| Strangled Eggs | |
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| Directed by | Robert McKimson |
| Story by | Tedd Pierce |
| Produced by | David H. DePatie (uncredited) |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Julie Bennett (uncredited) |
| Edited by | Treg Brown |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Ted Bonnicksen Warren Batchelder George Grandpré Tom Ray |
| Layouts by | Robert Gribbroek |
| Backgrounds by | Robert Singer |
| Color process | Technicolor |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 7 minutes |
| Language | English |
Strangled Eggs is aWarner Bros.Merrie Melodies cartoon short directed byRobert McKimson.[1] The cartoon was released on March 18, 1961, and featuresFoghorn Leghorn,Henery Hawk andMiss Prissy.[2] The voices are performed byMel Blanc. This was the only cartoon to star both Miss Prissy and Henery Hawk.
Short of food, Foghorn Leghorn tries to court with Miss Prissy in hopes of getting food for the winter. While trying to court her, there is a knock on the door. It is a baby basket containing Henery Hawk, posing as an orphan chick in his latest attempt to infiltrate the barnyard and obtain a chicken to eat. Foghorn believes that Henery Hawk is going to be trouble, but Miss Prissy decides she wants to adopt the pseudo-chick as her "son." To make peace with Miss Prissy, he consents to help Henery become a "real" chicken.
Several gags then occur as Foghorn tries to teach Henery how to be a chicken (actually, thinly disguised attempts to kill off his foe), but such attempts are unsuccessful.
Eventually, Foghorn believes that if Henery is going to be a chicken, thenhe is going to be a chicken hawk - so he flies after Henery with the intent of catching him. Henery flees to the safety of Miss Prissy, who slams the door on Foghorn. Dazed, Foghorn says "Like my - I say, like my pappy used to say: Shoemaker, stick to your last. And this is my last."
| Preceded by | Foghorn Leghorn cartoons 1961 | Succeeded by |
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