Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Certainly not Walt Disney Productions, because after the 1933 success of the Academy Award®-winning Three Little Pigs, three little sequels followed. First was The Big Bad Wolf (1934), followed by Three Little Wolves (1936) and The Practical Pig (1939). The Big Bad Wolf is a combination of two classic stories—with the porcine trio meeting up with Little Red Riding Hood. Although Practical Pig warns the unsuspecting threesome, they nevertheless embark on a shortcut path through the woods to Grandma’s house, taunted the whole way by the wolf. In his efforts to capture them, the dastardly wolf shows his comedic side, disguising himself as “Goldilocks the Fairy Queen,” even doing a quick impression of the 1930s large-nosed comic Jimmy Durante. In the finale, the classic Frank Churchill song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” is reprised.
