A Broken Leghorn
| A Broken Leghorn | |
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation |
| Release date | September 26, 1959 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc June Foray |
| Producer(s) | John W. Burton |
| Music composed by | Milt Franklyn |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Animation | Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder Tom Ray George Grandpré |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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A Broken Leghorn is the four hundred and first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 26, 1959. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by John W. Burton and directed by Robert McKimson.
Foghorn Leghorn helps out Miss Prissy by swapping one of the other hen's eggs. But when he soon realizes that the egg he swapped was in fact a rooster's egg, a new rooster chick had been born and willing to take over Foghorn's career. Not wanting lose his job, Foghorn tries to help Prissy's hatchling learn all the basics of being a rooster, unaware that he is really going to eliminate him.
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Foghorn: Well, when, I say, when ya gotta go, ya gotta go.
Characters
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Organizations
Locations
Objects
- Rooster's egg
- Ball
- Dynamite stick
- Corn on the cov
- Shotgun
- Acme Land Mines
- Pickaxe
Vehicles
- Acme Poultry Co. truck
Production
Development
Filming
Music
The music was composed by Milt Franklyn.
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: September 26, 1959 in theatres
Behind the scenes
- The title is a pun on "a broken leg." You're Welcome.
- This is the first theatrical short in which the farm is identified as "Old McDonald's farm".
- After only two to three cartoons in which Miss Prissy has a more extensive vocabulary than her trademark catchphrase "Yeeeesss", Little Boy Boo and Feather Dusted, this cartoon returns to her only saying "Yes" as in her earliest appearances, An Egg Scramble, Lovelorn Leghorn, and Of Rice and Hen.
- Interestingly, Little Boy Boo also depicts Foghorn pursuing Prissy for his own selfish needs. Foghorn would do this again one last time in the 1961 short Strangled Eggs.
- This marks the only theatrical short where Foghorn is aware of what is happening among the hens that Prissy lives with.
- As of this date, it was the last Looney Tunes cartoon that was written by Warren Foster, before leaving to John Sutherland Productions in 1957.
Errors
- Robert Gribbroek is erroneously listed with the other animators in the credits, instead of specifying who made the layouts for the short.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- October 28, 2003: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1 on DVD.
- November 30th, 2010: Warner Home Media releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Foghorn Leghorn and Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth on DVD.
