Lovelorn Leghorn

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Lovelorn Leghorn
Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date September 8, 1951
Run time 7:20
Starring Mel Blanc
Bea Benaderet
Producer(s) Edward Selzer
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Story by Tedd Pierce
Animation Phil DeLara
Charles McKimson
Rod Scribner
Emery Hawkins
Director(s) Robert McKimson
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Lovelorn Leghorn is the two hundred and ninety-first Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was released by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on September 8, 1951. It was written by Michael Maltese, produced by Edward Selzer, and directed by Robert McKimson.

While out looking for a husband, Foghorn decides to trick Miss Prissy into thinking that the Barnyard Dawg is a chicken in disguise.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Foghorn: Now, who's respons-, I say, who's responsible for this unwarranted attack of my person?!


Foghorn: Now what, I say, what's the big idea bashing me on the noggin with a rolling pin? Clunk enough people and we'll have a nation of lump-heads.


Foghorn: Let me guess, dearie. You're looking for a husband.
Prissy: Y-e-e-es!
Foghorn: Well, you're going about it the wrong way, sister! You don't bat 'em on the bean with a rolling pin. (to audience) That comes later.


Foghorn: Nice girl, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice...


Barnyard: Alright, Salome. Give papa da purdy melon!


Foghorn: Sooner, I say, sooner or later, she's bound to try to get him out of that dog suit. Then who-a-a-a-a, Nelly!


Grey hen: Waddya got in the market basket, dearie? A husband?
Foghorn: Ye-, I say, ye-e-es!

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Miss Prissy Bea Benaderet
Grey hen Bea Benaderet
Hazel Bea Benaderet
Alice Bea Benaderet
Foghorn Leghorn Mel Blanc
Barnyard Dawg Mel Blanc
Salome


Locations

Objects

  • Live Alone and Hate it
  • Bucket of water
  • Rolling pin
  • Grinding wheel
  • Casaba melon
  • Bowling ball
  • Golf ball
  • Cleaver attached to mouse trap
  • Hay bale
  • Anvil with boot
  • Cannon
  • Cannonball
  • Basket

Vehicles

  • Tractor

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: September 8, 1951

Behind the scenes

  • This is the first theatrical cartoon in which Miss Prissy is paired with Foghorn, after her debut appearance in the Porky Pig short An Egg Scramble.
  • It is also the first Foghorn and Barnyard Dawg short to not feature Henery Hawk.
  • When Prissy dances in front of Barnyard with a casaba melon, he makes a Biblical reference by calling her "Salome."

Legacy

  • Prissy has a crush on Foghorn Leghorn in this short and in the future cartoon Of Rice and Hen, who doesn't show any interest in her affections. Later, in Little Boy Boo and Strangled Eggs, Foghorn would be portrayed as a person who pursues Prissy for negligible reasons.
  • The short was included as part of Miss Prissy's wish in Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island. The ending was change so that Prissy would carry Foghorn in a wheelbarrow, as they both leave the wishing well. However, Foghorn still retains the ending line from the cartoon.

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