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Foghorn Leghorn is the name of a character appearing in numerous Warner Brothers Animated Cartoon s, 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 "Barnyard Dawg," though on early Model Sheet s 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''." Other recurring themes throughout the cartoons included the attempts of the diminutive Henery Hawk to catch and eat Foghorn, and the rooster's efforts to woo the widowed hen Miss Prissy (often by babysitting her bookish son, Egghead Jr). Foghorn's voice was created by actor . A toddler version of Foghorn made an appearance in '' Baby Looney Tunes ''. 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." APPEARANCES
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