Foghorn Leghorn in Foghorn Leghorn.

Foghorn Leghorn is a large animated adult rooster appearing in numerous Warner Brothers cartoons. He first appeared in 1946 in a Henery Hawk film entitled Walky Talky Hawky. Foghorn Leghorn is considered a significant Looney Tunes character, whose sidekick/nemesis was referred to simply as The Barnyard Dog. Image File history File links Foghorn_Leghorn. ... Image File history File links Foghorn_Leghorn. ... This is a Root page - a common introduction to several more specialised pages. ... Rooster in grass, demonstrating the alert stance before sounding an alarm A cock or rooster is a male chicken, the female being a hen. ... Warner Bros. ... A cartoon is any of several forms of art, with varied meanings that evolved from one to another. ... 1946 (MCMXLVI) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Henery Hawk Henery Hawk is a cartoon character from the Looney Tunes series who appeared in twelve cartoons. ... Looney Tunes is a Warner Brothers cartoon series that preceded the Merrie Melodies series, and is both WBs first animated theatrical series and the second longest continuous animated series in any medium. ...

Many of the gags involved Leghorn and the dog engaging in one-upmanship through a series of pranks and gags. Most common among them was Leghorn's taking up a piece of wood, while ambling along humming "Camptown Races," and, coming to the sleeping Dog with his front half inside his doghouse, picking up his tail and rapidly whacking his exposed rear end. The dog gave chase, usually while his leash was still on, until it was stretched taut and his barking was replaced by an anguished shriek. (This gag was passed down to the Leghorn's grandson in Feather Bluster, where Leghorn 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.")) Camptown Races is an 1850 song by Stephen Foster. ...

His voice was created by actor Mel Blanc, heavily patterned after the character of Senator Claghorn, a blustering southern politician who was a regular character on the Fred Allen radio show. Senator Claghorn was created and voiced by radio comedian Kenny Delmar. Foghorn Leghorn used a number of Claghorn's catch phrases, like "That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son". The references to Senator Claghorn were obvious to much of the audience when the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons first premiered, but like many of the references in WB cartoons of the era, they have since become dated and "go over the heads" of most modern-day audiences. Melvin Jerome Blanc (born May 30, 1908 in San Francisco, California; died July 10, 1989 in Los Angeles, California), was a famous American voice actor for both classic American radio programs and many animation studios, primarily the Warner Brothers and Hanna-Barbera studios. ... Senator Beauregard Claghorn was a popular radio character on the Allens Alley segment of The Fred Allen Show. ... Fred Allen as portrayed by caricaturist Al Hirschfeld. ... A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ...

One of Foghorn Leghorn's most common sayings is "I say!, I say!, The boy is bozerk!!".

A leghorn is a breed of chicken, and foghorn describes the character's loud, overbearing voice. At its most raucous, it sounds similar to Blanc's Yosemite Sam. Both parts of the name also suggest the association with "Senator Claghorn." Categories: Stub | Chicken breeds ... This page is about the navigational aid called foghorn, for the Ray Bradbury science fiction novel, see The fog horn Foghorns near Lizard Point, Cornwall Foghorns are a navigation aid for mariners. ... Yosemite Sam in the short 14 Carrot Rabbit. ...

The character was the mascot of Kellog's Corn Flakes from 1961 to 1977, but was replaced by Cornelius Cockerel because of a Looney Tunes lawsuit.

All of the motion picture Foghorn Leghorn cartoons were directed by Robert McKimson. Robert Bob McKimson, Sr. ...

Quotes

That boy is about as sharp as a bowlin' ball.

If ya don't stop yappin, ya get your tongue sunburned.

Son, I said Son...

Now don't set the world on fire.

Fortunately I keep my feathers numbered for just such an occasion.