in Goofy's voice (Pinto Colvig) who, instead of wanting to eat her wants "kiss her and chase her" acting all country bumpkin crazy. So the chase ensues when Red arrives but stops short of the wolf kissing her when a telegram arrives from his city cousin to come to his house where he'll promise a "real red riding hood". I'll stop here and mention that when we see her, it's reused footage from Swing Shift Cinderella as animated by Preston Blair. During this sequence, Colvig's wolf is so out of control, it's hilarious. And the city wolf's voice is none other than Daws Butler, best known for the southern drawled Huckleberry Hound. Tex Avery has done it again with this entry in the Red Hot Riding Hood series he made for MGM in the '40s with the typical wackiness and sexiness one never gets tired of seeing from this man. Most highly recommended for animation buffs especially of the Avery kind.
Different Strokes
boblipton6 February 2021
The Country Wolf is pursuing the Country Red Riding Hood. When his cousin -- who talks like Ronald Colman -- sends him a picture of our friend Red Hot Riding Hood, it's off to the bg city.
I suppose you could call this the third in Tex Avery's Rding Hood trilogy, but it's all about the Wolfs' reaction, the outsized eye-bugging and klaxon sound effects. Avery seems to have had an itch to make fun of the fairy tale, which he began scratching in 1937 with LITTLE RED WALKING HOOD.
I suppose you could call this the third in Tex Avery's Rding Hood trilogy, but it's all about the Wolfs' reaction, the outsized eye-bugging and klaxon sound effects. Avery seems to have had an itch to make fun of the fairy tale, which he began scratching in 1937 with LITTLE RED WALKING HOOD.
Tex and the Wolves
Hitchcoc28 December 2015
This is a sort of city mouse/country mouse kind of thing. The country wolf is under the spell of a buck toothed female (of course, country people have bad teeth). He actually pursues her and she him and the results are unsatisfactory. As he practically gets himself killed, a note comes from the city wolf. Attached is a picture of Red Riding Hood, a lounge singer. She is shapely and desirable. The country wolf takes off for the city. Once there, he becomes a sex maniac. The city wolf can barely control him. Every Tex Avery wolf, eye popping routine is used. Slobbering, thumping, howling, on and on. He becomes an utter embarrassment to his city counterpart. Every method that is possible is used to restrain the lupine hick. It's pretty funny with a nice little conclusion.
great Tex Avery
SnoopyStyle6 February 2021
Little Red Riding Hood is a gawky buck-toothed country girl going to visit her grandma. Only the Country Wolf is pretending to be grandma. It's not going great for the wolf but when he finally catches Red Riding Hood, he gets a telegram from his cousin, the City Wolf. The City Wolf is dashing and sophisticated who brings Country Wolf to the nightclub to see showgirl singer Ms. Red Riding Hood.
It's a Tex Avery MGM cartoon. I don't think that I've seen this one except the final scene seems a little familiar. This is great. It's a fun, inventive, surprising take on Red Riding Hood. It's packed. There's no filler. It's great from start to finish.
It's a Tex Avery MGM cartoon. I don't think that I've seen this one except the final scene seems a little familiar. This is great. It's a fun, inventive, surprising take on Red Riding Hood. It's packed. There's no filler. It's great from start to finish.
Red and the wolf given the country and city treatment
TheLittleSongbird3 November 2017
Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. It must have been daunting constructing a cartoon following up from one of his greatest cartoons 'Red Hot Riding Hood', but 'Little Rural Riding Hood', ingeniously parodying two well known stories ('Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse') in a way only Avery could, manages to be just as good if not quite as amazingly ahead of its time like 'Red Hot Riding Hood' was/is.
Can't fault the characters, both wolves are splendidly characterised with the country wolf being especially hilarious and both Reds are uniquely sexy and beautiful.
Nor Avery's direction. He does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.
Once again there is nothing sadistic or repetitious, instead it's imaginative, wonderfully wild, deliciously deranged, violent but imaginatively so, shockingly racy, red hot sexy and hilarious throughout from start to finish. The sight gags throughout are an absolute joy and are immaculate in timing.
It is no surprise either that the animation is superb, being rich in colour and detail. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
'Little Rural Riding Hood' sees both Daws Butler and particularly Pinto Colvig on top form.
Overall, brilliant. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best he ever did. It must have been daunting constructing a cartoon following up from one of his greatest cartoons 'Red Hot Riding Hood', but 'Little Rural Riding Hood', ingeniously parodying two well known stories ('Little Red Riding Hood' and 'The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse') in a way only Avery could, manages to be just as good if not quite as amazingly ahead of its time like 'Red Hot Riding Hood' was/is.
Can't fault the characters, both wolves are splendidly characterised with the country wolf being especially hilarious and both Reds are uniquely sexy and beautiful.
Nor Avery's direction. He does a wonderful job directing, with his unique, unlike-any-other visual and characteristic and incredibly distinctive wacky humour style all over it as can be expected.
Once again there is nothing sadistic or repetitious, instead it's imaginative, wonderfully wild, deliciously deranged, violent but imaginatively so, shockingly racy, red hot sexy and hilarious throughout from start to finish. The sight gags throughout are an absolute joy and are immaculate in timing.
It is no surprise either that the animation is superb, being rich in colour and detail. The character designs are unique, Avery always did have creative character designs, and suitably fluid. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
'Little Rural Riding Hood' sees both Daws Butler and particularly Pinto Colvig on top form.
Overall, brilliant. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Ridiculous,, but not really in a funny way
Horst_In_Translation14 March 2016
Warning: Spoilers
Let us be honest here: This 6-minute cartoon from over 65 years ago does not have a lot in common anymore with the character or the original story of Red Riding Hood, so I believe it should have another name than "Little Rural Riding Hood". The (not so) big (not so) bad wolf has a couple funny moments, but overall it is not enough, even for such a short film. I have seen most of Tex Avery's work and I definitely don't think that this is anywhere near his best efforts. The characters act in a pretty stupid way occasionally, which lets me question the entire film almost. I only smiled once or twice and that is why I do not recommend "Little Rural Riding Hood". Here we have a fairly forgettable cartoon from shortly after World War II. Thumbs down
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