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The Foghorn Leghorn Story is the 9th episode of The Looney Tunes Show.

Plot

Annoyed over Taz's digging, Daffy walks through the city, and sees several roosters in a line; Daffy decides to fall in line as well when one rooster vaguely states he is in line for "a movie." At the front of the line, Daffy then learns about auditions for an upcoming film titled The Foghorn Leghorn Story, for which Foghorn assigns Daffy the lead role despite the duck's initial reluctance, and Carol's warnings. Meanwhile at Bugs and Daffy's house, Bugs and Sam fall into a hole Taz dug, where they find a vase Bugs claims is "interesting". Yosemite then tries to steal it for himself, but he cannot climb out of the hole.

During an interview with Daffy, who claims he is trying to know more about Foghorn, Foghorn tells a tale about a golden Burmese turtle that caused its recipient to literally burst with joy. Ignoring the story, Daffy instead focuses on Foghorn's verbal tic, the duck confident he is ready for filming to begin. Later, having escaped the hole alongside Bugs, Sam storms into the former's house, thinking the rabbit's earlier claim about the vase is a lie. In response, Bugs assures Sam the vase is interesting, hypothesizing that the vase might be valuable, and Sam leaves with the vase, his interest in the vase piqued again.

At a film set, the crew prepare to film the opening scene of the movie; Daffy ruins the scene with his inability to cry despite the scene involving the death of the protagonist's mother. Elsewhere, Sam attempts to buy a clothes dryer with the vase, then storms back into Bugs' house when the purchase fails, even though Bugs never guaranteed the vase is valuable. To find out for sure, Bugs suggests that Sam show the vase to an expert who can ascertain its potential worth.

Back at the film set, the crew prepare for another scene, which Daffy also ruins—he wastes the crew's only take by asking a trivial question when the film calls for the protagonist to be making a getaway. The production crew exit the studio, annoyed at Daffy's incompetence; Daffy seeks to quit as well, but Foghorn refuses to let such happen. Taking one of Foghorn's comments as an insult, Daffy punches the rooster, and a fight ensues.

Bugs and Sam present the vase to Mac and Tosh's antique shop. In response to Sam's question, the gophers estimate the vase's price at one million dollars, then ask who found it. When Sam lies and claims he found it, Bugs punches Sam, whose momentum results in a broken lamp. At the expense of the goods in the shop, a fight between Sam and Bugs erupts which results in nearly everything broken in the antique shop. As Foghorn and Daffy continue theirs, Daffy breaks through the window of the antique shop, Foghorn following the duck inside the store. After a resulting quick pause, the two fights resume, tiring all fighters except Bugs.

Ready to call a truce, Foghorn admits Daffy has endurance, and the two approach each other to hug. In the process, Daffy inadvertently knocks over the vase; when it shatters, it reveals a decoration resembling the golden Burmese turtle Foghorn mentioned earlier. An overjoyed Sam snatches the turtle and explodes, much like the character who received the turtle in Foghorn's tale.

At a movie theater, The Foghorn Leghorn Story premieres; in the movie, Daffy, playing both Foghorn and Sam, reenacts the events that occurred in the antique shop. The movie fails, having sold only five tickets, but Foghorn considers the film an accomplishment.

Cast

Actor Voice(s)
Jeff Bergman Foghorn Leghorn,
Daffy Duck, Bugs Bunny
Rob Paulsen Mac Gopher, Cashier
Jim Cummings Tasmanian Devil
Jess Harnell Tosh Gopher, Stunt Coordinator
Maurice LaMarche Yosemite Sam, Rooster
Grey DeLisle Carol, Miss Prissy/"Mama Foghorn" Additional Voices

Quotes

  • Yosemite Sam: There's leash laws, ya know.
  • Daffy: Okay, so you say 'I say, I say' a lot.
  • Foghorn: I say, I say action!
    Miss Prissy (acting): Son, I say, son, remember what I always told you. It's not the treasure, it's the quest. (just as she was about to be dying) Uggh! (dies)
    (Daffy stares at Foghorn as he was watching of what Daffy supposed to do and cry)
    Foghorn: Cry. (Daffy continues to stare at him) Your mama's gone.
    Daffy: Boo-hoo-hoo, man! I'm cryin' so hard! I say, I say, look at how hard I cry!
    Foghorn: Don't say it, son, do it.
  • Store Clerk: Will that be credit card or check?
    (Sam pulls out the vase)
    Sam: Vase!
  • Sam: Are you tryin' to make me look like a fool?!
    Bugs: You don't need me to make you look like a fool.
    Sam: You're durn right I don't!
  • Stunt Coordinator: You blew the entire stunt. Way to go, turkey.
    Daffy: I'm a rooster!
  • Daffy: Union guys. Well, if you win some, you lose some. Gotta know when to hold 'em, when to fold 'em. Four score and seven years. You know what I mean?
    Foghorn: Are you quitting on me, son?
    Daffy: Everybody else quit, so I quit. Mob mentality.
    Foghorn: I guess I was wrong about you son.
    Daffy: What's that supposed to mean?
    Foghorn: Roosters are loyal. Roosters never quit. Roosters, I say roosters fight to the end. And son, you are no rooster.
    Daffy: Did you just called me a "No rooster"?
    Foghorn: What are you gonna do about it, huh, son? I say what are you gonna do about it?
  • Foghorn: Action!
    Daffy (acting): I say, I say the Burmese Turtle is mine!
  • Foghorn: (after the end credits) That's I say, That's I say—uhh... What do I say, Carol?
  • (Foghorn intends on assigning Daffy the lead role in The Foghorn Leghorn Story)?
    Carol: Mr. Leghorn, I think that would be a huge mistake.
    Foghorn: A huge mistake is wearing that blouse with those shoes, Carol. (Shudders)
    (Silenced, Carol takes her seat)
  • Daffy: Don't you think it's a little weird having a duck play a rooster?
    Foghorn: It's called "acting," son.
    Daffy: Don't you think it's a little weird that I'm not an actor?
    Foghorn: (Laughing) That's a knee-slapper! You're killing me!
  • (Daffy, being sensitive in this opening scene, laughs at Miss Prissy, dying)
    Foghorn: You're laughing?
    Daffy: I don't know, I'm grasping at straws here. I mean, she's not giving me anything. Can't somebody get me a real actress to work with?
    Foghorn: You heard him — somebody help that woman out of that bed so we can put a real actress in it. (Beat) "Somebody" means you, Carol.
  • Foghorn: Now, son, in that box, I say in that box you believe is the Burmese Turtle. It's what you've wanted your whole life.
    Stunt Coordinator: Now, after you say your line, you will start running which will be my cue to press this button 'causing an elaborate chain reaction which will destroy the entire set. So we only have one shot at this.' Are you ready?
    Daffy: I was born ready. Let's shoot this, you turkeys!
  • (Mac and Tosh prattle over the high quality of the vase)
    Sam: Get to the point, you darn squirrels!
    Mac: We're gophers.
    Tosh: Indeed.
  • Bugs: That's all I needed to hear. (about to punch Sam) (thud) (launches Sam spinning upside down and smashes a Tiffany lamp)
    (Bugs shocked to see a broken Tiffany lamp)
    Tosh: No, it's quite alright. It's just a Tiffany lamp.
    Mac: After all, things are replaceable.
    (Sam picks up the paddle but knocks the porcelain flamenco dancer onto the ground and shatters)
    Tosh: Well, not that. That was one of a kind.
    (Sam tosses the paddle towards Bugs) (Bugs gasps and ducks and the paddle smashes the cabinet)
    (Mac and Tosh shocked and both gasp)
  • Foghorn: Is that all you've got? (punches Daffy)
    Daffy: (dazed, confused and can't look at Foghorn properly) I'm still standing here.
    (Sam and Bugs fight)
    Mac: They've broken nearly everything in the store.
    Tosh: Well, look on the bright side—soon, there'll be nothing left to break.
    (the gophers laugh)
    (Bugs and Sam are about to continue fighting when Daffy smashes through the window and he lands inside the antique shop)
    Bugs: Daffy?
    Daffy: Bugs?
    Foghorn: Uhh!
    Daffy: Mother. (starts crying in tears)
    Foghorn: Well, look who finally learned to cry. (Daffy still crying in tears)
    (Foghorn about to punch Daffy again but misses it and punched Sam instead)
    (Sam dazed after being punched by Foghorn and shakes off)
    (Sam grunts, attempting to punch Foghorn on his stomach but fails, gives up and groan)
    (Foghorn laughs)
    Foghorn: Ow! I say ow! (Daffy snarls and bites Foghorn's right leg)
    (Bugs and Sam see Daffy bites Foghorn's right leg and Bugs punched Sam again)
    (the fight continues again)
    Mac: Are you thinking what I'm thinking? (Tosh runs to grab a plate and smashes Sam on the head)
    Mac: Oh, you were. (the gophers laugh and started tossing all the plates)
    (Bugs, Sam, Daffy and Foghorn still fighting)
    (the gophers laugh, fight each other and punching their faces)
    (Daffy punches Foghorn, Sam punches Bugs, Bugs punches Sam and Foghorn hits Daffy's head)
    (Tosh tosses the last plate)
    Tosh: Isn't this so much fun? It's smashing. Oh, I made a joke.
    (the gophers laugh one last time)
    Foghorn: (panting) I think you might be a rooster after all, son.
    Daffy: That's all I ever wanted to be.
    (Foghorn grunts and about to hug Daffy)
    (Daffy panting and accidentally knocks the vase)
    (Daffy and Foghorn hug each other)
    Daffy: Oh!
    Foghorn: Ahh.
    (the vase loses balance and fell)
    (in slow-motion)
    Sam: No!
    (the vase fell to the ground and smashes, revealing the Burmese Turtle)
    (Foghorn and Daffy surprised to have found the Burmese Turtle)
    Daffy: (gasps) The Burmese Turtle! We found it.
    Foghorn: It's beautiful. (slowly picks up the Burmese Turtle) I say, it's beautiful.
    Sam: It's mine! (snatches the Burmese Turtle from Foghorn) Oh, I'm so happy. I've never been filled with so much joy. I feel like I'm about to... (explodes)
    Bugs: That was interesting.
  • (After seeing the movie)
    Tosh: (Clapping) Bravo! Bravo!
    Mac: (Also clapping) Oh, I demand a sequel!
    Sam: (Sitting confused) I don't get it.
    Bugs: (Fake clapping) Shut up and clap.
    (Foghorn snores while sleeping)
    Daffy: (wakes Foghorn up) Looks like we only sold six tickets.
    Foghorn: Six tickets we wouldn't have sold if we hadn't have made that movie. I call it my proudest achievement.
    Daffy: Well, if we're being honest, I didn't pay for mine.
    (Foghorn laughing)
    Foghorn: That boy is one of a kind. (episode ends)

Trivia

  • This is the first appearance of Mac and Tosh's Local Antique Shop, Antiques.
  • This is the third but second time in a row that didn't feature a Merrie Melodies music video.
  • According to Daffy on The Looney Tunes Show Facebook page, there was a volleyball scene cut from the episode.
  • Due to containing physical confrontations between characters (which is rather realistic violence instead of cartoon violence), this is the first episode to have a "TV-PG-V" rating.
  • Though Bugs punched Sam in the episode, in the old Looney Tunes cartoons he had never punched anyone.
  • In the credits, Miss Prissy is credited as "Mama Leghorn."
  • The only ones to buy a ticket are Mac, Tosh, Bugs, Sam, and Foghorn. Daffy sneaks into the theater to avoid paying for a ticket.
  • Mac and Tosh are the only ones to enjoy the movie. Sam simply states, "I don't get it"; Bugs fake claps, telling Sam to "shut up and clap"; Daffy becomes upset at what little money the movie earned; and Foghorn falls asleep during the movie.
  • This is 1 of 2 episodes where Bugs Bunny goes swimming with a broken ball.
  • When Foghorn chose Daffy for the lead role for his movie, Carol reminds him that Daffy "destroyed his company". In the episode Working Duck, Foghorn appoints Daffy as CEO of his company Enormocorp, which goes bankrupt after Daffy made a poor business decision for the company. This suggests this episode takes place after Working Duck, even though it aired before it.

Gallery

The Looney Tunes Show Season One Episodes
Best Friends | Members Only | Jailbird and Jailbunny | Fish and Visitors | Monster Talent | Reunion | Casa de Calma | Devil Dog
The Foghorn Leghorn Story | Eligible Bachelors | Peel of Fortune | Double Date | To Bowl or Not to Bowl | Newspaper Thief
Bugs & Daffy Get a Job | That's My Baby | Sunday Night Slice | DMV | Off Duty Cop | Working Duck | French Fries | Beauty School
The Float | The Shelf | Muh-Muh-Muh-Murder | Point, Laser Point
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