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Mother Was a Rooster is a 1962 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson. [1] The cartoon was released on October 20, 1962, and features Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg. [2] The voices are performed by Mel Blanc.
[citation needed] A 2006 picture book adaptation by Jerry Pinkney was well-received for similar reasons. An animated adaptation of the story titled The Wise Little Hen was produced by Walt Disney Productions in 1934. It is notable for the first appearance of Donald Duck as one of the lazy animals who refuses to help the hen.
McKimson's comic equation of rooster plus board plus dog's butt may lack the poetic elegance of comic-strip artist George Herriman's mouse plus brick plus Krazy Kat's head. However, the merry brutality worked well enough to ensure seventeen years of constant laughs — and in the case of Walky Talky Hawky , an Academy Award nomination."
A curmudgeon old rooster expels a young, pint-sized (bantam, aka "banty") rooster — who fancies himself as a hip beatnik and ladies' man — from the barnyard after repeatedly disturbing the peace with rock music. The banty, after regaining his senses (and shooting his guitar), sees the neighboring barnyard is full of hens and is immediately ...
The Slick Chick is a 1962 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson. [1] The cartoon was released on July 21, 1962, and features Foghorn Leghorn. [2]
Strangled Eggs is a Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed by Robert McKimson. [1] The cartoon was released on March 18, 1961, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk and Miss Prissy. [2]
Weasel While You Work is a 1958 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson. [2] The cartoon was released on September 6, 1958, and features Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg. [3]
Feather Bluster is a 1958 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies animated short directed by Robert McKimson. [1] The cartoon was released on May 10, 1958, and features Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg.