Road to the North Pole comedy films which were released from 1940 to 1962, starring actors Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and actress Dorothy Lamour. The opening credits show images with Brian and Stewie referencing other Christmas specials such as "The Nutcracker", "A Christmas Carol", "How the Grinch Stole Christmas", "Frosty the Snowman" and "Home Alone". The credits also show Brian and Stewie performing winter activities, such as snowball fights, making snow angels and putting coal in the (Meg's) Christmas socks instead of gifts. Ron MacFarlane, who narrated part of the episode, mentioned that Kenny Rogers was supposed to be there. The episode opens with a
The Three Bad Wolves night in the 18-49 demographics, behind "Frosty Returns", "Dateline NBC" and "Frosty the Snowman". This means that 1.6 percent of all households with televisions watched the episode, while 5 percent of all households watching television at that time watched it. "The Three Bad Wolves" received positive reviews. Amy Ratcliffe of IGN gave the episode a "great" 8.5 out of 10 and wrote "I hope "Grimm" brings more episodes like this one. The combination of the supernatural and procedural elements was just right, and the conflict felt legitimate. It was far superior to just another bizarre murder case. For the first