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PLOT Little Red Riding Hood is depicted here as a typical 1940's teen-aged girl with an extremely loud and grating voice. After singing "The Five O'Clock Whistle" in the opening to establish this fact, Bugs pops out of her basket to ask where she's going - she's going to "bring a little bunny rabbit to my grandma's. Ta HAVE, see?" With this part of the story set up, the wolf is now introduced. The wolf switches a "Shortcut to Grandma's" sign, so that Red has to go through a long mountain path, while the wolf uses the real shortcut - a few short steps to the house. Seeing a note on the door that Grandma isn't home (she's working the "swing shift" at Lockheed), the wolf sneaks inside and dresses like grandma - only to find that a bunch of other wolves are similarly dressed and waiting in the bed for Red! The wolf growls for the others to "take a powder - this is MY racket!" Once in bed, the wolf waits for Red to come to the door. But in a twist, the wolf isn't interested in eating Red, but rather the rabbit she brought with her. giving the wolf his due.]]The wolf quickly shuffles Red out the door and tries looking for Bugs. Bugs, however, gets the better of the wolf and runs around the house, being 'chased' by the wolf. The wolf, however, is constantly interrupted by Red, who continues asking the questions from the story, such as "That's an awfully big nose for you - ta HAVE." Towards the end of the cartoon, Bugs manages to get a glowing coal from the Fireplace and sends the wolf to the ceiling by scorching his backside. When the wolf comes down, Bugs has a large shovelful of coals waiting to scorch the wolf. However, the wolf manages to put his feet up against two tables just in time. Bugs then proceeds to dump heavy weights into the wolf's arms. After clearing out just about everything in the house, Bugs is about to apply the coup de grace on the wolf - by placing a feather on top of the mass of junk and furniture the wolf is holding - when Red comes back in, bellowing "Hey, GRANDMA!" By this time, even Bugs has had enough of Red's interruptions promping the line "I'll do it, but I'll probably hate myself in the morning." to be said. He descends the ladder, there's a shuffling of the furniture... and now RED is the one desperately trying to avoid getting scorched, while Bugs and the wolf share a carrot. TRIVIA
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