Another character he loved to torment was Henery Hawk, who often tried to catch and eat Foghorn.There was another character, a weasel named Bill, who sometimes joined him in aggravating the dog. He had an on-going rivalry with Barnyard Dawg as they often tried to get the better of each other.He was known to play pranks on the other characters in his cartoons. Many of the catchphrases used by Foghorn Leghorn come from Senator Claghorn.įoghorn Leghorn is an adult rooster from Kentucky with a “good ol’ boy" attitude. Foghorn refers to the loud, obnoxious voice of the character and Leghorn is a breed of chicken.įoghorn Leghorn was apparently inspired by two radio characters: a hard-of-hearing character called The Sheriff, played by Jack Clifford on a West Coast show in the 1930s and then a Southern politician, called Senator Claghorn, played by Kenny Delmar on The Fred Allen Show in the 1940s. The name Foghorn Leghorn directly represents the character.
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