What a waste of my time!!!

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Let us be honest here: This 6-minute cartoon from over 65 years ago does not have a lot in common anymore with the character or the original story of Red Riding Hood, so I believe it should have another name than "Little Rural Riding Hood". The (not so) big (not so) bad wolf has a couple funny moments, but overall it is not enough, even for such a short film. I have seen most of Tex Avery's work and I definitely don't think that this is anywhere near his best efforts. The characters act in a pretty stupid way occasionally, which lets me question the entire film almost. I only smiled once or twice and that is why I do not recommend "Little Rural Riding Hood". Here we have a fairly forgettable cartoon from shortly after World War II. Thumbs down

This is a sort of city mouse/country mouse kind of thing. The country wolf is under the spell of a buck toothed female (of course, country people have bad teeth). He actually pursues her and she him and the results are unsatisfactory. As he practically gets himself killed, a note comes from the city wolf. Attached is a picture of Red Riding Hood, a lounge singer. She is shapely and desirable. The country wolf takes off for the city. Once there, he becomes a sex maniac. The city wolf can barely control him. Every Tex Avery wolf, eye popping routine is used. Slobbering, thumping, howling, on and on. He becomes an utter embarrassment to his city counterpart. Every method that is possible is used to restrain the lupine hick. It's pretty funny with a nice little conclusion.

I first saw this one as a '70s kid watching The Tom and Jerry Show on weekday afternoons. That show had lots of outrageous cartoons that are so funny you can't help yourself. This one is more outrageous than usual since it parodies two well known stories: The Little Red Riding Hood and Country Mouse/City Mouse. Here, the title character is a hillbilly girl who speaks in a southern drawl who's bringing some jug of moonshine for her granny. Granny here is, of course, a wolf but he speaks in Goofy's voice (Pinto Colvig) who, instead of wanting to eat her wants "kiss her and chase her" acting all country bumpkin crazy. So the chase ensues when Red arrives but stops short of the wolf kissing her when a telegram arrives from his city cousin to come to his house where he'll promise a "real red riding hood". I'll stop here and mention that when we see her, it's reused footage from Swing Shift Cinderella as animated by Preston Blair. During this sequence, Colvig's wolf is so out of control, it's hilarious. And the city wolf's voice is none other than Daws Butler, best known for the southern drawled Huckleberry Hound. Tex Avery has done it again with this entry in the Red Hot Riding Hood series he made for MGM in the '40s with the typical wackiness and sexiness one never gets tired of seeing from this man. Most highly recommended for animation buffs especially of the Avery kind.

In this one, Tex Avery pkes continued fun at his old friends, Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf, but adds a slight twist-he parodies the tale of the Country Mouse and the City Mouse and of course, in true Avery fashion, stands everything on its ear. Tex also proves an old adage-beauty is in the eye of the beholder. All the old Tex Avery signatures are here-eye bulges, double-takes and sight gags galore. Bring the spouse, the kiddies, old Uncle Erasmus, Grampa and the hermit under the floor boards. Great fun will be had by all! Recommended.