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Three Little Bops

  • 19571957
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Three Little Bops (1957)
  • Animation
  • Short
  • Comedy
Three pigs' career as a jazz band is complicated by a wolf they rejected for membership who keeps blowing down their gigs.Three pigs' career as a jazz band is complicated by a wolf they rejected for membership who keeps blowing down their gigs.Three pigs' career as a jazz band is complicated by a wolf they rejected for membership who keeps blowing down their gigs.
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  • Director
    • Friz Freleng
  • Writer
    • Warren Foster(story)
  • Star
    • Stan Freberg(voice)
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  • Director
    • Friz Freleng
  • Writer
    • Warren Foster(story)
  • Star
    • Stan Freberg(voice)
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    • 14User reviews
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    Stan Freberg
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    • Director
      • Friz Freleng
    • Writer
      • Warren Foster(story)
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    • Trivia
      There aren't any sound effects in the cartoon except for the "deflating" of the Big Bad Wolf's bass drum. All other sound effects were provided by the jazz combo.
    • Quotes

      Piano Pig: [the Big Bad Wolf goes to Hell and plays the trumpet well] The Big Bad Wolf, he learned the rule: / Ya gotta be hot to play real cool!

    • Crazy credits
      Rather than closing with the "That's All Folks!" card, the cartoon ends with "The End" superimposed over an iris-out.
    • Connections
      Edited into You're Still Not Fooling Anybody (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Charleston
      Music by James P. Johnson

    User reviews14

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    9/10
    Slightly flawed but still a personal favourite
    Friz Freleng's 'The Three Little Bops' is a longtime favourite of mine. From the first time I saw it at a very early age, I was always on the lookout for a chance to see it again. While I was growing up during the 80s and 90s, Warner Bros. cartoons were frequently on TV and every so often this one came around. I was absolutely delighted when it finally became available for me to own on the essential Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 2. A jazz parody of Disney's famous 'Three Little Pigs' cartoon, 'The Three Little Bops' is entirely set to music with a great vocal by the underrated Stan Freberg (who finally gets screen credit in this cartoon). It tells the story of the Big Bad Wolf's unsuccessful attempts to be accepted into the Three Little Pigs nightclub act and each time he is rejected, he blows the nightclub down! The visuals are beautifully stylised, fitting perfectly with the modern theme of the cartoon, and Warren Foster's lyrics are often priceless ("Dew Drop Inn did drop down"!). It's not quite a perfect cartoon, since there are a couple of slightly mistimed moments and the section in which the Wolf adopts a series of disguises slows things down and unnecessarily breaks from the musical narration for a conspicuously long time. Nevertheless, if asked to list my favourite cartoons, 'The Three Little Bops' would always be one of the first to pop into my head. It's a toe-tapping delight of which I never tire.
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    • Release date
      • January 5, 1957 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aufforderung zum Tanz
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Runtime
      7 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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