Foghorn Leghorn

Foghorn Leghorn
"It's a joke, son. Pay attention!"
Species	Chicken
Gender	Male
Member of	Tune Squad
Affiliation	Barnyard Dawg Henery Hawk Sylvester Miss Prissy Egghead Jr. Bugs Bunny Daffy Duck Carol in The Looney Tunes Show
Occupation	Farm superintendent CEO in The Looney Tunes Show Mayor in Bugs Bunny Builders Looney Ball Coach in Tiny Toons Looniversity.
Father	Unnamed father
Mother	Not mentioned
Marital status	Single
First appearance	MM: Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
Played by	Mel Blanc (1946-1989) Jeff Bergman (1990-1992, 2001, Since 2011) Greg Burson (1991-2003) Bill Farmer (1996-2008) Frank Gorshin (1996-1997) Billy West (1998) Jeff Bennett (2000-2011 Joe Alaskey (2006) Maurice Lamarche (2007) Eric Bauza (2018, 2021)
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The Looney Tunes Show
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Bugs Bunny Builders
Tiny Toons Looniversity

Foghorn Leghorn is an anthropomorphic rooster and one of the main characters of the Looney Tunes animated franchise. He is a chicken who is usually acts as a practical joker, provoking in schemes against Barnyard Dawg. He additionally serves as loud-mouthed lecturer, where he often elaborates on anything, much to the annoyance of some. His voice was originated by Mel Blanc using a non-rhotic Southern accent.

Foghorn's protégé in Tiny Toon Adventures is Fowlmouth.

Appearances

TV series

• The Bugs Bunny Show
• Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny & Friends
• Tiny Toon Adventures
• Taz-Mania
  • 4.10B "Gone with the Windbag"
• Bugs 'N' Daffy
• The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries
  • 3.11A "Family Circuses"
• Duck Dodgers (mentioned)
• Baby Looney Tunes
  • 2.09B "Cock-a-Doodle-Doo-It!"
• The Looney Tunes Show
  • 1.09 "The Foghorn Leghorn Story"
  • 1.20 "Working Duck"
  • 1.25 "The Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder" (cameo)
  • 2.02 "You've Got Hate Mail" (cameo)
  • 2.06 "Father Figures"
  • 2.10 "A Christmas Carol"
  • 2.15 "The Black Widow" (mentioned)
  • 2.16 "Mrs. Porkbunny's"
  • 2.21 "Year of the Duck"
  • 2.25 "Best Friends Redux" (mentioned)
• New Looney Tunes
  • 2.08B "Free Range Foghorn"
  • 2.21B "Greenhouse Gasbag"
• Looney Tunes Cartoons
  • 1.24A "Weaselin' In"
  • 5.07A "Feather of the Bride"
• Bugs Bunny Builders
  • 1.01 "Splash Zone"
• Teen Titans Go!
  • 8.24 "Warner Bros. 100th Anniversary"

Movies

• The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie
• Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales
• Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island
• Space Jam
• Tweety's High-Flying Adventure
• Looney Tunes: Back in Action
• Bah Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas
• Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run
• Space Jam: A New Legacy

Shorts

• Merrie Melodies
  • Walky Talky Hawky
  • The Foghorn Leghorn
  • Lovelorn Leghorn
  • Sock a Doodle Do
  • The EGGcited Rooster
  • Feather Dusted
  • The High and the Flighty
  • Fox-Terror
  • Feather Bluster
  • Weasel While You Work
  • Crockett-Doodle-Do
  • The Dixie Fryer
  • Strangled Eggs
  • The Slick Chick
  • Mother was a Rooster
  • Banty Raids
• Looney Tunes
  • Crowing Pains
  • The Leghorn Blows at Midnight
  • A Fractured Leghorn
  • Leghorn Swoggled
  • Plop Goes the Weasel!
  • Of Rice and Hen
  • Little Boy Boo
  • All Fowled Up
  • Weasel Stop
  • Raw! Raw! Rooster!
  • A Broken Leghorn
  • False Hare (cameo)
  • The Yolks on You
  • Superior Duck
  • Pullet Surprise
  • Cock-A-Doodle-Duel

Specials

• Daffy Duck and Porky Pig Meet the Groovie Goolies
• Bugs Bunny's Easter Funnies
• The Bugs Bunny Mother's Day Special
• Bugs Bunny's Thanksgiving Diet
• Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales
• Bugs Bunny's Wild World of Sports

Biography

Foghorn Sells Out

Foghorn is a guest at Warner Bros.' Burbank lot for its 100th anniversary. While on the set of Friends, Cyborg claims the part of Joey Tribianni, while Foghorn claims the part of Rachel Green, which starts a fight with Yosemite Sam, Taz, and Wile E. Coyote who also want the part.

Development

Forghorn was directly inspired by Senator Claghorn, a fictional Southern politician played by Kenny Delmar on Fred Allen's radio program. Although Claghorn's first appearance on radio succeeded Foghorn on October 7, 1945, ten months before the recording date of Foghorn's first cartoon on January 13, the loudmouthed rooster had adapted much of his personality, including his blustering mannerisms and such catchphrases as "I say…" and "That's a joke, son!"; Delmar's Claghorn character, in turn, was inspired by a Texas rancher who was fond of saying this.

According to Keith Scott, Robert McKimson initially modeled Foghorn's personality on another radio character from the 1930s, known simply as "The Sheriff", who was played by Jack Clifford in the variety program Blue Monday Jamboree. However, McKimson had likely misremembered that connection, as he cited Delmar's Claghorn character as inspiration during a mid-1970s interview and mistook him for the Jamboree's Sheriff character.

Gallery

Main article: Foghorn Leghorn/Gallery

Behind the scenes

• His first name, "Foghorn", refers to his loudmouthed personality, while the surname "Leghorn" is a reference to a breed of chickens originating from Tuscany, Italy (referred to in Italian as Livorno or Livornese).
• Blanc's portrayal of Foghorn bears some similarities to Yosemite Sam, namely his accent; and even more so to a Southern sheriff-type character that he voiced in Stage Door Cartoon.
• A younger version of Foghorn was originally going to be used in Tiny Toon Adventures, according to Tom Reugger. The idea was recieved with no enthusiasim by the production team, however, so the character of Fowl Mouth was created instead, who seemed to share the same "blustery spirit" as Foghorn.

In popular culture

• In the song "Role Model" from the Eminem album The Slim Shady LP, one of the lyrics used is a verse where Slim "jump[s] in a Chickenhawk cartoon with a cape on, and beat[s] up Foghorn Leghorn with an acorn." This same verse is also shown visually in the music video for "Role Model", depicting Slim jumping into a TV to become a superhero cartoon character, chasing down a rooster resembling Foghorn, and tearing his leg off after beating him with an acorn.
• In the Family Guy episode "Back to the Woods," Foghorn shows up at a KFC, being lured in by the scent of seven herbs and spices before Colonel Sanders cuts his head off. Foghorn jokes about his headless body running around before realizing it's his own body.
• In the Justice League Action episode "Follow that Space Cab!," Lobo, an alien bounty hunter who knows Earth culture, makes fun of Hawkman by calling him Foghorn.
• In the Batwoman episode "Fair Skin, Blue Eyes," young Ryan steals Looney Tunes #233 (with Foghorn on the cover) from Galaxy Comics.
• In the 2019 film Knives Out, Ransom tells Benoit to shut up "with that Kentucky-fried, Foghorn Leghorn drawl!"
• In the Helluva Boss episode "Loo Loo Land," a character named Wally Wackford is introduced, who says "I say, I say" at the beginning of his sentences in similar fashion to Foghorn.
• In The Simpsons episode "Pretty Whittle Liar," a statue of Foghorn is seen at the Hillfolk in Media exhibit at the Hillbilly Pica-ture Palace.
• In April 2024, Foghorn became a subject of a viral meme where he was put in various anime and would either scold or give pep talk to characters such as Goku from Dragon Ball and Frieren from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. In response, Eric Bauza posted three videos on his Twitter account where he voiced some of the aforementioned memes.

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