![]() ![]() He was joined in a few episodes by a weasel called 'Bill' who initially attempted to eat him but ended up joining forces to outwit the aforementioned canine. This gag was passed down to the Leghorns' grandson in Feather Bluster, where Foghorn was puzzled as to why the kid was behaving that way and the Dog was all too happy to remind him: "Ain't nothin' wrong with 'im, Foggy, 'cept that he takes after you." At times, when the dog would continue to bark, he would also yell, "Aaaaaahhhhh, shuuutupp!!" In rare cases, it's the dog that starts the series of pranks as such it is somewhat difficult to tell who started the feud. The dog would give chase, usually with his leash still attached to his collar, until the leash stretched taut and his barking was replaced by an anguished howl. Foghorn Leghorn loses his feathers very often in the episodes, usually revealing his bare skin or his boxers. He does not sing any other part of the song, reverting to humming after the DOO-Dah's. Occasionally, Foghorn sings the song, but replaces "Camptown ladies sing this song." with "Lump-teen-dozen and a-doo-dah day.". Most common among them was Leghorn's taking up a plank of wood, while ambling along humming " Camptown Races" (the only intelligible words being "DOO-Dah! DOO-Dah!"), coming to the sleeping Dog with his front half inside his doghouse, picking up his tail and rapidly whacking (almost always with eight strokes) his exposed rear end with a plank of wood. Coyote and Road Runner series-Foghorn is often the initial aggressor out of self-amusement and subsequently on the 'losing' end of gags. Unlike other Looney Tunes rivalries-with the notable exception of the Wile E. Dog) engaging in one-upmanship through a series of pranks. Many of the gags involved Foghorn and a canine nemesis (formally known as The Barnyard Dog within Warner today, though on early model sheets his name is given as George P. All of the motion picture Foghorn Leghorn cartoons were directed by Robert McKimson, and the rooster vies with the Tasmanian Devil as the most popular character associated with the director. He first appeared in 1946 in a Henery Hawk film titled Walky Talky Hawky. The first half of his name is a joke about him being loud and obnoxious, while the second half refers to a breed of chicken (a white leghorn). ![]() The voice has similarities to that of another Mel Blanc voice: Yosemite Sam (a strictly Friz Freleng character).įoghorn Leghorn is a large, white adult Leghorn rooster with a stereotypically Southern accent, a " good ol' boy" speaking style, and a penchant for mischief. A leghorn is a breed of chicken, and foghorn describes the character's loud, overbearing voice.Īccording to Leonard Maltin the character's voice was also patterned after a hard-of-hearing West Coast-only radio character from the 1930s, known simply as The Sheriff, on a radio program called Blue Monday Jamboree. The rooster adopted many of Claghorn's catch phrases, such as "That's a joke, ah say, that's a joke, son." Delmar had based the character of Claghorn upon a Texas rancher who was fond of saying this. The character of Foghorn Leghorn was directly inspired by the popular character of Senator Claghorn, a blustering Southern politician played by Kenny Delmar who was a regular character on the Fred Allen radio show. ![]()
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