October 2021 – The Furry Waves

Welcome back, everyone. Time for a new entry!

Well, someone has been asking to see more wolves, so I decided to take him up on that.

To start today off, we’re going to look at what is argubly the most famous classic Russian toon of all time ‘Well, Just You Wait!’ (Russian: Ну, погоди!, romanized: Nu, pogodi!). In it, a chain smoking wolf chases a hare with the intention of eating her. Pretty straightforward, huh?

This series of pics is from the first official episode after the pilot, ‘City and Beach’.

Spoiler Alert: This is the closest he comes to sticking that hare.

OK, my quarry is in the water, and even better, she’s stuck wearing water skis, and I have snorkelling gear on and ready to go, so she’s mine, right?

HA.

Um… yeah, I’m gonna go with…

And thus ended Wolf’s sub aqua hare hunting career.

The video of the episode…

Next up, we have 1963’s ‘Woolen Under Where’, one of a small series of Warner Brothers shorts starring one Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf. Sam watches after a group of sheep, and Ralph tries to steal them. The oddest thing about this is that they are totally cordial with each other before and after their shift. Yep, this is literally a 9-5 job for them. Punch cards and all.

Anyway, in this episode, one of the tactics Ralph tries is to SCUBA dive to some sheep at a watering hole. How does that go? Let’s see…

Surprise.

Alright, why don’t we take a look at Disney’s version of the Big Bad Wolf next?

Given name Zeke Midas Wolf, he’s had a presence in Disney cartoons and comics since 1933. This particular wolf has a taste for pork, in the form of the Three Little Pigs. I happen to have some pics with him from various comics. No information on any of the stories involved right now. If I learn more, I’ll append the information here.

Just as unsuccessful as his above brethren above, as you can see.

To end off today, we’re going to take a look at Triple Z.

Honestly, I’m not sure if the characters are supposed to be dogs or wolves, but screw it, they might as well go in here anyway.

Triple Z stars Zero and Zanzibar, who are ripped through time from their lives as gladiators to the present day. With the help of Zazie, a Hollywood stuntperson, they settle into new lives as Hollywood’s best stunt team.

In ‘Agent Spécial 777’, the episode starts with Zanzibar filming an underwater fight scene ala James Bond.