A Fractured Leghorn

A Fractured Leghorn is a 1950 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson.[1] The cartoon was released on September 16, 1950, and features Foghorn Leghorn.[2]

A Fractured Leghorn
Directed byRobert McKimson
Produced byEdward Selzer
(uncredited)
Story byWarren Foster
StarringMel Blanc
Music byCarl Stalling
Animation byRod Scribner
Phil DeLara
J.C. Melendez
Charles McKimson
Layouts byCornett Wood
Backgrounds byPhil De Guard
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
September 16, 1950
Running time
7:00
LanguageEnglish

Foghorn is in pursuit of a snack of earthworm, but if he wants the worm he will have to outwit a cat. As usual, Foghorn is voiced by Mel Blanc, as is the cat.

That is one of few Foghorn cartoons where Leghorn is not put at odds with Henery Hawk and/or the Barnyard Dawg.

Plot

The cat is fishing in a pond. The fish may not catch the hooks, since he is lacking a worm as bait. The cat searches for a worm. A worm is trying avoid Foghorn and is almost cornered by both Foghorn and the cat but both chasers run into each other. Foghorn scolds the cat for chasing after his food and pushes him around.

To get Foghorn out of the way, the cat disguises one of his fingers as a worm and lures Foghorn so that his head is caught under a hole in the fence and a whirling wheel operated by a fan splashes paint on his face. The cat chases the worm around a tractor and tries to send him out of the fuel line by blowing through the exhaust tail. Foghorn shows up and starts the tractor putting a lot of smoke in the cat's mouth. The cat tries to grab an axe, but Foghorn snatches it off him.

The cat spots the worm and chases him. The cat puts his finger down a hole, but the worm bites it. As the cat tries to blow out the worm with a pump, Foghorn once again interrupts him and pushes him around. As Foghorn tries to blow out the worm, the cat grabs the worm and begins to fish. The worm is about to do his part by force, when Foghorn comes out of the pond, takes the worm and yet again scolds and pushes the cat around.

Foghorn decides to divide the worm into two halves, but the worm will not cooperate. As Foghorn scolds and pushes the cat around for the last time, the cat fed up with Foghorn's non-stop chatter, tells him to shut up and slams him to the ground with a trash can. Foghorn still continues talking after the cat walks off.

References
  1. Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 215. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 81–82. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
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