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'''''The Leghorn Blows at Midnight''''' is a 1950 [[Foghorn Leghorn]] cartoon made by [[Warner Bros.]] and directed by [[Robert McKimson]] featuring [[Henery Hawk]] and the [[Barnyard Dawg]].
  
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|previous = [[Big House Bunny]]
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|next = [[His Bitter Half]]
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|image = Screenshot 2021-01-16 at 1.15.39 PM.png
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|airdate = 6 May 1950 <br/><br/>'''[[Blue Ribbon]] reissue:''' <br/>2 November 1957<ref>https://archive.org/details/boxofficebaromet00boxo_7/page/152/mode/2up</ref>
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|renewed = 12 January 1976<ref>https://archive.org/details/1976motionpictur3301213libr/page/117/mode/1up?view=theater</ref>
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|runtime = 7 min. 17 sec.
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|series = [[Looney Tunes]]
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|mpaa = 13374
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|prodno = 1116<br>1504 (reissue)
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|starring = [[Foghorn Leghorn]]<br>[[Henery Hawk]]<br>[[Barnyard Dawg]]
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|voice = [[Mel Blanc]]
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|director = [[Robert McKimson]]
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|producer = [[Eddie Selzer]] (uncredited)
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|writer = [[Warren Foster]]
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|animators = [[Charles McKimson]]<br>[[Phil DeLara]]<br>[[Rod Scribner]]<br>[[Emery Hawkins]]<br>[[Bill Melendez|J.C. Melendez]]
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|layout = [[Cornett Wood]]
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|background = [[Richard H. Thomas]]
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|editor = [[Treg Brown]] (uncredited)
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|musician = [[Carl W. Stalling|Carl Stalling]]
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|video = Leghorn Blows at Midnight
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'''The Leghorn Blows at Midnight''' is a [[1950]] ''[[Looney Tunes]]'' short directed by [[Robert McKimson]].
   
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==Plot==
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== Title ==
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The title is a play on the 1945 Warner Bros. film ''The Horn Blows at Midnight''.
   
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== Plot ==
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Henery the chicken hawk arrives back on the farm, in the process he disturbs the antics of Foghorn Leghorn. Foghorn then fools the chicken hawk into thinking he has painted him invisible and sends the naive little after "Pheasent Under Glass" which turns out to be the barnyard dog.
  
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[[Foghorn Leghorn|Foghorn]] and [[Barnyard Dawg]] goes on their usual duel as [[Henery Hawk]] stumbles upon the barn. Henery wrangles Dawg as the chickenhawk confuses the dog as a chicken. However, Dawg points out to Henery that he needs to go after Foghorn, and can do so by setting up curious traps.
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[[Category:Short films]]
  
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[[Category:Animated short films]]
  
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Henery builds a pumpkin catapult, which Foghorn helps out. After being given a match, Henery starts to activate the catapult. Foghorn walks away, then wonders why a pumpkin is tied to a rope; before he could finish, the pumpkin is flung right into his head, sending rolling into the wall remarking, "Ask a silly question! Get a silly answer!" Henery drags him by the toe and Foghorn yells him to let go of his toe and he removes the pumpkin from his head and begs him not take him. Foghorn then fools the chicken hawk into going after a "pheasant under glass," the Dawg.
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Sending a glass cover over, Henery smashes the dog with the cover, causing him to run out of his doghouse barking while Foghorn continues his antics with the dog. Foghorn applies "vanishing cream" on Henery to pretend that the chickenhawk is invisible, but the cream itself only vanishes. Needless to say, Dawg is quick to chase after the chickenhawk until he gets choked by his leash.
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Finally, Henery comes back up to Dawg, but Dawg convinces him of a plan to get Foghorn instead. Dawg barks to alert Foghorn where he is, and when Foghorn arrives, Dawg steals his metal cover and hammer and bangs his head on it. Realizing that he has been hornswoggled, the two begins to fight. As Henery watches the duel, he has set up a boiling cauldron where he plans to fricassee the loser.
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== Television ==
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* ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]'' (1960-1968; 1971-1975)
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* ''The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour'' (1968-1971; 1975-1976)
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* ''The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show'' (1976-1985)
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* ''Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon'' (1988-1989; 1992-1995; 1998-1999)
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* ''Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends'' [Syndication] (1990-1992)
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* ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'' (1995-1997)
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* ''Acme Hour'' [Cartoon Network] (1999-2003)
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* ''The Bugs and Daffy Show'' [Cartoon Network] (1999-2004)
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* ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' [Boomerang] (2000-2002)
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* ''[[The Looney Tunes Show (2001 TV Series)|The Looney Tunes Show]]'' [Cartoon Network] (2001-2004)
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* ''Looney Tunes on Boomerang'' (2003-2005; 2013-present)
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* ''Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network'' (2011-2015)
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* ''Bugs Bunny and Friends'' [Me TV] (2021-present)
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* ''Toon In with Me'' [Me TV] (2021-present)
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== Availability ==
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<gallery>
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Lt flff.jpg|(1986) VHS <br/>''[[Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies]]''
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Lt flff beta.jpg|(1986) Beta <br/>''[[Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies]]''
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Lt ltc fl.jpg|(1996) VHS <br/>''[[Looney Tunes Collection#Foghorn Leghorn|Foghorn Leghorn]]''
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File:Foghorn Leghorn Vhs.webp|(2003) VHS <br/> [[Foghorn Leghorn (2003)|''Foghorn Leghorn'']]
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346061 front.jpg|(2023) Blu-ray <br>''[[Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2]]'' (restored)
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</gallery>
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===Streaming===
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<gallery>
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Lt boomerang.jpg|[[Boomerang]] App (2018 - )
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Lt hbo max.jpg|[[HBO Max]] (2020 - 2023) (restored) <!--Was available 4 November 2020-->
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lt max.jpg|[[Max]] (2023 - 2024) (restored)
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Lt itunes.jpg|iTunes ( - ) (restored)
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</gallery>
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==Censorship==
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[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' edited the following scenes:<ref>The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page: K-L http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-k-l.aspx</ref>
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*Barnyard Dawg getting strangled by his rope after getting pied in the face was replaced with a shot of Foghorn Leghorn sitting on a fence and looking off-screen, though the other scenes of Barnyard Dawg getting strangled by his rope were left intact.
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* The fight near the end between Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg, going immediately to Henery Hawk cheering them on after Foghorn says, "I've been, I say, I've been hornswoggled."
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==Notes==
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*Beginning from this cartoon, Foghorn is taller and a little thinner compared to his earliest appearances in the 1940s cartoons, while still retaining a plump gut and stature.
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*After Foghorn sends Henry off for the final time, at the 5 minute and 54 second mark, he very briefly looks towards the camera and opens his mouth before the next shot is shown, almost as if there was a line which got cut during production, perhaps for pacing reasons.
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== Gallery==
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LeghornMidnightRestoredSmall.jpeg|Cropped screenshot of 2020 restoration
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Drawing (7).png|Title card (low quality)
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Screenshot 2021-01-16 at 1.15.39 PM.png|Title card (HBO Max HD expanded version)
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Screenshot 2021-01-16 at 1.16.21 PM.png
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Screenshot 2021-01-16 at 1.16.28 PM.png
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TheLeghornBlowsAtMidnightLobbyCard.jpg|[[Lobby Cards|Lobby card]]
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TheLeghornBlowsAtMidnightLeadSheet1.jpg
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TheLeghornBlowsAtMidnightLeadSheet2.jpg
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TheLeghornBlowsAtMidnightLeadSheet3.jpg
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TheLeghornBlowsAtMidnightLeadSheet4.jpg
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</gallery>
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===TV Title Cards ===
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<gallery>
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Screenshot 2021-03-15 at 2.23.00 PM.png|''[[The Bugs Bunny Show|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show]]''
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</gallery>
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==References==
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{{FoghornLeghornShorts}}
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{{HeneryHawkShorts}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leghorn Blows at Midnight, The}}
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[[Category:Foghorn Leghorn Cartoons]]
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[[Category:1950]]
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[[Category:Shorts]]
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[[Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson]]
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[[Category:Blue Ribbon reissues]]
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[[Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist]]
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[[Category:Looney Tunes Shorts]]
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[[Category:Henery Hawk Cartoons]]
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[[Category:Barnyard Dawg Cartoons]]
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[[Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster]]
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[[Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson]]
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[[Category:Cartoons animated by Emery Hawkins]]
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[[Category:Cartoons animated by Bill Melendez]]
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[[Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood]]
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[[Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas]]
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[[Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc]]
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[[Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling]]
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[[Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn]]
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[[Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown]]
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[[Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown]]
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[[Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer]]

Latest revision as of 12:44, 2 March 2024

The Leghorn Blows at Midnight is a 1950 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.

Title

The title is a play on the 1945 Warner Bros. film The Horn Blows at Midnight.

Plot

Foghorn and Barnyard Dawg goes on their usual duel as Henery Hawk stumbles upon the barn. Henery wrangles Dawg as the chickenhawk confuses the dog as a chicken. However, Dawg points out to Henery that he needs to go after Foghorn, and can do so by setting up curious traps.

Henery builds a pumpkin catapult, which Foghorn helps out. After being given a match, Henery starts to activate the catapult. Foghorn walks away, then wonders why a pumpkin is tied to a rope; before he could finish, the pumpkin is flung right into his head, sending rolling into the wall remarking, "Ask a silly question! Get a silly answer!" Henery drags him by the toe and Foghorn yells him to let go of his toe and he removes the pumpkin from his head and begs him not take him. Foghorn then fools the chicken hawk into going after a "pheasant under glass," the Dawg.

Sending a glass cover over, Henery smashes the dog with the cover, causing him to run out of his doghouse barking while Foghorn continues his antics with the dog. Foghorn applies "vanishing cream" on Henery to pretend that the chickenhawk is invisible, but the cream itself only vanishes. Needless to say, Dawg is quick to chase after the chickenhawk until he gets choked by his leash.

Finally, Henery comes back up to Dawg, but Dawg convinces him of a plan to get Foghorn instead. Dawg barks to alert Foghorn where he is, and when Foghorn arrives, Dawg steals his metal cover and hammer and bangs his head on it. Realizing that he has been hornswoggled, the two begins to fight. As Henery watches the duel, he has set up a boiling cauldron where he plans to fricassee the loser.

Television

  • The Bugs Bunny Show (1960-1968; 1971-1975)
  • The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour (1968-1971; 1975-1976)
  • The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show (1976-1985)
  • Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon (1988-1989; 1992-1995; 1998-1999)
  • Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends [Syndication] (1990-1992)
  • The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1995-1997)
  • Acme Hour [Cartoon Network] (1999-2003)
  • The Bugs and Daffy Show [Cartoon Network] (1999-2004)
  • The Bugs Bunny Show [Boomerang] (2000-2002)
  • The Looney Tunes Show [Cartoon Network] (2001-2004)
  • Looney Tunes on Boomerang (2003-2005; 2013-present)
  • Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network (2011-2015)
  • Bugs Bunny and Friends [Me TV] (2021-present)
  • Toon In with Me [Me TV] (2021-present)

Availability 

Streaming

Censorship

ABC's The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show edited the following scenes:[3]

  • Barnyard Dawg getting strangled by his rope after getting pied in the face was replaced with a shot of Foghorn Leghorn sitting on a fence and looking off-screen, though the other scenes of Barnyard Dawg getting strangled by his rope were left intact.
  • The fight near the end between Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg, going immediately to Henery Hawk cheering them on after Foghorn says, "I've been, I say, I've been hornswoggled."

Notes

  • Beginning from this cartoon, Foghorn is taller and a little thinner compared to his earliest appearances in the 1940s cartoons, while still retaining a plump gut and stature.
  • After Foghorn sends Henry off for the final time, at the 5 minute and 54 second mark, he very briefly looks towards the camera and opens his mouth before the next shot is shown, almost as if there was a line which got cut during production, perhaps for pacing reasons.

Gallery

TV Title Cards

References

  1. ↑ https://archive.org/details/boxofficebaromet00boxo_7/page/152/mode/2up
  2. ↑ https://archive.org/details/1976motionpictur3301213libr/page/117/mode/1up?view=theater
  3. ↑ The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page: K-L http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-k-l.aspx
Foghorn Leghorn Cartoons
1946 Walky Talky Hawky
1947 Crowing Pains
1948 The Foghorn Leghorn
1949 Henhouse Henery
1950 The Leghorn Blows at Midnight • A Fractured Leghorn
1951 Leghorn Swoggled • Lovelorn Leghorn
1952 Sock a Doodle Do • The EGGcited Rooster
1953 Plop Goes the Weasel! • Of Rice and Hen
1954 Little Boy Boo
1955 Feather Dusted • All Fowled Up
1956 Weasel Stop • The High and the Flighty • Raw! Raw! Rooster!
1957 Fox-Terror
1958 Feather Bluster • Weasel While You Work
1959 A Broken Leghorn
1960 Crockett-Doodle-Do • The Dixie Fryer
1961 Strangled Eggs
1962 The Slick Chick • Mother 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
Henery Hawk Cartoons
1942 The Squawkin' Hawk
1946 Walky Talky Hawky
1947 Crowing Pains
1948 You Were Never Duckier • The Foghorn Leghorn
1949 Henhouse Henery
1950 The Scarlet Pumpernickel • The Leghorn Blows at Midnight
1951 Leghorn Swoggled
1952 The EGGcited Rooster
1955 All Fowled Up
1961 Strangled Eggs
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