Raw! Raw! Rooster!

Plot synopsis:
The opening shows Foghorn Leghorn lounging in the barnyard, being fanned and serenaded by several hens, when a telegram arrives saying that his old college roommate, Rhode Island Red, will be paying him a visit. Red is voiced by Daws Butler, and is a takeoff on Jackie Gleason's "Loudmouth" character, Charlie Bratten ("Here's CHARLIE!!"). Foghorn decides that he had enough of "that loudmouth" Red in college, and puts up several signs and barbed wire outside the barnyard fence to discourage Red from visiting. Meanwhile, Foghorn does not realize that the delivery man that brought the telegram is actually Red in disguise, so Red sees everything that Foghorn is trying to do to prevent his visit. Foghorn sees Red, who extends his arm for a handshake. Foghorn shakes hands and receives an electrical shock from an unseen joke buzzer in Red's hand. Red then pulls another joke by squirting Foghorn with a fake carnation on his lapel. Red sees the hens and tries to impress them by singing and playing a rendition of Freddy the Freshman. Foghorn tries to get back at Red by rigging a camera with a boxing glove in it and asking the self-absorbed Red if he wants to have his picture taken. Red obliges, but Foghorn cannot get the glove to fire from the camera. Red then reverses positions with Foghorn and gets him to squeeze the shutter mechanism on the camera, which causes Foghorn to get punched by the glove. Foghorn then falls backwards into a hole that he dug and is hit on the head by a boulder, traps that were intended for Red. Foghorn breaks the fourth wall by looking at the viewer and saying: "I thought I had a sitting duck, turns out he had a pigeon." Red then asks if Foghorn is going to take his picture and this time Foghorn gets behind the camera and points a double-barreled shotgun at Red, who puts his fingers into each barrel, causing the shotgun to backfire on Foghorn.
Red is then seen walking with the hens outside of the barnyard and asks them if they want to see the "star halfback at Chicken Tech" in action. He asks Foghorn to replicate an old football play, the "23 Skidoo", which is a long pass. Unable to find a football, Red gets a casaba melon and hikes it to Foghorn, then goes out for a pass. While Red is waiting for the pass, Foghorn cuts an opening into the melon, lights a stick of dynamite, and stuffs it in the melon before throwing it to Red. In the distance Red is seen catching the melon but quickly yells "punt formation" and kicks it back to Foghorn, who catches the melon right before it explodes. Foghorn then tries to get back at Red by challenging him to a game of golf, and sneakily replaces the golf balls with fake ones that are supposed to explode on impact. Foghorn gives Red a ball then runs into the distance with a flag stick. Instead the ball exploding on impact, Red hits it right to Foghorn and the ball explodes when it lands. Feeling cheated that he has been victimized again, Foghorn runs back and takes one of the balls and tries to tee off. This time, the ball explodes on impact as it was supposed to before.
Foghorn then finally figures out how to get rid of Red. He disguises himself (using the same costume that Red used in the opening scene) and delivers a fake telegram to Red saying that he must leave immediately to claim a large inheritance. Red is anxious to leave but Foghorn stalls him, saying that Red can't leave without a gift. Foghorn then gives Red an "electric" bowling ball with a clock attached to it (to tell Red when its time to bowl). The ball is really a time bomb, but Red does not realize it because he is in such a hurry. Red leaves and Foghorn detonates the bomb, finally getting his revenge on Red, who returns and says to Foghorn, "With friends like you, I'll never need an enemy."

Tags: psychedelic

Review:
Foghorn Leghorn went to college?!.
Honestly, what college would have accepted a guy whose entire life is apparently based on practical jokes?
Maybe Foghorn Leghorn was a member of the Deltas in "Animal House"!
No matter, it should come as no surprise that Foggy's college buddy Rhode Island Red (sort of a New York version of Foggy) was also a trickster.
But what I really can't figure out is why the hens were so attracted to Red. True, they'd been with Foggy so long that his immature lifestyle was probably getting old, but this new guy wasn't much better.I should say that every time that FL set up a trap for RIR, it was pretty obvious what was going to happen.
Rooster!" is still worth seeing.
As it was, the end, I say the ending was a little different from most of FL's outings.
A surprise, that is..
For me, another one of Foghorn's best.
The Foghorn Leghorn cartoons always have given me much pleasure, they are routine but also very funny and witty with one of Looney Tunes' most distinctive characters.
is immensely enjoyable stuff in all areas.
The animation is crisp and filled with vibrant colour, and the music has much character and is sumptuously orchestrated.
The story is told efficiently and never feels bogged down in any way.
The beginning is very funny, and the ending is effective in how different it is compared to usual.
The writing is full of the sharp wit that we associate with Foghorn's cartoons, the similes and repetitions continue to be quite endearing, and while the gags don't present much of a surprise in terms of outcome they are still hilarious.
I was especially taken by Red's ukulele rendition of Freddie the Freshman, priceless is definitely the right way of summing it up.
Foghorn is charismatic and never annoying, and Red- part Jimmy Durante, part- Jackie Gleason- is one of his best foils(making you wish he was used again).
The vocals of Mel Blanc and Daws Butler are impeccable, their voices are ones you can recognise anywhere and you can never get enough of their energy.
Overall, enormously enjoyable, one of Foghorn's best and one of my favourites of his certainly.
9/10 Bethany Cox.
"Har-har-hardee-har-har!".
Foghorn Leghorn's old college chum Rhode Island Red drops in for a visit, much to Foghorn's dismay.
Poor Foggy, Red's as obnoxious as they come!
The animation is terrific and the colors are wonderful.
Such a great use of color in these old cartoons; it never ceases to amaze me.
This isn't even one of the best examples of it yet it's still so lovely to look at.
The reds and greens are sublime.
The voicework from legends Mel Blanc and Daws Butler is first-rate.
The characters and situations are relatable, despite this being about a couple of roosters.
I bet most of us have an old friend from high school or college we dread seeing that annoys us to no end.
It's a good Foghorn Leghorn cartoon with some funny gags and lines..
Finally a believable villain for Foggy.
Sometimes a new character arrives on Old Macdonald's Farm that takes up so much of Foghorn's time that he just plain forgets to kick the Barnyard Dog around.
Of course this is a good thing, as the unexplained hatred between rooster and dog was starting to get rather tiresome anyway.
And why should he bother with that dog in the first place when he has a whole harem of good looking chicks craving for his attention?
After receiving the news that his old college chum Road Island Red is coming to visit, Foghorn panics and takes some amusing measures to detour him.
The Jimmy Durante like Red turns out to be an even bigger practical joker than Foghorn and the Barnyard Dog combined.
What's more, he plays the ukulele, which the chicks really dig.
So for once Foggy has a legitimate enemy and turns into a Wile E.
Coyote clone trying to get rid of Red with the use of Acme products.The two fighting cocks try to out do each other while recounting their old football days and playing some golf.
Apart from the Acme products, there seems to be a useful crate of explosives behind every other tree on this farm.
Unfortunately you can see all the punchlines coming a mile off, resulting in every explosion being a letdown.
This leaves the end result rather a sloppy mess, as Red would say.5 out of 10.
When Adlai Stevenson dared the Looney Tuners to create a more deplorable character .
. than Foghorn Leghorn (who some see as a prophetic embodiment of billionaire U.S. Presidential Nominee H.
Ross Perot), Warner Bros.' wacky animation team rose to this challenge with their creation of Foghorn's nemesis, Rhode Island Red (who most view as the near-perfect template for billionaire U.S. Presidential Nominee Donald J.
Trump) in RAW!
ROOSTER.
ROOSTER.
Red, like the Trumpster, thinks that he's God's Gift to Womankind, and puts together an adoring harem rather than limiting himself to the Biblical One.
(Would-be joiners of the White House Fourth Wives Club should think twice before answering Trumplestiltskin's imminent casting call for FIRST LADY APPRENTICE, as our incipient Donald the Great is likely to replace the traditional White House Lawn Easter Egg Roll with a throwback Tudor-style Noggin Toboggan Ride, as Trumpenstein enjoys a flock of Unclocked hens running around bleeding from their Wherevers like so many beheaded chickens.) Though Foghorn Leghorn manages to blow up Rhode Island Red as RAW!
ROOSTER concludes, it's hard to decipher whose goose gets cooked in the end, according to the Looney Tune prognosticators..
Look out, Foggy!.
Directed by Robert McKimson, "Raw!
Rooster!" is a very good Foghorn Leghorn cartoon.
This time around, instead of allowing a child to make a big ass out of Foggy, Foggy lets his old college chum, the obnoxious Rhode Island Red, get the best of him.
It turns out to be an amusing escapade.Two scenes in this cartoon that I find hilarious.
First, in order to impress the "chicks", Red plays ukulele and dances and sings "Freddy the Freshman".
And second, after an exploding casaba melon blows off Foggy's beak, he exclaims, "I goofed!" Let's not overlook the vocal talent in "Raw!
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Rooster!" Mel Blanc supplies the voice for Foggy, and Daws Butler does Red's voice.
You couldn't ask for anything better.