Raw! Raw! Rooster!

Raw! Raw! Rooster!
Looney Tunes series
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Voices by	Mel Blanc Daws Butler (uncredited)
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Russ Dyson Tedd Bonnicksen George Grandpre Keith Darling
Layouts by	Richard H. Thomas
Backgrounds by	Richard H. Thomas
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	August 25, 1956
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	6:45
Language	English

Raw! Raw! Rooster! is a Looney Tunes (reissued as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies in 1961) cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn. Released in 1956, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc and uncredited Daws Butler.

The opening shows Foghorn Leghorn lounging in the barnyard, being fanned and serenaded by several hens, when a telegram arrives saying that his old college roommate, Rhode Island Red, will be paying him a visit. Red is voiced by Daws Butler, and is a takeoff on Jackie Gleason's "Loudmouth" character, Charlie Bratten ("Here's CHARLIE!!"). Foghorn decides that he had enough of "that loudmouth" Red in college, and puts up several signs and barbed wire outside the barnyard fence to discourage Red from visiting. Meanwhile, Foghorn does not realize that the delivery man that brought the telegram is actually Red in disguise, so Red sees everything that Foghorn is trying to do to prevent his visit. Foghorn sees Red, who extends his arm for a handshake. Foghorn shakes hands and receives an electrical shock from an unseen joke buzzer in Red's hand. Red then pulls another joke by squirting Foghorn with a fake carnation on his lapel. Red sees the hens and tries to impress them by singing and playing a rendition of Freddy the Freshman. Foghorn tries to get back at Red by rigging a camera with a boxing glove in it and asking the self-absorbed Red if he wants to have his picture taken. Red obliges, but Foghorn cannot get the glove to fire from the camera. Red then reverses positions with Foghorn and gets him to squeeze the shutter mechanism on the camera, which causes Foghorn to get punched by the glove. Foghorn then falls backwards into a hole that he dug and is hit on the head by a boulder, traps that were intended for Red. Foghorn breaks the fourth wall by looking at the viewer and saying: "I thought I had a sitting duck, turns out he had a pigeon." Red then asks if Foghorn is going to take his picture and this time Foghorn gets behind the camera and points a double-barreled shotgun at Red, who puts his fingers into each barrel, causing the shotgun to backfire on Foghorn.

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