Foghorn Leghorn-name of episode 'Plop Goes the Weasel'-Year of production 1953

Foghorn Leghorn is a cartoon rooster who appears in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and films from Warner Bros. Animation.

Foghorn Leghorn's first appearance was in the 1946 Henery Hawk short Walky Talky Hawky. Foghorn's voice was created and originally performed by Mel Blanc and was later performed by Jeff Bergman, Joe Alaskey, Greg Burson, Frank Gorshin, Jeff Bennett, Bill Farmer, and Eric Bauza.

Many of Foghorn's cartoons involve his perennial prank war with Barnyard Dawg (who often addresses Foghorn as "Foggy"), though it is never revealed how or why their feud started in the first place. Foghorn is often the initial aggressor, but unlike most of the other Looney Tunes rivalries, Foghorn pranks Dawg out of sheer self-amusement and Dawg is usually the one with the winning hand in nearly every short they appear together, although both lost in both Walky Talky Hawky and Mother Was a Rooster. But for all of Foghorn's pranks, Dawg is just as adept at retaliation.

Most of the Leghorn cartoons began the same: Foghorn, humming "Camptown Races" to himself and carrying a wooden plank, sneaks up on Dawg while he is sleeping, often facing into his doghouse with his back protruding out the entry hole. Foghorn then pulls Dawg up by his tail and uses the plank to give him a whacking on his rear (in nearly every cartoon Foghorn gives Dawg eight whacks), at which point the angered Dawg chases after Foghorn barking, but can only go as far as the rope to which he is tied, which either yanks him back or stops him. In the latter case, he keeps barking at Foghorn who tells him, "Aah-h, sha-daahhp!" or does something to Dawg to force him to stop.

Despite their feud, Foghorn and Dawg show to get along in a few times, usually joining forces to defeat somebody who caused problems to both (e.g. Daffy Duck in The High and the Flighty or a fox in Fox-Terror).

In the 1958 short Feather Bluster the prank feud was passed down to Dawg's and Foghorn's respective grandsons, and the now-elderly Foghorn was puzzled as to why the little leghorn was behaving the way he was, but the elderly Dawg was only too happy to point out there's nothing wrong with him, except that "he takes after you."

"Foggy" and others
Other recurring themes throughout the cartoons included the attempts of the naive and diminutive Henery Hawk to catch and eat a chicken and Foghorn usually tricking him into believe that he is another animal and that Dawg is a chicken; and Foghorn's own efforts to woo the widowed hen Miss Prissy, often by babysitting her studious son, Egghead Jr. Foghorn was joined in a few episodes by a weasel called "Bill" who initially attempted to eat him but ended up joining forces to outwit the aforementioned canine.

[oldgordo]

I say that dog is busier than a centipede in a toe counting contest. That line cracks me up.

[joseHernandez-xcix]

Turned 54 years old last friday and these are still some of my favorite Cartoonies 😍 😊

[BradleyPilkerton]

I love fog leghorn rest in peace mel blanc

[brucea]

An interesting piece of trivia is that Foghorn Leghorn was (indirectly) based on a real person. There was a radio program in the 1940s with a fictional character named Senator Claghorn. Foghorn's manner of speaking and the expressions he used were adapted from Senator Claghorn. In turn the actor who played Senator Claghorn used a Texas farmer as the inspiration for Senator Claghorn's manner of speaking.

[coringraham]

Dog: Here, Hold these while I open the gate.
Weasel: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah!
Dog: The Weasel! Oh no you don't. Come back here!

[MrMaWis-xhzr]

Own them on DVD 📀 📀📀
No one can ever cancel them, and I can watch them any time I want...
😂

[matthewbuckley]

Man the old cartoons were amazing and funny, I miss the old days even though I was born in the 90’s

[jaykoblue]

Foghorn will find any excuse to drive Barnyard Dawg batty.

[jacobspowell]

1:34 HERE CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK CHICK HERE CHICK!

[TravonJamelGreen]

Dawg:"oh no you don't! Come back here! Now beat it!" 😡 (Dawg kicks the weasel)

[Collageman]

That Weasel would become the inspiration for the Detective Comics Weasel in today's world.

[adamb]

I first saw this when I was 4 years old and the thought of him being cooked alive actually gave me nightmares. Weird I know.

[buzzkill]

3:58 yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

[RexFreelen]

3:32 All right. All right, I'll put yours back.

[bsgambati]

3:37 He said he wanted to be put back in, but he didn't say how.

[ZyierLincoln-wyxw]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂❤❤❤❤❤❤😂😂😂😂❤❤❤ 2:50/3:14

[logantrimble]

Lego metroid next. Please make it happen, Lego and Nintendo.

[Warbird-]

The date on the clip is actually 1952 .... just saying 😜