A Broken Leghorn

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A Broken Leghorn
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 second 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

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Miss Prissy June Foray
Foghorn Leghorn Mel Blanc
Baby chick Mel Blanc


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

Extended credits showing a missing "Layouts" tag.
  • Robert Gribbroek is erroneously listed with the other animators in the credits, instead of specifying who made the layouts for the short.

Home availability

References