The Three Little Pigs story
The mother of three little pigs sends her sons out into the world to find their fortune in their own individual ways and The Big Bad Wolf's nagging wife sends him out to get dinner. Starring Billy Crystal as Larry Pig, Jeff Goldblum as Buck Wolf, Valerie Perrine as Tina, Doris Roberts as Mother Pig, Fred Willard as Paul Pig, and Stephen Furst as Peter Pig. Written by Rod Ash and Mark Curtiss and directed by Howard Storm.
18 total · 2 choice · 5 major · 11 minor
| Theme | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| cooperation | choice | In this rendition of the story, one pig exhorted his siblings to pool their resources and work together. That offer was refused, but after some hard earned lesson it was teamwork that saved the day after all. |
| the importance of being hardworking | choice | Larry's hard work and dedication paid off when the brick house he built withstood a huffing and puffing wolf's efforts to blow it down. This is in contrast to his two corner cutting brothers, whose ill-constructed houses were easily blown down. |
| a danger shared can bring people together | major | The three pig brothers faced the mutual danger of Big Bad Wolf and in the end they had to cooperate to foist this pig craving antagonist. |
| brother and brother | major | Three male pig siblings were arguing about this and that. |
| romantic courtship | major | Paul made every effort to woo his love interest, Tina. |
| the importance of being frugal | major | Larry was was careful with his money, in contrast with his two brothers, both of whom squandered their inheritances. |
| working hard vs. taking it easy in life | major | Peter and Paul choose the easy way out by building ill-constructed houses, while Larry by contrast took the time and effort to build his house of out brick. |
| child leaving the nest | minor | Mother Pig told her three young sons to skedaddle and move out. |
| coping with a nag | minor | Buck Wolf's cave dwelling wife interrupted his workout routine, by nagging him to bring home a pig to cook for the upcoming dinner with the coyote family. |
| fear | minor | Peter and Paul cowered under the bed sheets in terror when Buck Wolf came knocking. |