Tale of a Wolf

Tale of a Wolf is the third animated theatrical short of the Loopy De Loop series. It was distributed by Columbia Pictures on March 3, 1960. It was written by Warren Foster and was produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the founders of Hanna-Barbera.

Loopy attempts to stop a little wolf from stealing farm animals which are under the watch of a watchdog.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Loopy De Loop
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old Lady
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Baby Bird
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mother Bird
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Watchdog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Frees
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Big Bad Wolf (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Little Red Riding Hood (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Three Little Pigs (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little Wolf
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chicken
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pig
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Three Little Pigs (picture)
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Little Wolf
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Chicken
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pig
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pig
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Farm

Objects

 * Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf
 * The Three Little Pigs

Vehicles

 * Old Lady's car

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Crew credits

 * Story sketch: Alex Lovy
 * Production supervisor: Howard Hanson
 * Animation: Carlo Vinci
 * Layout: Dick Bickenbach
 * Backgrounds: Robert Gentle
 * Titles: Lawrence Goble
 * Film editor: Greg Watson
 * Eastman color by: Pathé

Behind the scenes

 * The Watchdog in this short bares a strong resemblance to Snuffles from The Quick Draw McGraw Show.

Home availability

 * In the United States:
 * September 9, 2014: Warner Archive Collection releases Loopy De Loop: The Complete Collection on DVD.