# Don't You Just LOVE "Foghorn Leghorn"? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584 "2009-07-28T20:01:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/21 "2009-07-29T04:55:32Z")
> [@Floppy\_Joe](#): > > Long been a fan of Foghorn. Of course, you know, I say you KNOW that Foghorn is patterned after one Senator Beauregard Claghorn. ([Senator Claghorn - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_Claghorn)) Of course, I say, of course both were but primitive primeval archetypes for [Elrod the Albino!](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebus_the_Aardvark#Supporting_characters) ---
**Author:** ![Cunctator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/43a26b/32.png) [@Cunctator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cunctator)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/22 "2009-07-29T07:34:11Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > No. In point of fact, he might be my least favorite Loony Tunes character. I agree. Boring and unhumorous. ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/23 "2009-07-29T08:54:32Z")
> [@Floppy\_Joe](#): > > Long been a fan of Foghorn. Of course, you know, I say you KNOW that Foghorn is patterned after one Senator Beauregard Claghorn. ([Senator Claghorn - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_Claghorn)) Funny that this thread topic should come up, because only yesterday I discovered the Senator on some old Fred Allen radio shows. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/24 "2009-07-29T09:50:13Z")
Lookit here son, I say son, did ya see that hawk after those hens? He scared ‘em! That Rhode Island Red turned white. Then blue. Rhode Island. Red, white, and blue. That’s a joke, son. A flag waver. You’re built too low. The fast ones go over your head. Ya got a hole in your glove. I keep pitchin’ ‘em and you keep missin’ 'em. Ya gotta keep your eye on the ball. Eye. Ball. I almost had a gag, son. Joke, that is. Foghorn is my favorite of all time. [I say, a whole bevy of Foghorn quotes!!](http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0029619/quotes) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 10:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/25 "2009-07-29T10:28:06Z")
I found his speech patterns annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Scuba\_Ben](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/26 "2009-07-29T16:37:25Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > That’s because you haven’t watched him enough to appreciate him properly 😃 > > Least favourite? How could anyone perfer Pepe LePew over Foghorn 🙂 Pepe le Pew cartoons are more formulaic than Popeye cartoons – but the outrageous faux French accent is so funny! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/27 "2009-07-29T17:18:15Z")
> [@Lumpy](#): > > down south there’s an old tradition of playing really cruel, mean-spirited tricks on people you’re trying to get back at. You’re not from around here, are you? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TommyTutone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c4cdca/32.png) [@TommyTutone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TommyTutone)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/28 "2009-07-29T17:35:21Z")
I didn’t like him as a kid, but as an adult who has spent the last 20 years in the south, he’s up there near the top for me. That woman is like an outboard motor, just’a pt-pt-pt-pt-pt-sputter. ---
**Author:** ![prodicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d9b06d/32.png) [@prodicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prodicus)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/29 "2009-07-29T18:14:44Z")
One of my favourites. I recall at the very beginning of one of his Looney Tunes, it fades in on him asleep (in a hammock, iirc) and he says “zzzzz, I say zzzzzz…” ---
**Author:** ![This\_Just\_In\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@This\_Just\_In\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/This_Just_In_2)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/30 "2009-07-29T18:49:32Z")
You’ve got to, I say, you’ve got to keep on your toes, toes that is. ---
**Author:** ![Nzinga\_Seated](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/b5ac83/32.png) [@Nzinga\_Seated](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nzinga_Seated)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/31 "2009-07-29T19:06:11Z")
Foghorn is funny as hell. Maybe the funniest, although most of them cracked me up pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/32 "2009-07-29T21:05:07Z")
That dog’s about as low as a snake full of buckshot! I’m a big fan of Foghorn Leghorn, but they’re all good. Pepe LePew is probably my least favorite. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/33 "2009-07-29T21:12:43Z")
Let’s bury - I say, let’s bury the hatchet, but not in anyone’s head, boy. That boy’s as thick as a whale sandwich. She remi - I say, she reminds me of Paul Revere’s ride. A little light in the belfry. Gal reminds me of the highway between Fort Worth and Dallas. No curves. ---
**Author:** ![aldiboronti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc348/32.png) [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/34 "2009-07-29T21:20:16Z")
> [@Floppy\_Joe](#): > > Long been a fan of Foghorn. Of course, you know, I say you KNOW that Foghorn is patterned after one Senator Beauregard Claghorn. ([Senator Claghorn - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senator_Claghorn)) To my great delight someone put It’s A Joke Son up on the net last year, the movie starring Kenny Delmar as Senator Claghorn. It was an absolute joy to see Foghorn Leghorn in human form! (As a bonus it also starred Una Merkel, one of my favorite actresses.) The film is a must-see for all Foghorn fans. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/35 "2009-07-29T21:35:01Z")
Sure, I like Foghorn Leghorn. Either as Original Recipe or Extra Crispy. I don’t go for that new roasted style, though. StG ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584/36 "2009-07-29T21:47:44Z")
I love him too and right now I’m listening to the Fred Allen show from the link above and holy crap Senator Foghorn Claghorn is on and he is cracking me up. Now I have to check out the movie. ETA: and holy moly here it is [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-you-just-love-foghorn-leghorn/504584.md?page=1)