WDCC THE BIG BAD WOLF 1994 Ltd Ed #1872/7500 Disney's The 3 Little Pigs 1933

WDCC DISNEY CLASSICS COLLECTION presents THE BIG BAD WOLF from THE THREE LITTLE PIGS in "Who's Afraid of The Big Bad Wolf" - Retired 06/94 - Plussing : # 1872 of Limited Edition release of only 7,500 Hand-numbered porcelain pieces. The Wolf's "s narl" has a special acrylic clear glaze coating that enhances the Wolf's devious expression and forms a pool of cool drool on the ground. WALT DISNEY CLASSICS COLLECTION (WDCC)- The Classics Collection started in 1992 with three scenes, Bambi, Cinderella, and Fantasia's Sorcerer Apprentice. Many other series have since been introduced.

Some figurines are limited, and some have been retired. Some of these figurines have risen high on the secondary market. The figurines are made of porcelain, and the process is similar to that use to make Hummel figurines. Individual pieces are molded, put together, and fired in an oven. Then they are painted and fired again.

Each figurine is marked on the bottom, signifying the year it was produced. The marks represent significant milestones in Disney history.

The figurines with the first year mark are usually the most desirable. TAGLINE: Who's afraid of the BIG BAD WOLF? - The Three Little Pigs each build a house of different material. The Big Bad Wolf comes along and blows away the straw and stick homes, but is unable to destroy the house of bricks.

The two pigs building houses of hay and sticks scoff at their brother, building the brick house. But when the wolf comes around and blows their houses down (after trickery like dressing as a foundling sheep fails), they run to their brother's house. And throughout, they sing the classic song, Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Won Academy Award OSCAR for Best Short Subject Cartoon. Voice CAST includes Billy Bletcher, Pinto Colvig, Dorothy Compton. BEHIND THE SCENES TRIVIA : The song Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Became an anthem for optimism in the wake of the Depression. Though cartoon shorts usually lasted very brief periods of time, this one played in many theaters longer than most feature films. This was the first Disney cartoon to be fully conceived on storyboards. Previously, simple sketches were drawn on a page giving a broad overview of each scene, with descriptions of the individual actions and gags typed on a separate page.

Storyboards in the modern sense (drawings pinned on a bulletin board detailing every action on a film) were invented at the Disney Studio in the early 1930s. Contrary to popular belief, the wolf doesn't say I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow the house down. " What he actually says is, "I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll blow the house IN. " This rhymes with the word "chin: in the previous line. The confusion probably arose because the word "down" was actually spoken by the wolf in a spoof of this cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny.

Pinto Colvig, who was the head writer on the project (as well as the voice of Practical Pig), came up with the line, Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Songwriter Frank Churchill wrote the hit song in about five minutes.

The original lyrics were, Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? / Who's afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? / He don't know from nothin'!

Everyone at the Disney Studio liked the song, but agreed that the last lyric didn't work. After a three-hour story conference in which they tried to find a rhyme for "wolf, " the writers finally gave up and decided to let the two pigs who sing the song play the last line on their flute and violin.

This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 2007.