The 3 Little Pigs The Movie 1996

[Ernest Babin]

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An animated black comedy version of the Three Little Pigs story. When the third pig is tried and convicted for the murder of his two brothers by a wolf jury, he builds a zombie Frankenpig to take out his revenge on the actual murderer.

Dudley (Cam Clarke), Drinky (Brad Garrett), and Smokey (Charlie Adler) are three pig brothers living in retrospective houses. While Dudley's house was made of brick, in accordance with the traditional "Three Little Pigs", Drinky's house was made out of a whiskey keg while Smokey's house was made of cigarettes and match sticks. After their homes are destroyed by the Big Bad Wolf (voiced by Bobcat Goldthwait), Drinky and Smokey seek refugee in Dudley's house. While Dudley provides good hospitality, both his two brothers are proven to be irresponsible due to their common addictions, not to mention failing to find a job, especially for the fact that they don't know how to read.

While Dudley is out getting more beer for Drinky and Smokey, The Big Bad Wolf tricks Drinky and Smokey into letting him in before he proceeds to violently murder the defenseless little pigs. Upon stumbling into the aftermath of the massacre, a horrified Dudley calls the police, who immediately accuse him of slaughtering his brothers before being tried and found guilty in wolf court.

That night, a depressed Dudley is visited by the ghosts of his deceased brothers who tell him that The Big Bad Wolf is the killer. After escaping with their help, Dudley constructs Frankenpig (also voiced by Brad Garrett), a huge zombie-like pig and instructs him to find The Big Bad Wolf and kill him.

Frankenpig ambushes the Big Bad Wolf, drunk from drowning his thirst for the pigs, and rips out his insides before eating him whole. When Frankenpig returns to Dudley, he is put down by him. Unfortunately, this allows the Big Bad Wolf to be revived as he proceeds to beat up and eat Dudley alive as the story fades out.

"Hmm, 'Son of Dracula.' 'Return of the Son of Dracula.' 'The Son of Dracula's Revenge!' Is that all you can do? Vampire movies?! I'm afraid that's not good enough. You'd have to be a bite more versatile to be on the frighting staff of Tales from the Crypt. Oh, hello creeps! As you can see, we've got an opening for a story deaditor. I've been conducting chop interviews all morning. No one seems to get what I'm looking for! Oh well, let's see who's next. Interesting, a brother team. Grimm. I think I've heard of them. This has potential, boils and ghouls. It's a twisted bit of gorytelling about three scaracters you may recognize... at first. It's called The Third Pig."

"I don't know about you kiddies, but I was glad to see the Wolf hit one out of the pork. Still, an hour from now, he'll be hungry again and bacon for more! You'll be happy to know, creeps, that it looks like that opening I told you about has been filled... once we hammer out a few creative stifferences that is."

Since my colleague Jack Wheat has designated the entire week as "pork week," I have been asked to write on a pig-related theme. Writing on this theme is not new to me - I previously wrote about how a hog call could become a trademark for "providing collegiate athletic and sporting events." This week, we are going to talk about a trademark dispute involving the famous "three little pigs" that's happening right in our backyard in Washington, D.C.

There are many different versions of the fairy tale, including a version in which the wolf is eaten, but probably most of us became familiar with the pigs from the Disney cartoon in which two of them suffered the wolf's destruction of their homes because they did not take the time and trouble to build them from bricks like the third, more practical, pig.

A New York company called "Les Trois Petits Cochons, Inc" obtained a registration in 1996 of the logo below containing "Trois Petits Cochons" and the English translation "Three Little Pigs" for various meat products and has since obtained additional registrations of the logo for an expanded number of meat products:

Although the three little pigs in the logo appear inexplicably happy, these little piggies were certainly not happy to learn that there were three other little pigs in Washington, D.C. in the same business i.e. a "Three Little Pigs Charcuterie & Salami".

One might ask about what right a company in New York has to prevent the use of "Three Little Pigs" in D.C. The complaint filed by Les Trois Petits Cochons addresses that question. The complaint filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia states that products sold under Les Trois Petits Cochons's marks have been "extensively promoted and sold throughout the United States, including in this judicial district in brick and mortar shops; through its mail order, telephone order, and internet businesses; and through several well-known internet retailers."

The company's federal registrations also provide it with a tremendous advantage. Apart from whatever rights Les Trois Petits Cochons was able to establish through use, it also has nationwide rights in the marks in its registrations dating from the filing of the applications, with the first one being filed on February 8, 1995. Anyone who uses a confusingly similar mark for related products subsequent to that date uses the mark at his or her own risk since all that Les Trois Petits Cochons has to do is show that it has expanded or is likely to expand into that area.

The lesson from the practical pig is that for anyone thinking of building a business, it is important to conduct a search to try to make sure that there isn't anyone out there who might be standing outside your door some day telling you to take down your signs.

When I was a tadpole growing up back in the swamps, I never imagined that I would one day address such an outstanding group of scholars. And I am sure that when you were children growing up back in your own particular swamps or suburbs, you never imagined you would sit here on one of the most important days of your life listening to a short, green talking frog deliver your commencement address. All of us should feel very proud of ourselves...and just a little bit silly.

In any case, congratulations to all of you graduates. As we say in the wetlands, "Ribbit-ribbit-kneedeep-ribbit," which means "May success and a smile always be yours...even when you're kneedeep in the sticky muck of life."

Now, I know that there are some people out there who wonder what brought me here today. Was it the incoming tide on Shinnecock Bay? Was it the all-you-can-eat midnight buffet aboard the Paumanok? Or was it the promise that I'd get to play basketball with Sidney Green and the Runnin' Colonials? Don't let my spindly little arms fool you. I can slam dunk one mean basketball. While those are all very good reasons for coming to this beautiful campus, today I am here for an even more important reason--to thank each and every one of you at Southampton College.

First, of course, I want to thank you for bestowing upon me this Honorary Doctorate of Amphibious Letters. To tell you the truth, I never even knew there was such a thing as "Amphibious" Letters. After all those years on Sesame Street, you'd think I'd know my alphabet. It just goes to show that you can teach an old frog new tricks.

It's great to have an honorary doctorate. I have spoken with my fellow honorees -- Professor Merton, Ms. Meaker, Mr. Gambling -- and as honorary doctors we promise to have regular office hours, put new magazines in our waiting room, and to make late night house calls regardless of your health plan coverage. On behalf of all of us, thank you sincerely.

But I'm also here at Southampton to thank you for something even more important. I am here to thank you for the great work that you have done -- and for the great work that you will be doing with your lives. You have dedicated yourselves to preserving the beauty that is all around us. While some might look out at this great ocean and just see a magnificent view, you and I know that this ocean -- and every ecosystem -- is home to an indefinable number of my fellow animals.

On behalf of frogs, fish, pigs, bears and all of the other species who are lower than you on the food chain, thank you for dedicating your lives to saving our world and our home. In the words of my cousin, Newt -- no, not that Newt, this is another Newt -- "We appreciate what you are doing more than you can even imagine."

And so I say to you, the 1996 graduates of Southampton College, you are no longer tadpoles. The time has come for you to drop your tails and leave this swamp. But I am sure that wherever I go as I travel around the world, I will find each and every one of you working your tails off to save other swamps and give those of us who live there a chance to survive. We love you for it.

And the final image, in which the three pigs take their bow (on the back cover), has been removed entirely. This is a shame because the front and back cover frame the tale as a theatrical performance. It reminds us that no pigs were harmed in the making of this story; they were performing a production of The Three Little Pigs.

Whether or not he personally did the layout and design of The Three Little Pigs in 1988-1989, he would have at least approved the layout and design. (It was published in 1989, with the 1996 paperback version following that format.) The use of space to control pacing and timing resembles the use of space to do the same in his other works, such as the George and Martha stories. The Three Pigs (in its original version) certainly looks like his other work; the Grosset & Dunlap version does not.

I am the only living blood heir of my brother James Marshall. I would very much like to speak with you. I did not know this was happening. I am in the process of writing the biography of my brothers life. I just went through a court battle that stunned me. A massive amount of information is being witheld from me concerning his works. I could not find a way to email you. If anyone reads this, please have Mr. Nel contact me asap. If anyone knew my brother personally, please feel free to contact me at

bcservice...@gmail.com

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Kindest Regards,

Cynthia

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