Raw! Raw! Rooster! (1956) User Reviews

Foghorn Leghorn went to college?!

[lee_eisenberg · 7/10 · 25 October 2008]

Honestly, what college would have accepted a guy whose entire life is apparently based on practical jokes? Maybe Foghorn Leghorn was a member of the Deltas in "Animal House"! No matter, it should come as no surprise that Foggy's college buddy Rhode Island Red (sort of a New York version of Foggy) was also a trickster. But what I really can't figure out is why the hens were so attracted to Red. True, they'd been with Foggy so long that his immature lifestyle was probably getting old, but this new guy wasn't much better.

I should say that every time that FL set up a trap for RIR, it was pretty obvious what was going to happen. But even so, "Raw! Raw! Rooster!" is still worth seeing. As it was, the end, I say the ending was a little different from most of FL's outings. A surprise, that is.

"Har-har-hardee-har-har!"

[utgard14 · 7/10 · 9 September 2015]

Foghorn Leghorn's old college chum Rhode Island Red drops in for a visit, much to Foghorn's dismay. Poor Foggy, Red's as obnoxious as they come! The animation is terrific and the colors are wonderful. Such a great use of color in these old cartoons; it never ceases to amaze me. This isn't even one of the best examples of it yet it's still so lovely to look at. The reds and greens are sublime. The voicework from legends Mel Blanc and Daws Butler is first-rate. The characters and situations are relatable, despite this being about a couple of roosters. I bet most of us have an old friend from high school or college we dread seeing that annoys us to no end. It's a good Foghorn Leghorn cartoon with some funny gags and lines.

When Adlai Stevenson dared the Looney Tuners to create a more deplorable character . . .

[oscaralbert · 6/10 · 16 September 2016]

. . . than Foghorn Leghorn (who some see as a prophetic embodiment of billionaire U.S. Presidential Nominee H. Ross Perot), Warner Bros.' wacky animation team rose to this challenge with their creation of Foghorn's nemesis, Rhode Island Red (who most view as the near-perfect template for billionaire U.S. Presidential Nominee Donald J. Trump) in RAW! RAW! ROOSTER. Red, like the Trumpster, thinks that he's God's Gift to Womankind, and puts together an adoring harem rather than limiting himself to the Biblical One. (Would-be joiners of the White House Fourth Wives Club should think twice before answering Trumplestiltskin's imminent casting call for FIRST LADY APPRENTICE, as our incipient Donald the Great is likely to replace the traditional White House Lawn Easter Egg Roll with a throwback Tudor-style Noggin Toboggan Ride, as Trumpenstein enjoys a flock of Unclocked hens running around bleeding from their Wherevers like so many beheaded chickens.) Though Foghorn Leghorn manages to blow up Rhode Island Red as RAW! RAW! ROOSTER concludes, it's hard to decipher whose goose gets cooked in the end, according to the Looney Tune prognosticators.

For me, another one of Foghorn's best

[TheLittleSongbird · 9/10 · 30 April 2013]

The Foghorn Leghorn cartoons always have given me much pleasure, they are routine but also very funny and witty with one of Looney Tunes' most distinctive characters. Raw! Raw! Rooster! is immensely enjoyable stuff in all areas. The animation is crisp and filled with vibrant colour, and the music has much character and is sumptuously orchestrated. The story is told efficiently and never feels bogged down in any way. The beginning is very funny, and the ending is effective in how different it is compared to usual. The writing is full of the sharp wit that we associate with Foghorn's cartoons, the similes and repetitions continue to be quite endearing, and while the gags don't present much of a surprise in terms of outcome they are still hilarious. I was especially taken by Red's ukulele rendition of Freddie the Freshman, priceless is definitely the right way of summing it up. Foghorn is charismatic and never annoying, and Red- part Jimmy Durante, part- Jackie Gleason- is one of his best foils(making you wish he was used again). The vocals of Mel Blanc and Daws Butler are impeccable, their voices are ones you can recognise anywhere and you can never get enough of their energy. Overall, enormously enjoyable, one of Foghorn's best and one of my favourites of his certainly. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Look out, Foggy!

[slymusic · 2 June 2011]

Directed by Robert McKimson, "Raw! Raw! Rooster!" is a very good Foghorn Leghorn cartoon. This time around, instead of allowing a child to make a big ass out of Foggy, Foggy lets his old college chum, the obnoxious Rhode Island Red, get the best of him. It turns out to be an amusing escapade.

Two scenes in this cartoon that I find hilarious. First, in order to impress the "chicks", Red plays ukulele and dances and sings "Freddy the Freshman". And second, after an exploding casaba melon blows off Foggy's beak, he exclaims, "I goofed!"

Let's not overlook the vocal talent in "Raw! Raw! Rooster!" Mel Blanc supplies the voice for Foggy, and Daws Butler does Red's voice. You couldn't ask for anything better.

Finally a believable villain for Foggy

[Chip_douglas · 19 February 2004]

Sometimes a new character arrives on Old Macdonald's Farm that takes up so much of Foghorn's time that he just plain forgets to kick the Barnyard Dog around. Of course this is a good thing, as the unexplained hatred between rooster and dog was starting to get rather tiresome anyway. And why should he bother with that dog in the first place when he has a whole harem of good looking chicks craving for his attention?

After receiving the news that his old college chum Road Island Red is coming to visit, Foghorn panics and takes some amusing measures to detour him. The Jimmy Durante like Red turns out to be an even bigger practical joker than Foghorn and the Barnyard Dog combined. What's more, he plays the ukulele, which the chicks really dig. So for once Foggy has a legitimate enemy and turns into a Wile E. Coyote clone trying to get rid of Red with the use of Acme products.

The two fighting cocks try to out do each other while recounting their old football days and playing some golf. Apart from the Acme products, there seems to be a useful crate of explosives behind every other tree on this farm. Unfortunately you can see all the punchlines coming a mile off, resulting in every explosion being a letdown. This leaves the end result rather a sloppy mess, as Red would say.

5 out of 10