Banty Raids
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| Production company | Warner Bros. Cartoons |
| Distributor | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | June 29, 1963 |
| Run time | 6:00 |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music composed by | Bill Lava |
| Story by | Robert McKimson Nick Bennion |
| Animation | George Grandpré Keith Darling Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder |
| Director(s) | Robert McKimson |
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Banty Raids is the four hundred and eighty-fifth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures on June 29, 1963. It was written by Roberk McKimson and Nick Bennison, and directed by McKimson.
A jiving beatnik rooster disguises himself as a baby in hopes of attracting the hens at a barnyard. Foghorn Leghorn take the bait and foolishly raises him as his "sonny boy."
Detailed summary
Memorable quotes
Tough rooster: If dat's who I think it is, there's a soiten banty rooster who's going to get booted over the horizon!
Foghorn: What in, I say, what in the name of Jesse James do you supposed that is?
(The banty rooster holds a sign reading, "Like - I'm an orphan")
Foghorn: Well, whaddya know? A tiny foundlin' rooster. Why, he is small as the little end of nothin' sharpened.
Banty rooster: Da, da - daddy-o...
Banty rooster: Man, you're a weirdo chick.
Barnyard: Hey, boy, here she comes now! Ain't she an angel?
Banty: Like, link us man, link us!
Barnyard: Then I pronounce you husband and wife, or somethin'.
Foghorn: But I’m a rooster!
Banty: Don’t let it bug you man, like, we can’t all be perfect.
Characters
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Locations
- Earth
- United States
- Barnyard
- Foghorn's office
- Barnyard's doghouse
- Barnyard
- United States
Objects
- Banty chicken's guitar
- Pistol
- Rake
- Giant rubber band
- Boxing glove
- Wooden plank
- Vinyl record player
- Spatula
- Polygraph
- Toy tank
- Converted thresher
Vehicles
- None
Production
Development
Filming
It was copyrighted in 1962 (MCMLXII).
Music
The music was scored by William Lava.
Crew credits
- Layouts: Robert Gribbroek
- Backgrounds: Robert Gribbroek
- Film editor: Treg Brown
Release
Dates are in order of release:
- United States: June 29, 1963
Behind the scenes
- The title is a play on "panty raids." You're welcome.
- The MPAA certificate number is 19915.
- Foghorn is revealed to work as a superintendent of the barnyard, as evident by the sign of his office ("Foghorn Leghorn, sup't.")
- The last pieces of dialogue in the short—consisting of the banty rooster saying "... we can’t all be perfect" after Foghorn protests that he's a rooster—is a reference to the final scene of the 1959 film Some Like It Hot, in which Joe E. Brown' character caps off that film by saying, "Well, nobody's perfect."
Errors
Legacy
- This cartoon marked the last "classic-era" cartoon appearances of both Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg. Although, Foghorn would make cameo appearances in the 1964 short False Hare, and the Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales segment in Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol, his next major appearance was in The Yolks on You, a segment of the Daffy Duck's Easter Egg-citement TV special.
- While cut for time, the short was used as part of Foghorn's wish in the film Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- November 30, 2010: Warner Home Media releases Looney Tunes Super Stars' Foghorn Leghorn & Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth on DVD.
