May 27

1933 Walt Disney releases “The Three Little Pigs”

The most successful animated short of all time, it won an Academy Award in 1934. The song “Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?” had been written by Frank Churchill who went on to become head of music for Disney. The cartoon wolf was originally given a Jewish voice but the version below has been redubbed to make him a “Fuller Brush Man” working his way through college.

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