The Leghorn Blows at Midnight

The Leghorn Blows at Midnight is a 1950 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Title ==
The title is a play on the 1945 Warner Bros. film The Horn Blows at Midnight.
== Plot ==
Foghorn and Barnyard Dawg goes on their usual antics as Henery Hawk stumbles upon the barn. Henery wrangles Dawg as the chickenhawk confuses the dog as a chicken. However, Dawg points out to Henery that he needs to go after Foghorn, and can do so by setting up curious traps.
Henery builds a pumpkin catapult, which Foghorn helps out. After being given a match, Henery starts to activate the catapult. Foghorn walks away, then wonders why a pumpkin is tied to a rope; before he could finish, the pumpkin is flung right into his head, sending rolling into the wall remarking, "Ask a silly question! Get a silly answer!" Henery drags him by the toe and Foghorn yells him to let go of his toe and he removes the pumpkin from his head and begs him not take him. Foghorn then fools the chicken hawk into going after a "pheasant under glass," the Dawg.
Sending a glass cover over, Henery smashes the dog with the cover, causing him to run out of his doghouse barking while Foghorn continues his antics with the dog. Foghorn applies "vanishing cream" on Henery to pretend that the chickenhawk is invisible, but the cream itself only vanishes. Needless to say, Dawg is quick to chase after the chickenhawk until he gets choked by his leash.
Finally, Henery comes back up to Dawg, but Dawg convinces him of a plan to get Foghorn instead. Dawg barks to alert Foghorn where he is, and when Foghorn arrives, Dawg steals his metal cover and hammer and bangs his head on it. Realizing that he has been hornswoggled, the two begins to fight. As Henery watches the duel, he has set up a boiling cauldron where he plans to fricassee the loser.
== Television ==
* The Bugs Bunny Show (1960–1968; 1971–1975)
* The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour (1968–1971; 1975–1976)
* The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Show (1976–1985)
* Looney Tunes on Nickelodeon (1988–1989; 1992–1995; 1998–1999)
* Merrie Melodies Starring Bugs Bunny and Friends [Syndication] (1990–1992)
* The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show (1995–1997)
* Acme Hour [Cartoon Network] (1999–2003)
* The Bugs and Daffy Show [Cartoon Network] (1999–2004)
* The Bugs Bunny Show [Boomerang] (2000–2002)
* The Looney Tunes Show [Cartoon Network] (2001–2004)
* Looney Tunes on Boomerang (2003–2005; 2013–present)
* Looney Tunes on Cartoon Network (2011–2015)
* Bugs Bunny and Friends [Me TV] (2021–present)
* Toon In with Me [Me TV] (2021–present)
== Availability ==
Lt flff.jpg|(1986) VHS Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies
Lt flff beta.jpg|(1986) Beta Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies
Lt ltc fl.jpg|(1996) VHS Foghorn Leghorn
File:Foghorn Leghorn Vhs.webp|(2003) VHS Foghorn Leghorn
346061 front.jpg|(2023) Blu-ray Looney Tunes Collector's Choice: Volume 2 (restored)
===Streaming===
Lt boomerang.jpg|Boomerang App (2018 - )
Lt hbo max.jpg|HBO Max (2020 - 2023) (restored) 
lt max.jpg|Max (2023 - 2024) (restored)
Lt itunes.jpg|iTunes ( - ) (restored)
==Censorship==
ABC's The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show edited the following scenes:The Censored Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Page: K-L http://www.intanibase.com/gac/looneytunes/censored-k-l.aspx
*Barnyard Dawg getting strangled by his rope after getting pied in the face was replaced with a shot of Foghorn Leghorn sitting on a fence and looking off-screen, though the other scenes of Barnyard Dawg getting strangled by his rope were left intact.
* The fight near the end between Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dawg, going immediately to Henery Hawk cheering them on after Foghorn says, "I've been, I say, I've been hornswoggled."
==Notes==
*Beginning from this cartoon, Foghorn is taller and a little thinner compared to his earliest appearances in the 1940s cartoons, while still retaining a plump gut and stature.
*After Foghorn sends Henry off for the final time, at the 5 minute and 54 second mark, he very briefly looks towards the camera and opens his mouth before the next shot is shown, almost as if there was a line which got cut during production, perhaps for pacing reasons.
== Gallery==
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TheLeghornBlowsAtMidnightLobbyCard.jpg|Lobby card
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===TV Title Cards ===
Screenshot 2021-03-15 at 2.23.00 PM.png|The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show
==References==
 
Category:Foghorn Leghorn Cartoons
Category:1950
Category:Shorts
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Blue Ribbon reissues
Category:Re-released cartoons whose original titles are known to exist
Category:Looney Tunes Shorts
Category:Henery Hawk Cartoons
Category:Barnyard Dawg Cartoons
Category:Cartoons written by Warren Foster
Category:Cartoons animated by Charles McKimson
Category:Cartoons animated by Emery Hawkins
Category:Cartoons animated by Bill Melendez
Category:Cartoons with layouts by Cornett Wood
Category:Cartoons with backgrounds by Richard H. Thomas
Category:Cartoons with characters voiced by Mel Blanc
Category:Cartoons with music by Carl W. Stalling
Category:Cartoons with orchestrations by Milt Franklyn
Category:Cartoons with film editing by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons with sound effects edited by Treg Brown
Category:Cartoons produced by Eddie Selzer