tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post4481306059258728166..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Get Your Foghorn FixJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-45981811813804382492007-11-22T02:54:00.000-05:002007-11-22T02:54:00.000-05:00I think the early ones like "Henhouse Henery", "Th...I think the early ones like "Henhouse Henery", "The Foghorn Leghorn" or a "Fractured Leghorn" are the bests. I also like "Of Rice and Hen", Warren Foster's influence clearly feels on that cartoon.<BR/><BR/>McKimson is very underrated. His 1946-1950 period was superior to Freleng and Tashlin IMHO.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-3263276355221447602007-11-19T23:53:00.000-05:002007-11-19T23:53:00.000-05:00The weakest of McKimson's cartoons in the early 19...The weakest of McKimson's cartoons in the early 1950s (after the Pierce-Foster writer swap and before Marcus' arrival) and in the post-1957 period could have a down-to-earth feel to them that the Jones and Freleng cartoons don't suffer (at least not until 1961 or so). That doesn't mean he should have been denigrated as someone in the lower rung of Golden Age directors, but he did have more "misses" than the Friz and Chuck (just not as many as Leonard Maltin made it sound like he did).J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-69662466949772936312007-11-19T17:10:00.000-05:002007-11-19T17:10:00.000-05:00Funny you should say that. When I was a kid I'd re...Funny you should say that. When I was a kid I'd read articles online about every WB director and would read about how McKimson was square because his three "series" were all formulaic: Hippity Hopper, Speedy Gonzalez (which Freleng shared) and Foghorn Leghorn. they'd complain about what a bad director McKimson was and how Chuck Jones was so much better (ignoring his Pepe Le Pew and Roadrunner cartoons)<BR/><BR/>I have nothing against formulaic cartoons, actually. I just wonder why McKimson's reputation seems to be so elastic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-41937967327263989182007-11-19T10:12:00.000-05:002007-11-19T10:12:00.000-05:00When I was a kid, I imagined that the nerdy chick ...When I was a kid, I imagined that the nerdy chick boy was "really" played by Tweety.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com