Lovelorn Leghorn

1951 film

Lovelorn Leghorn

Directed by| Robert McKimson
Story by| Tedd Pierce
Produced by| Edward Selzer (uncr.)
Starring| Mel Blanc
Bea Benaderet
(uncredited)
Music by| Music Score:
Eugene Poddany
Orchestrations:
Milt Franklyn
Animation by| Phil DeLara
Charles McKimson
Rod Scribner
Emery Hawkins
Additional animation:
John Carey (uncr.)[1]
Layouts by| Cornett Wood
Backgrounds by| Richard H. Thomas
Color process| Technicolor

Production
company

Warner Bros. Cartoons

Distributed by| Warner Bros. Pictures
The Vitaphone Corporation

Release date

* September 8, 1951 (1951-09-08) (USA)

Running time

| 7 minutes
Language| English

Lovelorn Leghorn is a 1951 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[2] The cartoon was released on September 8, 1951, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy and the Barnyard Dawg.[3]

## Plot

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Miss Prissy is trying to land a husband. All the other hens laugh, and make fun of her, saying she couldn't catch a husband with a bear trap. When they ask Prissy if she has something to clunk him on the head with, Prissy hears them, says "Yes", and pulls out a rolling pin. And with that, she leaves the coop ignoring the other hens laughing.

Meanwhile, Foghorn Leghorn is taking a nap in the sun. The Barnyard Dawg sees his chance, and splashes cold water, thus waking the rooster up with a shock and scream. When he demands who's responsible, the dog reveals himself by poking him in the shoulder. Just when the rooster's about to catch him, he closes Foggy's umbrella on him. Foghorn then says the popular line as the dog walks away, "'Course ya know, this means war!" meaning their battle has already started.

Miss Prissy then catches up to Foghorn as he is sharpening an axe on a wheel. She whacks him on the head with her rolling pin, which causes him to yell at her, "Now what, I say, what's the big idea bashing me on the noggin with a rolling pin? Clunk enough people and we'll have a nation of lumpheads!". After Prissy cries, Foghorn consoles her and ropes her into thinking the Dawg is a rooster in disguise.

Taking a melon over to the Dawg, Prissy then entices him to chase her, resulting in the dog getting the melon smashed on his head and kicked like a football by Foghorn. When Prissy tries to get the 'dog suit' off of Dawg ("Hey, wait a minute! What are ya tryin' to do? Pull my skin offa me?!"), he explains to her that she needs to trap Foghorn, and he whispers to her how to build a trap. When trying to help Prissy put a bowling ball in a ramp, Foghorn inadvertently triggers the trap, which turns into out to be a Rube Goldberg machine, eventually knocking Foghorn out cold with a cannonball.

Prissy then returns to the other hens with Foghorn in a market basket, where he is still knocked silly. The cartoon irises out with Prissy hugging her new 'husband' after he says his usual catchphrase, when the hens ask Prissy if she has a husband in the basket.

## References

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1. ^ "Robert McKimson's "Lovelorn Leghorn" (1951) |".
2. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 226\. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 81–82\. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.

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Foghorn Leghorn in animation

Short films|

* Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
* Crowing Pains (1947)
* The Foghorn Leghorn (1948)
* Henhouse Henery (1949)
* The Leghorn Blows at Midnight (1950)
* A Fractured Leghorn (1950)
* Leghorn Swoggled (1951)
* Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
* Sock a Doodle Do (1952)
* The EGGcited Rooster (1952)
* Plop Goes the Weasel (1953)
* Of Rice and Hen (1953)
* Little Boy Boo (1954)
* Feather Dusted (1955)
* All Fowled Up (1955)
* Weasel Stop (1956)
* The High and the Flighty (1956)
* Raw! Raw! Rooster! (1956)
* Fox-Terror (1957)
* Feather Bluster (1958)
* Weasel While You Work (1958)
* A Broken Leghorn (1959)
* Crockett-Doodle-Do (1960)
* The Dixie Fryer (1960)
* Strangled Eggs (1961)
* The Slick Chick (1962)
* Mother Was a Rooster (1962)
* Banty Raids (1963)
* False Hare (1964)
* Bugs Bunny's Christmas Carol (1979; cameo)
* The Yolk's on You (1980)
* Carrotblanca (1995; cameo)
* Superior Duck (1996; cameo)
* Pullet Surprise (1997)
* Cock-A-Doodle Duel (2004)

Feature films|

| Theatrical|

* The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)
* Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988; cameo)
* Space Jam (1996)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003; cameo)
* Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
* Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022; cameo)
* Coyote vs. Acme (2026)

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Direct-to-video|

* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000)
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006; cameo)
* Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)

TV series|

* Baby Looney Tunes (2002-2005)
* The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
* New Looney Tunes (2015–2020)
* Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
* Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)
* Tiny Toons Looniversity (2023–present)

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Barnyard Dawg in animation

Short films|

* Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
* One Meat Brawl (1947)
* Crowing Pains (1947)
* The Foghorn Leghorn (1948)
* Daffy Duck Hunt (1949)
* Henhouse Henery (1949)
* The Leghorn Blows at Midnight (1950)
* A Bone for a Bone (1951)
* Leghorn Swoggled (1951)
* Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
* Sock a Doodle Do (1952)
* The EGGcited Rooster (1952)
* Plop Goes the Weasel (1953)
* Of Rice and Hen (1953)
* All Fowled Up (1955)
* The High and the Flighty (1956)
* Fox-Terror (1957)
* Don't Axe Me (1958)
* Feather Bluster (1958)
* Weasel While You Work (1958)
* Gopher Broke (1958)
* Mother Was a Rooster (1962)
* Banty Raids (1963)
* Carrotblanca (1995; cameo)

Feature films|

* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)
* Space Jam (1996)
* Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003; cameo)
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006; cameo)

TV series|

* Baby Looney Tunes (2002-2005)
* The Looney Tunes Show (2011–2013)
* Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020–2024)
* Bugs Bunny Builders (2022–present)

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Miss Prissy in animation

Short films|

* An Egg Scramble (1950)
* Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
* Of Rice and Hen (1953)
* Little Boy Boo (1954)
* Feather Dusted (1955)
* A Broken Leghorn (1959)
* Strangled Eggs (1961)
* The Yolk's on You (1980)
* Carrotblanca (1995; cameo)

Feature films|

* Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983)
* Space Jam (1996; cameo)
* Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000)
* Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006; cameo)

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Films directed by Robert McKimson

Short subjects|

| 1940s|

* The Return of Mr. Hook (1945)
* Tale of Two Mice (1945)
* Hare Remover (1946)
* Daffy Doodles (1946)
* Hollywood Canine Canteen (1946)
* Acrobatty Bunny (1946)
* Walky Talky Hawky (1946)
* The Mouse-Merized Cat (1946)
* One Meat Brawl (1947)
* Birth of a Notion (1947)
* Hobo Bobo (1947)
* Easter Yeggs (1947)
* Crowing Pains (1947)
* A Horse Fly Fleas (1947)
* Gorilla My Dreams (1948)
* Daffy Duck Slept Here (1948)
* Hop, Look and Listen (1948)
* The Up-Standing Sitter (1948)
* The Shell Shocked Egg (1948)
* Hot Cross Bunny (1948)
* The Foghorn Leghorn (1948)
* A-Lad-In His Lamp (1948)
* Paying the Piper (1949)
* Daffy Duck Hunt (1949)
* Rebel Rabbit (1949)
* Henhouse Henery (1949)
* The Grey Hounded Hare (1949)
* The Windblown Hare (1949)
* Swallow the Leader (1949)
* Hippety Hopper (1949)
* A Ham in a Role (1949)

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1950s|

* Hurdy-Gurdy Hare (1950)
* Boobs in the Woods (1950)
* Strife with Father (1950)
* The Leghorn Blows at Midnight (1950)
* An Egg Scramble (1950)
* What's Up, Doc? (1950)
* It's Hummer Time (1950)
* Hillbilly Hare (1950)
* A Fractured Leghorn (1950)
* Pop 'im Pop! (1950)
* Bushy Hare (1950)
* Dog Collared (1950)
* Hare We Go (1951)
* A Fox in a Fix (1951)
* Corn Plastered (1951)
* Early to Bet (1951)
* French Rarebit (1951)
* Leghorn Swoggled (1951)
* Lovelorn Leghorn (1951)
* Sleepy Time Possum (1951)
* Big Top Bunny (1951)
* The Prize Pest (1951)
* Who's Kitten Who? (1952)
* Thumb Fun (1952)
* Kiddin' The Kitten (1952)
* Sock a Doodle Do (1952)
* The Turn-Tale Wolf (1952)
* Oily Hare (1952)
* Hoppy Go Lucky (1952)
* The EGGcited Rooster (1952)
* The Super Snooper (1952)
* Rabbit's Kin (1952)
* Fool Coverage (1952)
* Upswept Hare (1953)
* A Peck o' Trouble (1953)
* Muscle Tussle (1953)
* There Auto Be a Law (1953)
* Plop Goes the Weasel (1953)
* Cat-Tails for Two (1953)
* Easy Peckin's (1953)
* Of Rice and Hen (1953)
* Cat's A-weigh (1953)
* Wild Wife (1954)
* Design for Leaving (1954)
* Bell Hoppy (1954)
* No Parking Hare (1954)
* Little Boy Boo (1954)
* Devil May Hare (1954)
* The Oily American (1954)
* Gone Batty (1954)
* Quack Shot (1954)
* Feather Dusted (1955)
* All Fowled Up (1955)
* Lighthouse Mouse (1955)
* The Hole Idea (1955)
* Dime to Retire (1955)
* Too Hop To Handle (1956)
* Weasel Stop (1956)
* The High and the Flighty (1956)
* Mixed Master (1956)
* The Unexpected Pest (1956)
* Stupor Duck (1956)
* Half-Fare Hare (1956)
* Raw! Raw! Rooster! (1956)
* The Slap-Hoppy Mouse (1956)
* Wideo Wabbit (1956)
* The Honey-Mousers (1956)
* Bedevilled Rabbit (1957)
* Cheese It, the Cat! (1957)
* Fox-Terror (1957)
* Boston Quackie (1957)
* Tabasco Road (1957)
* Ducking the Devil (1957)
* Mouse-Taken Identity (1957)
* Rabbit Romeo (1957)
* Don't Axe Me (1958)
* Tortilla Flaps (1958)
* Feather Bluster (1958)
* Now Hare This (1958)
* Dog Tales (1958)
* Weasel While You Work (1958)
* Pre-Hysterical Hare (1958)
* Gopher Broke (1958)
* Mouse-Placed Kitten (1959)
* China Jones (1959)
* The Mouse That Jack Built (1959)
* A Mutt in a Rut (1959)
* Backwoods Bunny (1959)
* Cat's Paw (1959)
* Bonanza Bunny (1959)
* A Broken Leghorn (1959)
* People Are Bunny (1959)

1960s|

* West of the Pesos (1960)
* Wild Wild World (1960)
* Crockett-Doodle-Do (1960)
* Mice Follies (1960)
* The Dixie Fryer (1960)
* Dog Gone People (1960)
* Cannery Woe (1961)
* Hoppy Daze (1961)
* Strangled Eggs (1961)
* Birds of a Father (1961)
* Daffy's Inn Trouble (1961)
* What's My Lion? (1961)
* Wet Hare (1962)
* Fish and Slips (1962)
* Bill of Hare (1962)
* The Slick Chick (1962)
* Mother Was a Rooster (1962)
* Good Noose (1962)
* Fast Buck Duck (1963)
* The Million Hare (1963)
* Banty Raids (1963)
* Aqua Duck (1963)
* Claws in the Lease (1963)
* A Message to Gracias (1964)
* Bartholomew Versus the Wheel (1964)
* Freudy Cat (1964)
* Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare (1964)
* False Hare (1964)
* Moby Duck (1965)
* Assault and Peppered (1965)
* Well Worn Daffy (1965)
* Suppressed Duck (1965)
* Rushing Roulette (1965)
* Tease for Two (1965)
* Chili Corn Corny (1965)
* Go Go Amigo (1965)
* The Astroduck (1966)
* Mucho Locos (1966)
* Mexican Mousepiece (1966)
* Daffy Rents (1966)
* A-Haunting We Will Go (1966)
* Snow Excuse (1966)
* Cock-A-Doodle Deux Deux (1966)
* A Squeak in the Deep (1966)
* Feather Finger (1966)
* Swing Ding Amigo (1966)
* Sugar and Spies (1966)
* A Taste of Catnip (1966)
* Toulouse La Trick (1966)
* Daffy's Diner (1967)
* Le Quiet Squad (1967)
* Bomb Voyage (1967)
* Bunny and Claude (We Rob Carrot Patches) (1968)
* The Great Carrot Train Robbery (1969)
* Fistic Mystic (1969)
* Rabbit Stew and Rabbits Too! (1969)
* Shamrock and Roll (1969)
* Bugged by a Bee (1969)
* Injun Trouble (1969)

1970s|

* Pink DaVinci (1975)
* It's Pink, But Is It Mink? (1975)
* Mystic Pink (1976)
* The Pink Pro (1976)
* Sherlock Pink (1976)

TV shows|

* The Oddball Couple (1975)
* Misterjaw (1976)
* Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (1977)

People|

* Charles McKimson (brother)
* Thomas McKimson (brother)

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