Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . being "a phoned-in minimal effort proving that the Looney Tuners were on their last legs by the late 1950s." Perhaps ironically, the framing device for the quartet of flashbacks buried within FEATHER BLUSTER involves "Foggy," a geezer version of Foghorn Leghorn, and "Barney" (a geriatric Barnyard Dog, of course). Today's Youth will recognize this stodgy pair for the spot-on representations of Aging Baby Boomers that they are. Warner Bros.' always prophetic Animated Shorts Seers division deftly uses FEATHER BLUSTER to warn America of the disastrous 2016 USA election "choice," between "Tweedledee" and "Tweedledum," a pair of out-of-gas Boomer Windbags. Just as with the outcome of the various moments of conflict between Barnyard Dog and Foghorn Leghorn taking place within FEATHER BLUSTER, it pretty much does not matter which blah option prevails. Two years ago it was a lose-lose prospect for our beleaguered nation, just as Foghorn vs. Dumb Dog is a non-winnable proposition for their farm. In showing the offspring of these deplorable oldsters following in the footsteps of their progenitors, Warner's seers take a pessimistic view about the overall chances for America's continued survival. Countries come and go. Some, such as Atlantis, go out with a bang. But most--including Mesopotamia and Byzantium--fade away with a whimper.
utgard14
"Clip show" short with Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dog as elderly friends looking back on their days of feuding with one another. Their grandsons overhear their stories and try to imitate the oldsters. Not a lot to say about this one except it's watchable but not something you'd go out of your way to see. The clips used are amusing. The new material is cute, especially with the grandsons. They're mini versions of Foghorn and Dog. The music is nice. The voice work from Mel Blanc is great. The animation in the new parts is decent but nothing to write home about, as you might expect since these clip shows were done as ways of saving money.
bob the moo
Foghorn Leghorn and his dog companion are old and retired from the henhouse game. They sit on the stoop and watch their grandchildren chasing each other around - putting them in mind of themselves of their earlier days together.This cartoon looks like it will be one of those rather horrid `replace characters with child equivalent' films, but it soon reveals itself to be a `remember when' clips film instead - neither particularly desirable types in my opinion. The kids' stuff is mainly used as a prologue and epilogue to allow the main characters to have something to do their reminiscing against. The clips they show are quite funny but, having seen some of the films they come from, are much better in the context of the film they are shown in - although I know there are funnier gags from the series and I did wonder why they chose one or two of the ones they did.In clip mood, Foghorn and the Barnyard Dog are both as funny as they can be, however their old characters are a little annoying and are giving way too much screen time considering all they are doing is acting as hosts of a mini clip show. Their grandchildren are OK and are mercifully kept in the background for the majority of the film.Overall this is a cartoon that is really just a mini clip show. It is funny because the original cartoons that the gags are lifted from are funny - but it is worth hunting down those rather than watching this by itself.
Chip_douglas
It's a look into the future with the grandchildren of Foghorn Leghorn and Barnyard Dog stepping into the footsteps of their elders. Judging from the old rooster's broken leg, the pair of old age pensioners still seem to be at it as well. That might have been funny to see, but instead we are only treated to old clips as the pair of them reminisce about their old rousting games'. Cue some sequences from `Hen House Henery' (1949), `All Fowled Up'(1955) and `The High and the Flighty' (1956). Most of these get newly animated bookends (for instance Daffy Duck is removed from the `High and the Flighty' gag). But the new bits don't quite match up, as Foggy has changed his appearance somewhat (in the earlier flicks, he had less on top and more around the waist).One has to wonder if they could not have chosen some funnier stuff from all the previous entries in this series. Especially the last clip is a letdown, chosen mainly to be easily recreated by the younger versions. It must be said that the designs for the two grandchildren are much cuter than their counterparts on 'Tiny Toon Adventures' three decades later. Shame they were wasted in this typical episode of Family Ties'.4 out of 10
AD
