Leghorn Swoggled

Leghorn Swoggled
Production company	Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor	Warner Bros. Pictures The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date	July 28, 1951
Starring	Mel Blanc
Producer(s)	Edward Selzer
Music composed by	Eugene Poddany Milt Franklyn
Story by	Warren Foster
Animation	Charles McKimson Rod Scribner Phil DeLara Emery Hawkins
Director(s)	Robert McKimson
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Leghorn Swoggled is the three hundred and thirty-eighth Merrie Melodies theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on July 28, 1951. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Robert McKimson.

During one of Foghorn and Barnyard Dawg's prank wars, Henery is promised by Dawg that in exchange for helping him catch a chicken for dinner, he would need a bone.

Memorable quotes

Henery: I may be little, I say, I may be little, but I sure caught me a BIG chicken!

Characters

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Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Foghorn Leghorn	Mel Blanc
Henery Hawk	Mel Blanc
Barnyard Dawg	Mel Blanc
Supreme Cat	Mel Blanc
Mouse	Mel Blanc

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Farmyard

Objects

• Fake "Total Eclipse" sign
• Pumpkin
• Boxing glove-loaded camera stand
• Mousetrap
• Little red wagon
• Toy train set
• Bone
• Fish
• Cheese

Music

The music was orchestrated by Milt Franklyn, with the musical score done by Eugene Poddany.

Songs

• "Camptown Races"
• "Some Sunday Morning" - Mel Blanc
• "I've Been Working on the Railroad" - Mel Blanc

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 28, 1951

Behind the scenes

• The title is a combination of the words "Leghorn" and "Hornswoggled".
• This cartoon marks the last appearance of the Supreme Cat, who first appeared in Paying the Piper.

Errors

• After Barnyard Dawg is punched in the face with a boxing glove camera, the screen briefly freeze-frames for one second before it resumes playing as normal.