There is a cartoon in which Foggy is about to spring a trick on the dog, and he says something to the effect of, “This is going to cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show.” But I’m not sure if that’s the exact quote. I want to use it in a manuscript I’m writing, so I’d like his words verbatim, if possible.
Anyone know for sure the exact quote, or have the cartoon on videotape, or know of a site with WB cartoon quotes?
Yep, thta was the right quote: “This is gonna cause more confusion than a mouse in a burlesque show!”
Here is my favorite Foghorn quote:
"I-I-I know what you’re gonna say son. When two halves is gone there’s nuthin’ left - and you’re right. It’s a little ol’ worm who wasn’t there. Two nuthins is nuthin’. That’s mathematics son. You can argue with me but you can’t argue with figures. Two half nuthins is a whole nuthin’. "
LOL!
(ahem) Time to sing Foghorns theme song…Ready?
*De Camptown ladies sing dis song – [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah!
[Solo] De Camp-town race-track five miles long – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah day!
[Solo] I come down dah wid my hat caved in – Doo-dah! doo-dah!
I go back home wid a pocket full of tin – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah day!
Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
I'll bet my money on de bob-tail nag --
Somebody bet on de bay.
[Solo] De long tail filly and de big black hoss -- [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah!
[Solo] Dey fly de track and dey both cut across – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day!
[Solo] De blind hoss sticken in a big mud hole – [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah!
[Solo] Can’t touch bottom wid a ten foot pole – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day!
Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag –
Somebody bet on de bay.
[Solo] Old muley cow come on to de track – [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah!
[Solo] De bob-tail fling her ober his back – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day!
[Solo] Den fly along like a rail-road car – [Chorus] Doo-dah! doo-dah!
[Solo] Runnin’ a race wid a shootin’ star – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day!
Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag –
Somebody bet on de bay.
See dem flyin’ on a ten mile heat – [Chorus] Doo-dah doo-dah!
Round de race track, den repeat – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dah-day!
I win my money on de bob-tail nag – [Chorus] Doo-dah! doodah!
I keep my money in an old tow-bag – [Chorus] Oh! doo-dahday!
Gwine to run all night!
Gwine to run all day!
I’ll bet my money on de bob-tail nag –
Somebody bet on de bay.*
Foghorn Rules!!
That episode with the worm is a goldmine for great Foghorn quotes. My all-time favorite: Foghorn hides underwater, then swipes the worm off the cat’s hook when he puts his fishing line in the water. Then, Foghorn comes out, saying: “What kept, I say what kept ya son! I can’t hold my breath forever! I’m not a fish! I gotta breathe air! My lungs crave air! Ya gotta think of things like that, boy!” All the while, of course, walking toward the cat who is crawling backward, trying to get away from good ol’ blowhard Foggy. hehehe
My favorite is when he hides from the son of Widda’ Hen in the coal scuttle and is unearthed, after the appropriate calculations, from the middle of the barnyard. “I better not look, I might still be in thar.”
“Why, that boy’s about as sharp as a bowling ball.”
I use that one all the time.
“Pay, I say, pay attention to me, boy! [sub]Nice kid, but he’s got his head in the clouds[/sub]”
I’ve always liked this one - “Go, I say go away boy ya bother me.”
“I say that boy’s about as sharp as a pound of liver…”
Foghorn rules. :>
“Nice girl, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice.”
Didn’t he have a college buddy named Rhode Island Red in one episode?
This will cause more confusion than a hand grenade in a barrel of corn meal.
I say, I say there is something EEWW about a boy who don’t like baseball.
LOOKit me when I’m talkin’ to ya, boy!
(To the tiny chicken hawk threatening the hens) “Unhand, I say, unhand those fair damsels!”
Fortunately, I keep my feathers numbered, for … just such an emergency.
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 one go over your yead! You got a hole in your glove! I keep pitchin’ ‘em and you keep missin’ 'em! You gotta keep your eye on the ball! Eye! Ball! Eyeball! I almost had a gag, son–joke, that is.
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 one go over your yead! You got a hole in your glove! I keep pitchin’ ‘em and you keep missin’ 'em! You gotta keep your eye on the ball! Eye! Ball! Eyeball! I almost had a gag, son–joke, that is.