Of Rice and Hen

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Of Rice and Hen
Production company Warner Bros. Cartoons
Distributor Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation
Release date December 12, 1953
Run time 6:31
Starring Mel Blanc
Bea Benaderet
Producer(s) Edward Selzer
Music composed by Carl Stalling
Story by Warren Foster
Animation Herman Cohen
Rod Scribner
Phil De Lara
Charles McKimson
Director(s) I. Freleng
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Of Rice and Hen is the three hundred and twenty-sixth Looney Tunes theatrical short. It was distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures and The Vitaphone Corporation on November 14, 1953. It was written by Warren Foster, produced by Edward Selzer and directed by Robert McKimson.

Miss Prissy sets of to make her advances to Foghorn Leghorn. When the rooster's constantly rejects her, Barnyard Dawg agrees to help by setting up a scheme to make Prissy fall in love with Foghorn.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Foghorn: Wait a minute, WAIT A MINUTE, sister! Turn off yer fandango! Are you, I say, are you by any chance lookin' at me matrimonial prospect?
Prissy: Oh-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho-ho! Y-e-e-e-e-es!
Foghorn: Well, cross me off the list, gal. I belong to Bachelors Anonymous, so turn yer damper down, gal. Get yourself a hobby... (to audience) Gal reminds me of the highway between Fort Worth and Dallas. No curves.


Foghorn: Bow, I say! Bow, I say, bow-wow, bow-wow!


Barnyard: Hey, sister. If you wanna land that big lug, you're going about it the wrong way. You gotta play hard to get it.
Prissy: Yes?
Barnyard: Since I like to see that rooster hitch to ya, I'll help you out. But you gotta tell what I tells ya.


Pastor: I now pronounce you rooster and hen.
Foghorn: I won, I WON!
Prissy: Yes!
Foghorn: Hey, there must've been some way I could've lost.

Characters

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Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Miss Prissy Bea Benaderet
Hen #1 Bea Benaderet
Hen #2 Bea Benaderet
Hen 3 Bea Benaderet
Hen #4 Bea Benaderet
Foghorn Leghorn Mel Blanc
Barnyard Dawg Mel Blanc
Pastor Mel Blanc


Locations

Objects

  • Fence picket
  • Paper bag
  • Dynamite
  • Trash can lid

Production

Development

Filming

Music

The music was composed by Carl W. Stalling.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

  • United States: November 18, 1953

Behind the scenes

  • The title is a play on the 1937 novella Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
  • The short follows a similar plot to Lovelorn Leghorn, with Prissy attempting to woo Foghorn after being teased by the other hens.
  • It is the first cartoon in which Foghorn and Barnyard Dog both win at the end.

Legacy

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