Mildew Wolf

Mildew Wolf
Mildew in "Slumber Jacks."
Species	Wolf (Timber)
Gender	Male
Affiliation	Snagglepuss Laff-A-Lympics
Father	Not mentioned
Mother	Not mentioned
Marital status	Single
First appearance	ITW: "It's the Wolf" (1969)
Played by	Paul Lynde (1969-1970) John Stephenson (1977-1978) Bernardo de Paula (2021)
Wacky Races
Jellystone!

Mildew Wolf is an anthropomorphic wolf and the main antagonist in the It's the Wolf shorts. He was voiced by Paul Lynde, and later by John Stephenson in Laff-A-Lympics. In the It's the Wolf shorts, he's often considered the main antagonist.

In the Jellystone! reboot, Mildew works for multiple different jobs. He can also be seen attempting to flirt with Shazzan.

Character description

Mildew is a brown wolf with a extremely skinny and tall frame. His normal attire consists of a white shirt collar, blueish overalls supported by only one suspender, and a short lime-green hat with a wide brim.

Mildew is a typical "big bad wolf" archetype who constantly tries to eat Lambsy. He comes up with several paper-thin disguises in order to catch the lamb, but Lambsy always sees through his disguises in the end.

Appearances

TV series

• It's the Wolf
• Laff-A-Lympics
  • 1.1 "The Swiss Alps and Tokyo, Japan"
  • 1.2 "Acapulco and England"
  • 1.3 "Florida and China"
  • 1.4 "The Sahara Desert and Scotland"
  • 1.5 "France and Australia"
  • 1.6 "Athens, Greece and the Ozarks"
  • 1.7 "Italy and Kitty Hawk, North Carolina"
  • 1.8 "Egypt and Sherwood Forest"
  • 1.9 "Spain and the Himalayas"
  • 1.10 "India and Israel"
  • 1.11 "Africa and San Francisco"
  • 1.12 "The Grand Canyon and Ireland"
  • 1.13 "Hawaii and Norway"
  • 1.14 "North Pole and Tahiti"
  • 1.15 "Arizona and Holland"
  • 1.16 "Quebec and Baghdad"
  • 2.1 "Russia and the Caribbean"
  • 2.2 "New York and Turkey"
  • 2.3 "South America and Transylvania"
  • 2.4 "French Riviera and New Zealand"
  • 2.5 "New Orleans and Atlantis"
  • 2.6 "Morocco and Washington D.C."
  • 2.7 "Canada and Warsaw, Poland"
  • 2.8 "Siam and the Moon"
• Jellystone!

Specials

• Hanna-Barbera's 50th: A Yabba Dabba Doo Celebration (no lines)

Movies

• Yogi's Ark Lark (mentioned)

Comics

• Laff-A-Lympics

Biography

It's the Wolf!

Mildew appears in every episode of the series, using a multitude of disguises to lure Lambsy into being eaten by him. However, once he is exposed, Bristlehound always throws him away. Mildew usually has an idiosyncratic insult for Bristlehound every time he tosses him with his cane, such as "party-pooper" and "roundhouse roustabout".

Crossover Era

Laff-A-Lympics!

He and Snagglepuss are the announcers for the Laff-A-Lympics. Unlike It's the Wolf, Mildew isn't a villain and is now just fussy and cynical. His catch phrase is "Savages. They're all savages."

Wacky Reboot

Mildew appeared in the episode "Little Pink Riding Hood", as one of the fairytale characters that prepared to give Dick Dastardly a "classic fairytale beat down". He was later turned into a cat with the rest of the fairytale characters by Winnie Witch, and eaten by Tiny Gruesome.

Everyone's Back in Jellystone!

Mildew is a recurring character in the series. He isn't antagonistic whatsoever, and no longer tries to eat sheep. Mildew holds a multitude of jobs in the town, such as a grocery store clerk, a wrestling match announcer, and an employee at the stink factory. Mildew has always been unlucky, and every time he appears, he gets misfortune thrown his way. In the series, Mildew is gay. In the episode "Grocery Store", he sends flirty texts to Shazzan and tries to kiss him, but fails.

Development

Mildew is inspired by Ralph Wolf from Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog, a series of cartoons from Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies. His mannerisms were heavily inspired by Paul Lynde, who voiced him but is uncredited for his role. In 1969, producer Jerry Eisenberg directed a short live-action film spoofing It's the Wolf. In it, Mildew was portrayed by storyboard artist Joel Seibel.

In popular culture

• In the Partridge Family episode "I Left My Heart in Cincinnati", the Partridge Family visit Kings Island, where various HB walk around characters can be seen including Mildew.

Gallery

Main article: Mildew Wolf/Gallery

Behind the scenes

• In Jellystone, Mildew's flirtatious relationship with Shazzan is likely a reference to his original actor, Paul Lynde, who was gay during his lifetime (but never acknowledged in spite of his campy television persona).