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The Leghorn, [a] Italian: Livorno or Livornese, is a breed of chicken originating in Tuscany, in central Italy. Birds were first exported to North America in 1828 from the Tuscan port city of Livorno , [ 6 ] on the western coast of Italy.
Leghorn may refer to: Livorno, an Italian port city in Tuscany, traditionally known in English as Leghorn; Leghorn, a type of straw-plaited fabric; Leghorn chicken, a breed of chicken from Tuscany; The naval Battle of Leghorn, 1653, during the First Anglo-Dutch War; Foghorn Leghorn, a Looney Tunes character
Foghorn Leghorn is an anthropomorphic rooster who appears in Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies cartoons and films from Warner Bros. Animation. He was created by Robert McKimson , and starred in 29 cartoons from 1946 to 1964 in the golden age of American animation . [ 1 ]
It is traditionally known in English as Leghorn (pronounced / l ɛ ˈ ɡ ɔːr n / leg-ORN, [4] [5] / ˈ l ɛ ɡ h ɔːr n / LEG-horn [6] or / ˈ l ɛ ɡ ər n / LEG-ərn). [7] [8] [9] During the Renaissance, Livorno was designed as an "ideal town". Developing considerably from the second half of the 16th century by the will of the House of ...
The Foghorn Leghorn is a 1948 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Robert McKimson. [3] The cartoon was released on October 9, 1948, and features Foghorn Leghorn , Henery Hawk and the Barnyard Dawg .
The cartoon was released on August 31, 1946, and features Henery Hawk and Foghorn Leghorn. [3] This is the first appearance of both Foghorn Leghorn and the Barnyard Dawg . Plot
It's a Joke, Son! is a 1947 American comedy film directed by Benjamin Stoloff (in his final directorial role in a film) featuring radio comedian Kenny Delmar as Senator Beauregard Claghorn, a character on Fred Allen's radio program and later the inspiration for the cartoon character Foghorn Leghorn. [3]
The cartoon was released on July 2, 1949, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Henery Hawk and the Barnyard Dawg. [2] It is the first Foghorn Leghorn cartoon featuring Stephen Foster's "Camptown Races", a song that would be featured in every Foghorn Leghorn cartoon following this with the exceptions of A Fractured Leghorn, Of Rice and Hen and Banty Raids.