Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . (in this specific case, their crack team of Animated Shorts Seers, aka, The Looney Tuners) use THE DIXIE FRYER as a vehicle to warn We Americans of (The Then) Far Future of our upcoming Rigged Election, and the consequences of this Rampant Collusion with the Russian KGB. During THE DIXIE FRYER, the Fifth Columnist bozos intent on picking America's carcass clean are represented by "Pappy" and "Elvis Buzzard." The third character here--"Foghorn Leghorn" stands in for the KGB's White House "asset," aka The Kitty-Grabber-in-Chief. Though Foghorn seems to be working at cross purposes with his vulture-like core supporters throughout this brief cartoon, this should come at no surprise: his deplorable model from the future is taking marching orders from Moscow. Warner's Cassandras of Gloom depict the USA's upcoming shooting war with Canada by showing Elvis blasting his Pappy with a shotgun. Coverage of the upcoming ruinous trade wars is followed by North Korea's sneak nuclear attack on all of America's "Red States" (most of which lack the NBA teams that "Little Rocket Man" would hate to vaporize). Lots more in the way of clairvoyant visions of catastrophe is packed into THE DIXIE FRYER by Warner's Savants of the Future, but this guide should be enough to get you hunkering down.
nnwahler
It's very refreshing to see a 1960 Bob McKimson cartoon that's on a par with the concurrent work of his directing colleagues. The generally average-quality artwork takes nothing away from the great comedy in this short.Elvis and Pappy make far better adversaries for Foghorn Leghorn (that foolhardy ignoramus) than they did for sly ol' Bugs in "Backwoods Bunny." Here they're chicken hawks, rather than buzzards, and as birds of prey they are quite formidable adversaries for the rooster. As characters, Elvis and Pappy make superior chemistry as their losses are shared (somewhat) equally with Foggy. The greatest moment is when Foggy (almost) tricks them into a duel, but they turn around and blast his beak off, prompting him to exclaim, "First time somebody shot MY mouth off!"
Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de)
I must say I am quite a fan of the Foghorn, but sadly in this 6-minute cartoon from 55 years ago, he did not impress me too much. Or maybe he did impress me too much and that was the problem. He is more fun to watch when he is the one losing to a small chicken hawk for example, but here he has pretty much no problems dealing with two fairly incompetent grown chicken-hawks who want the rooster for dinner. Some running away, some mind games, an explosion and that is basically it in this little movie. McKimson, Pierce, Blanc and Butler made this one, but something's missing for me to recommend it. Maybe it's Foghorn getting his ass kicked. Not a bad watch by any means, but among the weakest Foghorn Leghorn cartoons in my opinion.
utgard14
Foghorn Leghorn heads south for the winter, where he runs into two hillbilly chicken hawks named Pappy and Elvis. An enjoyable but lesser Foghorn short from Robert McKimson. Great voice work from Mel Blanc and Daws Butler. Decent animation but I'm not a big fan of the muted colors. Whimsical music from Milt Franklyn. A few laughs to be had here and there (mostly from the hillbillies) but not a hilarious cartoon. I don't see why anyone would be upset at the hillbilly stereotypes unless they were trying to prove some kind of point about being upset over other stereotypes. I seriously doubt hillbillies (then or now) give a flip about how a cartoon with talking birds depicts them. I guess we all need something to be offended about.
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