Re: Disney's "Three Little Pigs"

[Larry T]

I was watching the absolutely stunning collection of the DVD box of "Silly Symphonies", when I got to "The Three Little Pigs". I knew there was some kind of weird issue regarding the "Fuller Brushman" scene....

This particular scene in this version must have been re-animated. The backgrounds change (and look much newer and cleaner), the animation style changes, and the scene itself looks very different. Was there talk about some other original version of this scene before in this group? Jerry has had a screen cap of a much funnier and more typical version on his website-

There was also talk about that original version showing up on a Disney tape a few years back- anyone know the scoop on this?

Thanks for all the help-

Larry T

[Brandon Pierce]

The original scene involved the wolf disguised as a stereotypical Jewish peddler.

[David Gerstein]

The ANIMATION NATION website has already been discussing the THREE LITTLE PIGS situation...

>There are six versions of "Three Little Pigs":
>
>1933: United Artists main/end titles with musical-note title card; brush
>salesman scene has original image (Jewish disguise) and original voice
>("Giving away a free sample")
>1937: RKO main/end titles with new illustrative title card; brush salesman
>scene as 1933
>1940s: RKO main/end titles with musical note title card, brush salesman
>scene has new image (non-ethnic disguise) but original voice
>1950s (?): RKO main/end titles with musical note title card; brush salesman
>scene has new image and new voice ("I'm workin' me way through
>college").
>1996: United Artists main/end titles with musical note title card; brush
>salesman scene has original image and new voice
>2001: United Artists main/end titles with musical note title card; brush
>salesman scene has new image and new voice.
>
>The home movie edition released by Disney in the pre-videotape days was
>at least at one point the 1940s version of the cartoon.
>The 1985 Limited Gold Edition VHS video tape contains the 1950s version of
>the cartoon.
>The 1990s Academy Award Shorts PAL video tape (European release)
>contains the 1937 version of the cartoon.
>The 1996 Favorite Stories VHS/laserdisc release contains the 1996 version.
>The 2001 Silly Symphonies DVD contains the (surprise) 2001 version.

[Crazy Tom]

Originally posted by David Gerstein
The ANIMATION NATION website has already been discussing the THREE LITTLE PIGS situation...There are six versions of "Three Little Pigs":The 2001 Silly Symphonies DVD contains the (surprise) 2001 version.

What? I did not know that! I wonder if there were many multiple releases of other Disney cartoons!

That's some amazing stuff.

[Patrick McCart]

It looks like Disney looked for the best possible soundtrack (1950's one) and also the best possible picture (original UA titles version) The print looks VERY good and the sound is great for something from 1933.

I wish Disney would have inserted the original scene in (It looked pretty good in that intro), but Walt himself wanted the scene altered. If it was a Fantasia situation where Disney altered it for the hell of it, I'd want an explaination.

Pigs In A Polka and The Windblown Hare did it better, though. :D