Pullet Surprise (film)

Pullet Surprise
Looney Tunes series
a promotional poster for Pullet Surprise
Directed by	Darrell Van Citters
Produced by	Chuck Jones
Story by	Stephen Fossatti and Darrell Van Citters
Voices by	Frank Gorshin and Stan Freberg
Music by	Dominick Certo J. Eric Schmidt
Animation by	Joe Achorn Edy Benjamin Munir Bhatti Thomas E. Decker Patrick Gleeson Duane Gretsky John Hinshelwood Martin Hopkins Chuck Jones Warren O'Neill Jill Petrilak Claude Raynes Herman Sharaf Bill Snelgrove Darrell Van Citters Dean Wellins Greg Whittaker Cory Wilson
Studio	Warner Bros. Family Entertainment Warner Bros. Animation Chuck Jones Film Productions
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	March 26, 1997 (USA)
Running time	6 Minutes, 30 seconds
Language	English

Pullet Surprise is a 1997 6-minute Looney Tunes short released in theaters with Cats Don't Dance. It was produced by Chuck Jones Film Productions. Since this cartoon was produced after the death of legendary Looney Tunes voice artist Mel Blanc, the voice of Foghorn Leghorn is supplied by Frank Gorshin. Stan Freberg still voiced Pete Puma, after voicing him in the 1952 short, Rabbit's Kin. The term "pullet" in the title refers to a young female chicken; when pronounced the title also sounds like "Pulitzer Prize". The short was not included in the DVD release of Cats Don't Dance, though it was included as a bonus feature on the DVD release of The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie.

In the cartoon, Pete Puma is trying to raid the henhouse Foghorn Leghorn is guarding; Foghorn decides to have some fun with Pete. He tells Pete what he really wants is a Venezuelan Racing Chicken which has unfortunately run back to Venezuela. Pete runs there and back in time. Next, he really wants an Irish Wrestling Chicken, which turns out to be a rope tied to a bull's tail (this bull resembles Toro from Bully for Bugs). When Pete makes off with a chicken, nest and all, Foghorn grabs the chicken, then says Pete's found the rare Mongolian Disappearing Chicken, and the only way to make it reappear is tap dancing; Pete dances into a hole; Foggy drops an anvil on Pete's head ("a whole lotta lumps!"). Foggy walks away, chuckling at his cleverness, when a genuine Irish Wrestling Chicken pins him ("I'm glad I say I'm glad I didn't show him the Norwegian Exploding Chicken").