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The Sheepish Wolf is a 1942 Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.
Plot
A flock of sheep is being watched by a dopey sheepdog. A pompous wolf has his eye on the flock too.
His first scheme is to disguise himself as a sheep. He is thwarted by the sheepdog, who thinks the wolf is a sheep and sends him into the flock. A black sheep with a "Rochester" voice warns the sheepdog, who tries to discern the wolf. To lure out the wolf, he uses a wolf mating call horn, which has the wolf romancing the sheepdog, until he realises what he is doing.
The wolf flees to a cottage and disguises himself as Red Riding Hood's grandma. The sheepdog sees this, and disguises himself as Red Riding Hood. The sheepdog is distracted by the wolf's flattery, and the wolf sneaks away. After a scuffle and a chase through a hayfield, in which the sheepdog gets taken into a haybaling machine, the sheepdog catches the wolf and proudly boasts "Look, fellas, the wolf ns sheep's clothing! I caught'em, look! I caught'em!" to the rest of the flock, who remove their disguises to reveal themselves to all be wolves as well ("Well how do you like that?").
Gallery
Availability
- (1993) LaserDisc - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 3
Censorship
The version of this cartoon airing on Cartoon Network and its sister channel Boomerang in the United States is missing the part where the black sheep with a Rochester voice warning the sheepdog about a wolf in sheep's clothing.
Legacy
This cartoon inspired animation director Chuck Jones to create Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog in 1953.