Red Hot Riding Hood (or "Grandma, Control Yourself!")

I’m in the early days of a new project, and was doing a bit of research today when I stumbled across this video. I’m a huge fan of twisted fairy tales, and aside from being a die-hard fan of Jasper Fforde, I have also dabbled in my own, writing The Wizard of Oz Murder Mystery Game as one of the very first games I ever independently launched.

I LOVE this video! It’s from 1943, and was originally taken off the air because of the beastiality connection (I’ll be honest, my curiosity around THAT statement is what made me check out the video in the first place!)

There is a lot of pure gold in here, but some of my favourite parts were, “Hey, follow that cab!” (CLASSIC!!) and “Grandma, control yourself!”

I also believe Jim Carey’s reaction to Cameron Diaz as she takes the stage for “Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You” in The Mask could be a reference to this cartoon.

There is also the totally awesome wolf suicide ending. There’s no way in our politically-correct day in age this could air, but apparently it was even too hot for TV back then.

Enjoy!