The Slick Chick
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The Slick Chick is a "Looney Tunes
" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn. Released July 21, 1962, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson
. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc
.
The cartoon is an adaptation of the Mean Widdle Kid radio programs (and later, television skits) starring comedian Red Skelton
. The main antagonist in the film -- Junior, a delinquent chick who causes trouble for Foggy -- is based on Skelton's character; one of Junior's catch phrases ("He don't know me very well, do he?") is the Mean Widdle Kid's signature saying.
look like an angel." Foghorn Leghorn overhears the proceedings and - hoping to silence Mr. Cackle and prove a point that "ain't no such thing as a bad boy" - volunteers to watch Junior, who snickers : "Oooh, he don't know me vewy well, do he?" and pokes Foggy's backside with a needle. When Mr. Cackle laughs at the proceedings, Foghorn defends Junior by saying he was merely being "playful."
Foggy first takes Junior to a box full of toys to play with, but Junior scoffs and, after declaring them "widdle kids' stuff," decides to cause trouble. First, upon finding a cement mixer in the barn, Junior decides to call a false alarm
, which leads to Foggy landing in the cement mixer
; he comes out posed as Rodin
's "The Thinker
" statue (Junior: "I'm not weawwy a scuwptor. It's just me mean widdle hobby!"). Foggy recovers and threatens to report Junior's misbehavior to Widow Hen, but Junior counters by warning that he'll tell his mother that Foggy is still betting on the horses
. Foggy tries to laugh this off, and does - but not after he briefly mimicks watching a horse race.
Junior leaves the farm while Foggy is taking a nap, and goes into a weather station
to find a weather balloon
. Junior ties the harness around Foggy and puts the rooster into orbit. Eventually, Foggy awakens and panics when he realizes he is flying high above the farm. When he demands that Junior help get him down, Junior sends a dart to puncture the balloon. Foggy falls to the earth, and Junior gives him a landing pad ... a landmine.
Once Foggy regains his senses (his de-feathered body reveals blue shorts), his mind is made up about Junior: "I still say he's not a bad boy. He's *a* worst boy. Worst, that is!"
Looney Tunes
Looney Tunes is a Warner Bros. animated cartoon series. It preceded the Merrie Melodies series and was Warner Bros.'s first animated theatrical series. Since its first official release, 1930's Sinkin' in the Bathtub, the series has become a worldwide media franchise, spawning several television...
" cartoon animated short starring Foghorn Leghorn. Released July 21, 1962, the cartoon is directed by Robert McKimson
Robert McKimson
Robert "Bob" Porter McKimson, Sr. was an American animator, illustrator, and director best known for his work on the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons from Warner Bros., and later DePatie-Freleng Enterprises...
. The voices were performed by Mel Blanc
Mel Blanc
Melvin Jerome "Mel" Blanc was an American voice actor and comedian. Although he began his nearly six-decade-long career performing in radio commercials, Blanc is best remembered for his work with Warner Bros...
.
The cartoon is an adaptation of the Mean Widdle Kid radio programs (and later, television skits) starring comedian Red Skelton
Red Skelton
Richard Bernard "Red" Skelton was an American comedian who is best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Skelton's show business career began in his teens as a circus clown and went on to vaudeville, Broadway, films, radio, TV, night clubs and casinos, all while pursuing...
. The main antagonist in the film -- Junior, a delinquent chick who causes trouble for Foggy -- is based on Skelton's character; one of Junior's catch phrases ("He don't know me very well, do he?") is the Mean Widdle Kid's signature saying.
Plot
Widow Hen asks curmudgeon old rooster Mr. Cackle to watch her young son, Junior, while she goes out. Mr. Cackle refuses, claiming Junior is destructive, disrespectful and incorrigible; in fact, the old geezer says Junior "makes Dennis the MenaceDennis the Menace (U.S.)
Dennis the Menace is a daily syndicated newspaper comic strip originally created, written and illustrated by Hank Ketcham. It debuted on March 12, 1951 in 16 newspapers and was originally distributed by Post-Hall Syndicate...
look like an angel." Foghorn Leghorn overhears the proceedings and - hoping to silence Mr. Cackle and prove a point that "ain't no such thing as a bad boy" - volunteers to watch Junior, who snickers : "Oooh, he don't know me vewy well, do he?" and pokes Foggy's backside with a needle. When Mr. Cackle laughs at the proceedings, Foghorn defends Junior by saying he was merely being "playful."
Foggy first takes Junior to a box full of toys to play with, but Junior scoffs and, after declaring them "widdle kids' stuff," decides to cause trouble. First, upon finding a cement mixer in the barn, Junior decides to call a false alarm
False alarm
A false alarm, also called a nuisance alarm, is the fake report of an emergency, causing unnecessary panic and/or bringing resources to a place where they are not needed. Over time, repeated false alarms in a certain area may cause occupants to start to ignore all alarms, knowing that each time it...
, which leads to Foggy landing in the cement mixer
Cement mixer
A cement mixer is a shot drink. It often consists of:*1 part Bailey's Irish Cream *1 part Lime juice...
; he comes out posed as Rodin
Auguste Rodin
François-Auguste-René Rodin , known as Auguste Rodin , was a French sculptor. Although Rodin is generally considered the progenitor of modern sculpture, he did not set out to rebel against the past...
's "The Thinker
The Thinker
The Thinker is a bronze and marble sculpture by Auguste Rodin, whose first cast, of 1902, is now in the Musée Rodin in Paris; there are some twenty other original castings as well as various other versions, studies, and posthumous castings. It depicts a man in sober meditation battling with a...
" statue (Junior: "I'm not weawwy a scuwptor. It's just me mean widdle hobby!"). Foggy recovers and threatens to report Junior's misbehavior to Widow Hen, but Junior counters by warning that he'll tell his mother that Foggy is still betting on the horses
Gambling
Gambling is the wagering of money or something of material value on an event with an uncertain outcome with the primary intent of winning additional money and/or material goods...
. Foggy tries to laugh this off, and does - but not after he briefly mimicks watching a horse race.
Junior leaves the farm while Foggy is taking a nap, and goes into a weather station
Weather station
A weather station is a facility, either on land or sea, with instruments and equipment for observing atmospheric conditions to provide information for weather forecasts and to study the weather and climate. The measurements taken include temperature, barometric pressure, humidity, wind speed, wind...
to find a weather balloon
Weather balloon
A weather or sounding balloon is a balloon which carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde...
. Junior ties the harness around Foggy and puts the rooster into orbit. Eventually, Foggy awakens and panics when he realizes he is flying high above the farm. When he demands that Junior help get him down, Junior sends a dart to puncture the balloon. Foggy falls to the earth, and Junior gives him a landing pad ... a landmine.
Once Foggy regains his senses (his de-feathered body reveals blue shorts), his mind is made up about Junior: "I still say he's not a bad boy. He's *a* worst boy. Worst, that is!"
Censorship
- On ABC, the part where Junior places a landmine on the ground for Fogghorn Legghorn to fall on is cut http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/ltcuts/ltcutss.html.