Of Rice and Hen
| Of Rice and Hen | |
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| 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-third 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 off 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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Locations
- Earth
- Unites States
- Farmyard
- Miss Prissy's residence
- Barnyard's doghouse
- Church
- Texas (indirectly mentioned)
- Fort Worth (mentioned)
- Dallas (mentioned)
- Farmyard
- Unites States
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
- Foghorn and Barnyard would receive a similar victory in The High and the Flighty and Fox-Terror.
- The short was used in the television special Bugs Bunny's Cupid Capers.
- A small portion of the short was featured as part of Prissy's wish in Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island, preceding Lovelorn Leghorn, which was used for the majority of her sequence.
- Prissy's fandango uniform was used as an unlockable character in Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem, as Flamenco Prissy.
Home availability
- In the United States:
- March 12, 2024: Warner Archive Collection releases Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 3 on Blu-ray Disc
- In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
- 1999: Warner Home Media releases Mil-Looney-Um 2000 - Bumper Collection on VHS
- 2003: Warner Home Media releases Foghorn Leghorn on VHS
