Pullet Surprise

Pullet Surprise
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Production company	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Chuck Jones Film Productions
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date	March 26, 1997
Starring	Frank Gorshin Stan Freberg
Producer(s)	Chuck Jones and Linda Jones Clough Stephen A. Fossati (Co-Producer)
Music composed by	Cameron Patrick (Original Music Score) Eric J. Schmidt (Orchestration)
Story by	Stephen A. Fossati Darrell Van Citters Dean Wellins
Director(s)	Darrell Van Citters
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Pullet Surprise is the four hundred and eighty-eighth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures (under their Warner Bros. Family Entertainment label) on March 26, 1997. It was produced by Chuck Jones, Linda Jones Clough and Stephen A. Fossati, partially written by Stephen A. Fossati, and it was both written by and directed by Darrell Van Citters.

When Pete Puma comes to Foghorn's Farm to steal some chickens, Foghorn Leghorn decides to heckle him.

Memorable quotes

Irish Wrestling Chicken: You were sayin', laddie?
Foghorn: I'm glad, ah say, I'm glad I didn't show him the Norwegian Exploding Chicken.

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Foghorn Leghorn	Frank Gorshin
Pete Puma	Stan Freberg
Irish Wrestling Chicken	Stan Freberg

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Farmyard

Objects

• Saw
• Rope and Noose
• Tap Dancing Shoes
• Anvil

Music

The music was composed by Cameron Patrick with orchestrations by Eric J. Schmidt.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 14, 1997

Behind the scenes

• The short was originally released alongside the film Cats Don't Dance.
• The title is a pun of 'Pulitzer Prize', the word "pullet" is a hen that is less than one year old.
• Since this cartoon was produced after the death of Mel Blanc, the voice of Foghorn Leghorn was supplied by Frank Gorshi. Stan Freberg reprises his role of Pete Puma since the 1952 Merrie Melodies short, Rabbit's Kin.

Home availability

• In the United States:
  • Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 (Bonus Short)
  • Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection