Tad Pole . . . is Adolph Hitler, the star of BLITZ WOLF. Running on a platform to "Make Germany Great Again," that country's fed up farmers swept the respected author of MEIN KAMPF (or, roughly translated, "The Art of the Steal") into the Octagon Office of the German President during a democratic election in the early 1930s (with a victory margin so large in the Popular Vote that the Electoral College became irrelevant!). "Addie," as his close friends called him, made no bones about his "Germany First" policies during his Inaugural Address. He'd pledged to tear up the "Disastrous" Treaty of Versailles on Day One, and he made good on his promise by signing his first Executive Order doing just that at his Inaugural Ball in Berlin. Addie had frequently quoted the rantings and ravings documenting questionable personal hygiene practices on the part of Anne Frank during his Nuremberg Rallies, to which his enthusiastic fans responded with chants of "Lock her up! Lock her up!" In making good on this and the many other demands of his supporters (in order to prove that elections have consequences), Addie earned the fervent love of his people, as well as the "Man of the Year" Award from Time Magazine. MGM cartoonist Tex Avery adds to Mr. Hitler's accolades with this tongue-in-cheek contemporary homage, BLITZ WOLF.

Edgar Allan Pooh " . . . we'll skin that skunk across the pond," this brief MGM World War Two cartoon, BLITZ WOLF, promises. MGM, of course, is a movie studio that was on the Wrong Side of History throughout the 1900s. Chief among MGM's sins was that mendacious live-action yawner, GONE WITH THE WIND, brazenly referenced here in BLITZ WOLF. The fact that GWTW glorified the American South's Institution of Race-Based Human Slavery, from which ALL of the U.S. Red States' current assets derive, and vilified the 250,000 Blue Staters who died to free the Blacks shows how Evil MGM actually was. Current Historians equate the Genocidal Blacksploitation on the part of Dixie's crass and lazy Whites with the crimes of BLITZ WOLF's villain, Adolf Hitler. The main difference between the outrages of Ted Cruz's Texas Values and Hitler's Anti-Semitism is that the latter barely lasted a decade, while Slavery persisted for many Centuries. Plus a much higher percentage of True Blue Americans were slaughtered putting down Texas and its ilk compared to the Yankee lives lost during WWII. BLITZ WOLF, therefore, is a case of opportunistic hypocrisy, summed up as "too little, too late."

bob the moo Another 1942 Oscar nominee, another propaganda film, although perhaps this is all understandable given the period. This one retells the story of the 3 Little Pigs, with Adolf Wolf coming to destroy the houses of the pigs, who mostly are unprepared apart from the third pig who has built his house out of brick (as well as trenching around it and installing a battery of cannons on it too).When I saw this film was from Tex Avery I was hoping it would be a little bit more than just simple flag-waving and to be fair mostly it is. It takes WWII motifs and puts them into the world of Tex Avery, with the style of animation and humor that we expect. The film opens with a disclaimer (or "claimer" I guess) which states that any similarity between the wolf and "that *&%$%!&* jerk Adolf" is entirely intentional and so it continues with Adolf Wolf getting a beating while the pigs defend their home. The humor is quite broad but mostly focused on making fun of Hitler, which is all fine and good. It is amusing even if it is a little disappointing when viewed next to the high standard of Avery at his best. The animation is good but of course there are the messages to be expected about buying war bonds and the usual racism towards the Japanese (and the sight of Tokyo wiped off the map with one good shell). All of this feels uncomfortable decades later of course, but is understandable in the context and at least is touched with Avery's humor so is a bit more palatable.Overall, it is an enjoyable Tex Avery cartoon even if it is below the bar, but as a piece of American propaganda, at least it is touched with Avery's humor and style.

rbverhoef 'Blitz Wolf' is a terrific animated short made by Tex Avery. It is an anti-Nazi and anti-Hitler adaptation from 'Three Little Pigs'. The wolf, who walks like the Nazis and talks German, comes to the houses of the three pigs. The first two pigs lose their home but the third has made his house into a bunker with all kind of weapons. Together the three pigs fight the wolf.This is a great little movie with some beautiful gags. The short itself gives some comments on the jokes, which makes it even funnier. Although it is pretty aggressive and therefore not really suitable for children, this Oscar-nominated cartoon is one of the better ones I have seen.