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A flock of sheep is being watched by Sam Sheepdog who is dopey. Ralph Wolf Who is pompous, has his eye on the flock too.
His first scheme is to disguise himself as a sheep. He is thwarted by Sam Sheepdog, who thinks Ralph Wolf is a sheep and sends him into the flock. A black sheep with a "Rochester" voice warns Sam, who tries to discern the wolf. To lure out Ralph, he uses a wolf mating call horn, which has the wolf romancing Sam, until he realizes what he is doing.
Ralph flees to a cottage and disguises himself as Red Riding Hood's grandma. Sam sees this, and disguises himself as Red Riding Hood. Sam is distracted by Ralph's flattery, and Ralph sneaks away. After a scuffle and a chase through a hayfield, in which Sam gets taken into a haybaling machine, Sam catches Ralph and proudly boasts "Look, fellas, the wolf in sheep's clothing! I caught 'im, look! I caught 'im!" 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?"
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Lobby Card
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 is the early appearance of Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog.
This cartoon lapsed into the public domain in 1971 due to United Artists, owner of the pre-1948 Looney Tunes cartoon library at the time (a.a.p.'s successor), failed to renew its copyright in time. As the result, it is widely available on numerous unauthorized public domain tapes and DVDs, and even internet streamings.
The cartoon was released on Disc 3 of The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4 laserdisc release in 1994. As of 2014, this short in not available on authorized DVDs.
Laserdisc[]
1993 - The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Volume 4, Side 3
Public Domain Goofs[]
The low pitch cartoon public domain version has a random THE END from another unrelated cartoon replacing the closing Color Rings. Also in that same print a frozen shot of the Blue Ribbon title card of the cartoon replaces the opening rings.
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