Foghorn Leghorn

Foghorn Leghorn is an animated chicken appearing in numerous Warner Brothers cartoons.

Origin
He first appeared in 1946 in a Henery Hawk film entitled Walky Talky Hawky.

Work
Foghorn Leghorn is considered a significant Looney Tunes character, whose sidekick was The Barnyard Dog. All of the motion picture Foghorn Leghorn cartoons were directed by Robert McKimson.

Design
His voice was created by actor Mel Blanc, heavily patterned after the character of Senator Claghorn, a blustering southern politician who was a regular character on the Fred Allen radio show. Senator Claghorn was created and voiced by radio comedian Kenny Delmar. Foghorn Leghorn also used a number of Claghorn's catch phrases, like "That's a joke, son". The references to Senator Claghorn were obvious to much of the audience when the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons first premiered but like many of the references in WB cartoons of the era they have since become dated and "go over the heads" of most modern-day audiences.

Name
A leghorn is a breed of chicken, and foghorn describes the character's piercing, monotonous voice.

Quotes

 * "That woman has a mouth like an outboard motor. Put-Put-Put-Put-Put-Put-Put
 * "Go away, boy, ya bother me!"
 * "That boy's as bout' as sharp as a bowling ball."
 * "Boy's got a muth like a cannon. Always shooting it off."
 * "Don - ah say - don't bother me, Dawg. Can't you see I'm thinkin'?"
 * "Hey, whatcha making there boy? Looks like sodi-pop. Hyuk yuk! Watch it fizz!! KA-BLAM"
 * That was about as subtle as a hand grenade in a barrel of oatmeal.