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Feather Dusted is a 1955 Merrie Melodies short directed by Robert McKimson.

Title[]

The title is a play on "feather duster."

Plot[]

Miss Prissy goes off to a hen party, leaving her son Egghead Jr. behind. Passing by "loafer" Foghorn, Foghorn takes it upon himself to play games with Egghead Jr. instead of having to read "How to Isolate the Isotope". Although Egghead Jr. "shakes his head when he means yes, and nods when he means no," Foghorn tries playing games with him.

Foghorn first tries to explain how to play croquet, but Egghead Jr. manages to knock the ball through all the wickets, showing off his diagram when Foghorn doesn't believe that shot is possible. Foghorn then tries playing cops and robbers, but Egghead Jr. blows a whistle, and Foghorn is arrested offscreen. Using his diagram, he marks an X where Foghorn digs out, complete with prison outfit and ball and chain. Next they try playing Indians and Daniel Boone, but Foghorn gets a face full of buckshot when he pulls the cork out of Egghead Jr.'s gun.

Foghorn then plays pirates with Egghead Jr., but when he tries adjusting the 'cannon' (instead of listening to Egghead Jr.'s diagram, which points the cannon away from the target), the cannonball winds up bouncing into Foghorn's mouth, knocking him into the lake. Finally, Foghorn goes swimming, and tells Egghead Jr. that he's a "battleship", encouraging him to swim in and "sink me". Egghead Jr. instead winds up a series of mini battleships that shoot at Foghorn, sinking him. When Egghead Jr. pulls Foghorn out of the lake, Miss Prissy comes and berates Foghorn - "Mark my words, one of these days, some of your childish pranks are going to backfire on you." Foghorn gets up, says, "Ma'am, I say ma'am, you are so right!", showing that water is now pouring through the holes he has in his body.

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Foghorn's Quotes[]

  • That gal's as cold as a nudist on an iceberg.
  • This will be more fun than a barrel of half-witted monkeys.
  • That boy's as timid as a canary at a cat show.

Availability[]

Streaming[]

Censorship[]

  • On ABC, Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends (both the FOX version and the syndicated version), Cartoon Network, and Boomerang (in America; international Cartoon Network and Boomerang feeds—as well as the Boomerang streaming app—have this short uncut), the part where Foghorn Leghorn and Egghead Jr. play Daniel Boone (with Foghorn Leghorn as an Indian and Egghead Jr. blasting Foghorn in the face with his "toy" gun) was cut, although a similar Indian war scene from "Gift Wrapped" was left uncensored on Cartoon Network and Boomerang USA since 2003. The edited version of this cartoon goes from Foghorn digging out of prison (after getting arrested while playing "Cops and Robbers") and suggesting that he and Egghead Jr. play "something less confining" to the sequence where they play pirates with a fake fade-out.[1]
  • On the now-defunct WB! channel, the part where Foghorn and Egghead Jr. play Daniel Boone was shown, but was edited to remove Foghorn pulling the cork on Egghead, Jr.'s gun and getting shot in the face.
  • The recent version on MeTV left in the Daniel Boone part, but edited it slightly to remove the establishing shot of the banner that reads, "Fort Paleface". The short has aired uncut on the network as well as on MeTV Toons.

Notes[]

  • This was the final cartoon to use the original "bullet" sequence for the ending titles, alongside the 1953-55 orange Color Rings. This cartoon was also the last-produced, but not the last-released, before the original studio shut down.
  • This is the second and final cartoon where Miss Prissy has a more extensive vocabulary than her trademark "Ye-eeesss".
  • MeTV aired a restored print of the cartoon in February 2023 on Toon In With Me.

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References[]

Foghorn Leghorn Cartoons
1946 Walky Talky Hawky
1947 Crowing Pains
1948 The Foghorn Leghorn
1949 Henhouse Henery
1950 The Leghorn Blows at MidnightA Fractured Leghorn
1951 Leghorn SwoggledLovelorn Leghorn
1952 Sock a Doodle DoThe EGGcited Rooster
1953 Plop Goes the Weasel!Of Rice and Hen
1954 Little Boy Boo
1955 Feather DustedAll Fowled Up
1956 Weasel StopThe High and the FlightyRaw! Raw! Rooster!
1957 Fox-Terror
1958 Feather BlusterWeasel While You Work
1959 A Broken Leghorn
1960 Crockett-Doodle-DoThe Dixie Fryer
1961 Strangled Eggs
1962 The Slick ChickMother Was a Rooster
1963 Banty Raids
1964 False Hare
1980 The Yolks on You
1996 Superior Duck
1997 Pullet Surprise
2004 Cock-a-Doodle Duel
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