It's also harvest time and that evokes memories of simpler times when everyone was about the business of bringing in the harvest. Fall fruits and vegetables were being stored away and preserved for winter months to come. All around our country farmers still bring their goods to markets and there are fall festivals in towns from Maine to California. Take a look at this one: http://www.grapeharvestfestival.com/id4.html, in upstate New York
Woody Woodpecker Show - Red Riding Hoodlum. "Red Riding Hoodlum" is the 74th animated cartoon short subject in the Woody Woodpecker series. Released theatrically on February 11, 1957, the film was produced by Walter Lantz Productions and distributed by Universal International. Woody Woodpecker sends Knothead and Splinter on an errand to deliver a basket of goodies to their Grandmother's house. They encounter a Wolf and soon realize that the events are occurring just like the Little Red Riding Hood story they were reading at the start of the film. However, things start to differ once Granny gets a good look at the Wolf. She falls head over heels in love with him and goes to redo her make-up. She puts on a red curly wig, curls her eyelashes, puts on a red shade of lipstick and powders her face. She embraces the Wolf and plants a giant kiss on his lips while red hearts appear in the air. She winds up marrying the Wolf even though he doesn't seem too thrilled about it. Though this short is a part of the Woody Woodpecker series, its main stars are Woody's nephew and niece Knothead and Splinter, making their second appearance since the previous year's Get Lost. The ending is similar to another Woody Woodpecker cartoon, A Fine Feathered Frenzy. In that cartoon the elderly yet rich and well manicured widow Gorgeous Gal falls in love with Woody the second she lays eyes on him. Gorgeous Gal makes not one costume change but several while constantly winking and flirting with her ...
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