The Foghorn Leghorn

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The Foghorn Leghorn
The Foghorn Leghorn title.jpg
Title card of The Foghorn Leghorn.
Directed by Robert McKimson
Story by Warren Foster
Produced by Edward Selzer (uncr.)
Starring Mel Blanc
Music by Carl Stalling
Animation by Charles McKimson
Manny Gould
Phil DeLara
John Carey
Pete Burness
Fred Abranz (uncr.) [1]
Layouts by Cornett Wood
Backgrounds byRichard H. Thomas
Color process Technicolor
Production
company
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • October 9, 1948 (1948-10-09) [2]
Running time
7:00
Language English

The Foghorn Leghorn is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. [3] The cartoon was released on October 9, 1948, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk and the Barnyard Dawg. [4]

Contents

Plot

To prevent Henery Hawk from joining him in raiding a chicken coop, his father tells him that chickens are gigantic and terrifying monsters. However, Henery is not afraid, and decides to follow his father secretly. Henery Hawk's father is surprised by Foghorn Leghorn who chases him away. Henery, arriving on the spot, asks his father if that was a chicken, but he replies that it was just a "loud-mouthed shnook". Walking away, Henery comes across Barnyard Dawg's doghouse, which, due to his father's false stories about chickens, he assumes is a "chicken's cave". He takes a hammer, hits the sleeping dog over the head, and proceeds to haul his prey across the barnyard. He is stopped by Foghorn who tries to convince him that he is a chicken, but is not helped by Barnyard Dawg who, waking up, kicks the rooster and calls him a shnook. Foghorn then tries in vain two more times to convince Henery. In the meantime, the little hawk continues to want to capture Barnyard Dawg and throws a stick of dynamite into his doghouse. Knowing he will be blamed, Foghorn dives into the doghouse to stop the explosion, but fails. In the rubble, Barnyard Dawg finds Foghorn holding the remains of the dynamite and begins beating him, calling him a "good-for-nothing chicken." This is at last enough to convince Henery, who brings a shovel down on Foghorn and begins dragging him off. Disgusted with himself, the rooster admits, "I'm just a loud-mouthed schnook." Henery declares, "Chicken or shnook, in our oven he'll look good!"

Home media

Censorship

Notes

This was one of only five post-1948 WB cartoons to get a Blue Ribbon reissue prior to 1956, with the original credits cut. The others were "Daffy Dilly", "Kit for Cat", "Scaredy Cat", and "You Were Never Duckier". In 1998, for the "THIS VERSION" of the short, the original opening and credits were restored. This print was used on the Golden Collection, without the notice at the end.

References

  1. "Robert McKimson's "The Foghorn Leghorn" (1948) |".
  2. bcdb.com May 9, 2011
  3. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 190. ISBN   0-8050-0894-2.
  4. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 81–82. ISBN   0-8160-3831-7 . Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. 1 2 "The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Guide: E-F".