Simply A Masterpiece

Don't Believe the Hype

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

this 7-minute cartoon from over 65 years ago was never really among my favorites of his. It's one of his earlier films and in my opinion this one has just too many characters and too little fun for such a short runtime. It's Warner Bros, so of course Mel Blanc does all the voices again, but the writer-director duo are not Jones/Maltese this time, but McKimson and Foster, both very successful in their own right as well. Foghorn attempts to prove to a young chicken hawk that he is indeed a chicken. He has to do so after he beat up the hawk's daddy and the daddy says he is not a chicken to avoid the embarrassment. Sadly for Foghorn, this fight with the haws's daddy was his only glorious moment in here. He gets owned a lot afterward, by the small chicken hawk, but also by the dog living on the farm. All in all, not one of the greatest Warner Bros cartoons and not even among the best Foghorn Loghorn films. Not recommended.

"The Foghorn Leghorn," directed by Bob McKimson, is a very good Warner Bros. cartoon starring Henery Hawk, Foghorn Leghorn, and Barnyard Dog. Henery's dad tries to dissuade him from pursuing chickens, but Henery, being a chicken hawk, has never even seen a chicken and is filled with a great curiosity. He decides he HAS to see for himself just what a chicken looks like and subsequently capture it for supper.My favorite moments from "The Foghorn Leghorn" include the following. When Henery's dad tries to steal some hens, the hens all react in horror; one hen in particular drops dead to display her rather unglamorous knickers. In trying to prove himself a chicken (and NOT a loudmouthed schnook) to Henery, Foghorn Leghorn speaks in his usual overbearing Southern drawl and repeatedly applies some wildly exaggerated gestures to inadvertently beat up on Barnyard Dog, whom Henery mistakes for a chicken.All those who get a big kick out of Foghorn Leghorn will appreciate this self-titled cartoon, in which that bigmouthed rooster really gets a chance to shine. It's especially funny to see Foghorn display an overly confident demeanor, only to have his bravado backfire on him every time, thus making a jackass of himself.

In his debut short 'Walky Talky Hawky' Henry Hawk was actually the star of the short but Mr. I SAY I SAY Leghorn stole the show and now he is the star and this is his first starring role. The premise here is similar to Walky Talky Hawky but it's still humorous.3(***)out of 4(****)stars

Classic short is what this is. Foghorn Leghorn is a great character and always provides a good laugh in his shorts. As opposed to trying to trick Henry Chickenhawk into thinking he is not a chicken, he does the opposite. And what are the results? Laughter.