Sock-a-Doodle-Do
| Sock-A-Doodle-Do | |
|---|---|
| Looney Tunes (Foghorn Leghorn) series | |
| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Voices by |
Mel Blanc Sheldon Leonard (uncredited) |
| Music by | Carl Stalling |
| Animation by |
Charles McKimson Rod Scribner Phil DeLara |
| Layouts by | Peter Alvarado |
| Backgrounds by | Richard H. Thomas |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | May 10, 1952 |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Running time | 7:15 |
| Language | English |
| Preceded by | Lovelorn Leghorn |
| Followed by | The Egg-Cited Rooster |
Sock-A-Doodle-Do is a Looney Tunes (Re-issued as Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodies in 1961) cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn and The Barnyard Dawg. The cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson. The voices are performed by Mel Blanc, though Banty was voiced by an uncredited Sheldon Leonard.
The cartoon opens by showing an open highway where a car is pulling a small trailer which is carrying "Kid Banty", the World's Champion Fighting Rooster and Pinfeatherweight Champ. The vehicle hits a bump on the highway and Kid Banty is ejected in a crate from the trailer and lands on the highway. Banty, who is wearing boxing gloves, thinks he is down for the count in a boxing ring and tries to regain his composure. He then walks toward a field and passes a cow with a cowbell around its neck. When the cow lifts its head, the bell rings and Banty becomes transfixed into thinking he is in a boxing match and proceeds to punch the cow as if it was an opposing fighter.
Foghorn is lounging about the barnyard while his nemesis the dog is securing a large pipe to a makeshift elevated platform constructed out of wood. Foghorn is curious as to what the dog is up to, while the dog affixes a sign below the pipe that reads "SEE A GENUINE FLYING SAUCER." Foghorn thinks it is a fake but looks anyway and complains that he cannot see anything except for "a lot of air with a hole around it". Meanwhile the dog has climbed up a tree with a large elastic rubber band and instructs Foghorn to keep looking and releases the rubber band, firing a saucer through the pipe, which breaks on Foghorn's head. Next a small tea cup flies through the pipe and also hits Foghorn, with the cup handle getting stuck around his beak. The dog appears and asks Foghorn if he wants "one or two lumps" (repeating from several other Warner cartoons) and a dazed Foghorn says "two", and the dogs produces a large mallet and whacks Foghorn on the head.
Later in the barnyard Foghorn is repairing and alarm clock when Banty walks by. The clock bell rings and Banty punches Leghorn, who is knocked silly. When Foghorn regains his senses, he asks Banty why he threw the punch, and Banty says that every time he hears a bell, he starts punching. Foghorn ponders this (muttering to himself that Banty is "punchy as a drill press") and then concocts a plot to exact revenge on the dog. Foghorn decides to send Banty to the dog's house to ask for a punching bag. Banty seems temporarily confused (Foghorn mutters another great line, saying to himself that Banty "is about as sharp as a bowling ball") but obeys Foghorn and asks the dog for a punching bag. Foghorn then rings a triangular chime which causes Banty to punch the dog. When the dog confronts him, Banty says that Foghorn sent him over. The dog then figures to get even with Foghorn by giving Banty a gift-wrapped box and telling him that the punching bag is inside. Foghorn warns Banty that the box may be a trap but opens the box anyway, revealing a coo-coo clock. The clock chimes and Banty punches Leghorn again.
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