Does anyone remember the movie or the TV show or whatever that?

Question

the character Foghorn Leghorn was based on?
I would be extremely interested in those of you who remember the name of the character? Who played him would be nice too?

Answer 1

Foghorn's voice was created by Mel Blanc and was later performed by Joe Alaskey, Billy Farmer, Greg Burson and Jeff Glen Bennett. It was 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 and later voiced by Jeff Glen Bennett. Foghorn Leghorn used a number of Claghorn's catch phrases, like "That's a joke... I say, that's a joke, son." The references to 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.

Answer 2

I believe Foghorn Leghorn was created after a Southern politician, Senator Claghorn. The senator appeared frequently on the Fred Allen radio show.

Answer 3

Foghorn Leghorn

First appearanceWalky Talky Hawky (August 31st 1946)
Created byRobert McKimson
Voiced byMel Blanc
Joe Alaskey
Bill Farmer (Space Jam)
Greg Burson (current)
Jeff Glen Bennett (current)
Foghorn Leghorn is the name of a character appearing in numerous Warner Brothers animated cartoons, especially Looney Tunes. He is a large, anthropomorphic adult rooster with a strong Southern accent and a penchant for mischief. Foghorn appeared in commercials for Kentucky Fried Chicken and Oscar Meyer.
fondly, Juju

Answer 4

Wally, I loved Foghorn Leghorn and used to walk around imitating him when I was little! How ridiculous I must have looked!!
You can find all you wan to know about him at:

http://onefoggy.tripod.com/flfaqt.html.#who1
If this doesn't work just go to yahoo search and but in Foghorn Leghorn + character and you can pick it up there! Have fun! I'm going back to read about it now! lol!

Answer 5

I just said, to him indoors, that Foghorn Leghorn sounds like a cartoon character and Lo and behold Doubledo comes up with all that info!

Answer 6

Foghorn Leghorn was that rooster. He was a Looney Tunes character and in other Warner Brothers cartooons.

He was played by alot of people:

Mel Blanc
Joe Alaskey
Bill Farmer (Space Jam)
Greg Burson (current)
Jeff Glen Bennett (current)


if you need more info.....just go to wikipedia.com
they have everything on Foghorn

Answer 7

A leghorn is a breed of chicken, and foghorn describes the character's loud, overbearing voice. At its most raucous, it sounds similar to that of Blanc's Yosemite Sam. Both parts of the name also suggest the association with "Senator Claghorn."

The speech patterns of Elrod the Albino, a character in the independent comic book Cerebus the Aardvark are a clear parody of Foghorn Leghorn's.

Foghorn Leghorn is the name of a character appearing in numerous Warner Brothers animated cartoons, especially Looney Tunes. He is a large, anthropomorphic adult rooster with a strong Southern accent and a penchant for mischief. He first appeared in 1946 in a Henery Hawk film entitled Walky Talky Hawky. All of the motion picture Foghorn Leghorn cartoons were directed by Robert McKimson, and the rooster vies with the Tasmanian Devil as the most popular character associated with the director.

Many of the gags involved Foghorn and a canine nemesis (informally known as the The Barnyard Dawg, though on early model sheets his name is given as George P. Dog) engaging in one-upmanship through a series of pranks. Most common among them was Leghorn's taking up a plank of wood, while ambling along humming "Camptown Races" (the only intelligible words being "Doo-DAH! Doo-DAH!"), coming to the sleeping Dawg with his front half inside his doghouse, picking up his tail and rapidly whacking (almost always with eight strokes) his exposed rear end. The dog would give chase, usually with his leash still attached to his collar, until the leash stretched taut and his barking was replaced by an anguished shriek. In rare cases, it's the dog that starts the series of pranks; as such it is somewhat difficult to tell who started the feud. This gag was passed down to the Leghorn's grandson in Feather Bluster, where Foghorn was puzzled as to why the kid was behaving that way and the Dog was all too happy to remind him: "Ain't nothin' wrong with 'im, Foggy, 'cept that he takes after you."

Answer 8

Foghorn Leghorn was a large roster in a cartoon, sometimes he play with Porky Pig!

Answer 9

One of my most fav cartoon characters! His antics with the dog and escaping Henry Hawk were hilarious, not to mention his courting of Miss Prissy [?] - think that was her name.

He was patterned after Senator Claghorn, a self absorbed, meglomanical Southern politician. The Senator used to appear on a radio show of that time.

Answer 10

Oh I remember that cartoon. I can hear and see it now. You know back then those were cartoons that were funny, Porky Pig, Mickey Mouse, Mighty Mouse, Little Lulu, and more. The ones now make no sense and differently not funny.