Three Little Bops
- Studio
- Warner Bros. Cartoons, Inc.
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures, The Vitaphone Corporation
Synopsis
The Three Bops are the swingin'est jazz band (guitar, piano and drums) in town. The trumpet-blowing wolf wants to join the hip combo, but he is too square, destroying their three nightclubs (Straw, Sticks and Bricks). The Big Bad Wolf finally gets blown up, goes to hell, and learns that you have to be hot to play real cool.
Characters
Three Little Bops, Big Bad Wolf
Credits
Directing
- Director
- Isadore Freleng (as Friz Freleng)
Producing
- Producer
- Edward Selzer
Writing
- Writer
- Warren Foster
Voices
- Voice
- Stan Freberg (Three Little Bops, Big Bad Wolf, Narrator)
Music
- Music
- Shorty Rogers
Animation
- Animator
- Gerry Chiniquy, Bob Matz
- Layouts
- Hawley Pratt
Art Department
- Backgrounds
- Irv Wyner
Production notes
The cartoon does not feature the "That's All, Folks!" end title (or rings), but it closes with the words "The End."
This cartoon is entirely sung (except for incidental rhyming dialogue) by Stan Freberg. This is the only Warner Brothers cartoon to not feature Mel Blanc doing voice characterizations during the period of Blanc's exclusive contract with the studio, and only one of three to credit someone other than Blanc.
The music was put together by jazz composer/trumpeter Shorty Rogers. The music is performed by:
Songs:
This cartoon is entirely sung (except for incidental rhyming dialogue) by Stan Freberg. This is the only Warner Brothers cartoon to not feature Mel Blanc doing voice characterizations during the period of Blanc's exclusive contract with the studio, and only one of three to credit someone other than Blanc.
The music was put together by jazz composer/trumpeter Shorty Rogers. The music is performed by:
- Trumpet/Flugelhorn: Shorty Rogers (credited)
- Piano: Pete Jolly
- Guitar: Barney Kessel
- Saxophone: Pepper Adams or Jimmy Giuffre
- Bass: Red Callender or Red Mitchell
- Drums: Stan Levey or Shelly Manne
Songs:
- "The Merry-Go-Round Broke Down" (Cliff Friend-Dave Franklin)
- "Three Little Bops" (Shorty Rogers-Warren Foster)
- "Charleston" (Cecil Mack-Jimmy Johnson)
- "Don't Give Up the Ship" (Harry Warren-Al Dubin)
Pictures
Reviews
seeking to buy a cel
Hello,
Can anyone direct me to someone who sells cels of this cartoon?
Three Little Bops
This was a good Cartoon I really enjoyed the Gags and the score was wonderful. One of I Freleng's best Cartoons in my opinion.
he went out of this world without a trace, didn't go to heaven it was the other place...
It had to have been 1994 when I realized this was the greatest cartoon short ever. The storyline was fresh and new, the swing beat was bumpin and the narrative told the story in an innovative way that I can't recall ever being done since. I didn't know the history of the cartoon itself, I've just always enjoyed this more than anything else I have ever seen.
The Three Little Bops
If there's any ONE person I have to single out for topping himself in this cartoon, it's animator Gerry Chiniquy, who animated this whole short by himself (Bob Matz was really his inbetweener & given special credit on this one short). Chiniquy will always be one of the most underrated animators ever; at his very best he was every bit as good as Ken Harris or Rod Scribner or Bob McKimson......Chiniquy's bobbing, lilting rhythms always highlited Freleng's cartoons (musical or otherwise).
Chiniquy is really the HEART AND SOUL of "The Three Little Bops" (he was also a good guitarist, according to Virgil Ross).
Three Little Bops
By far the most eneretic cartoon of my youth - the music - the tempo - the humour....oh, I'm literally dying to get a copy of this
Three Little Bops
This cartoon sendup of the 3 little pigs tale is one of my favorites.
Instead of wanting to eat the little pigs, the Bad Wolf wants to play trumpet in their jazz band. One problem: He SUCKS!
Terrific half-sung narration, with swinging band backing it all up.
Also, I hear that the Three Little Bops will be in the next Looney DVD collection set to come out late this year.
Now, if only "The Oily American" would be re-released, I'd be one happy camper. Probably won't ever happen in this "pc" day and age.
Three Little Bops
The beat throughout this cartoon is infectious. I still have it in my head and I haven't seen it in years. Plus, the animation of Virgil Ross, Gerry Chiniquy and Art Davis make this cartoon nothing less that the greastest art work.
Three Little Bops
One of the better late 1950s Warner sFreleng shorts..almost makes up for his later work like SHOWBIZ BUGS..Stan Freberg's onscreen credit, one of the first cases of someone else than Warners usual voice guy Mel Blanc getting screen credit, is outstanding.There was no That's all folks ending as most know..
Three Little Bops
This is one of those that take you back when you first heard the song. I'm 36 yrs old and i STILL get up to mimick and dance w/ the lil bops!
The Three Little Bops
This is one of my top five short cartoons ever. Along with "The three liitle pups", "Red hot riding hood," the one where Bugs and Sam via to be mayor, and the one with the magician at the opera, and "Bugs & Thugs".
The Three Little Bops
"I wish my brother George were here..." indeed! Top cartoon on my list. I've nearly gotten it memorized and I really hate the anti-violence movement of the seventies which caused at least one version of this fine cartoon to be sliced and diced. Leave it alone people, it's ONLY a cartoon! Geez.
The Three Little Bops
AS A CHILD I LOVE THIS CARTOON. THIS IS ONE OF MY ALL TIME FAVORITE CARTOON, I WOULD SIT IN FRONT OF THE TV FOR HOURS WAITING FOR THIS ONE CARTOON TO COME ON I WISH I COULD GET IT ON TAPE OR DVD, SO MY KIDS COULD INJOY THIS CARTOONS LIKE I DID WHEN I WAS YOUNG. THREE LITTLE BOPS. THE BIG BAD WOLF HE LEARNED THE RULES YOU GOT TO GET HOT TO PLAY REAL COOL!
The Three Little Bops
I've always loved this cartoon ever since I memorized most of it while working as an usherette at the Palms Theater, Phoenix, Arizona. I'd love to find a copy of it. Who do I ask? I've looked for it on the 'net recently...without success. Artwork is great; music too...and the rhyme and timing of Stan Freburg. Marvelous!
The Three Little Bops
"The Three Little Bops" easily makes my Top 5 all-time favorites list. A true classic that succeeds on many levels. It continues a long-standing WB tradition of turning classic fairy tales upside down & inside-out, and with its "modern" graphic design and jazzy soundtrack (courtesy of the great Shorty Rogers), perfectly captures the "hip" spirit of urban mid-'50s America. Stan Freberg's hilarious narration is icing on an already perfectly baked cake.