Among the winners on the list (Bugs, Tweety, Roadrunner), only Foghorn Leghorn takes the role of the aggressor. He gets a kick out of aggravating the Barnyard Dawg, and between them a battle of one-upsmanship usually ensues. Often the naïve Henery Hawk or Prissy are coerced into acting as pawns for the game between them. Unlike many of the others, Foggy only ever worked for Robert McKimson, and his voice and many of his catch phrases were patterned after Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a popular radio character voiced by Kenny Delmar on the Allen's Alley segment of The Fred Allen Show.
The Foghorn Leghorn 1.4
1948 directed by Robert McKimson
Featuring Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, and Barnyard Dawg
Henery Hawk sees his father muscled around by Foghorn and in an attempt to save face he tells his son that Foghorn isn't a chicken. Foghorn spends the rest of the film trying to convince the unbelieving Henery Hawk that he really is a chicken.
Walky Talky Hawky 3.4
1946 directed by Robert McKimson
Featuring Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk, and Barnyard Dawg
Awards
- Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film
Henery Hawk discusses his cravings with his father, who then tells him he is a chicken hawk and as such must feed on chickens. Henery meets Foghorn, who tells him he is a horse and the dog is a chicken. A series of pranks and gags ensue where both the dog and Foghorn argue over who is a chicken.
Trivia
- This was the first appearance of Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg
- Leghorn's imitation of a whinnying horse, effected by pressing a finger against the side of his nose and creating the nasal sound, mimics the technique Mel Blanc actually used to make the sound.
A Broken Leghorn 1.4
1959 directed by Robert McKimson
Featuring Foghorn Leghorn and Prissy
Foghorn Leghorn takes pity on Miss Prissy, whom the other hens are ridiculing because of her inability to lay an egg. To give her confidence, Foggy slips one of the other hen's eggs in Miss Prissy's nest. Before long, the egg hatches a baby rooster.The rooster chick makes a comment Foggy about taking over his job. Foggy fears replacement and decides to kill off the baby rooster.
