Raw! Raw! Rooster!

Raw! Raw! Rooster! is a 1956 Looney Tunes short directed by Robert McKimson.
== Plot ==
Foghorn Leghorn lounges in the barnyard, being fanned by several hens when a telegram arrives saying that his old college roommate, Rhode Island Red, will be visiting him. 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 who brought the telegram is 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 gets 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 backward into a hole that he dug and is hit on the head by a boulder; both 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 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 and then runs into the distance with a flag stick. Instead of 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, 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 earlier 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 a bowling ball with a clock attached to it to tell Red when it's time to bowl. The ball is 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 a friend like you, I'll never need an enemy."
== Availability ==
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=== Streaming ===
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== Goofs ==
* When Foghorn Leghorn says "Something, I say, something went wrong", his beak doesn't move.
== Notes ==
* This is the only appearance of the Rhode Island Red character.
* Although the melody of the song is played in a number of other Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, this short is the only one besides "Freddy the Freshman" and "Sweet Sioux" in which the lyrics of that song are sung.
*This is the final cartoon to have green color rings (1955–1956) at the opening and using red rings (1954–1956) at the ending.
*This is one of two Foghorn Leghorn cartoons to not have the main conflict being Foghorn vs. Barnyard Dawg. The other one is "Banty Raids".
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Category:Foghorn Leghorn Cartoons
Category:Cartoons directed by Robert McKimson
Category:Hollywood in Cartoons
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Category:1956
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