Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de)
One of my favorite cartoon characters and he brings his frenemies Barnyard Dog and Henery Hawk. "Walky Talky Hawky" is a 7-minute cartoon from 70 years ago that was made right after World War II and its success resulted in many more films with these characters. Director is McKimson, writer is Foster and voice actor is Mel Blanc of course, all very prolific for Warner Bros. This one may have lost the Oscar, but it was still a success. The story is about Foghorn tricking the chicken hawk into thinking that Barnyard Dog is actually the chicken, a storyline that has been used in other films as well with these characters. It was okay, even if some of the jokes were really just pure action with little comedic value. However, all in all, I felt it was a decent watch with a nice ending too that was actually funny. And you hear Foghorn making chicken sounds, which does not happen too often in these cartoons. I recommend the watch.
Michael_Elliott
Walky Talky Hawky (1946) **** (out of 4)Hilarious short has a small chicken hawk being told by his father that he needs to eat chicken so he sets out to find out. He comes across Foghorn Leghorn who convinces him that a dog is really the chicken. This here is a wonderful short that remains one of the absolute best to ever come from Warner. There are so many classic moments here but the real highlight is simply the fact that all three characters are so downright funny and lovable in their own right. There are many funny moments here but for me the highlight will always be the scream that Foghorn lets out once the dog finally gets a hold of him. That scream itself is one of the funniest noises to ever come from the studio. As you'd expect the animation is terrific but the final line of the film is just priceless.
ccthemovieman-1
After telling his pop that he has a craving for something and can't figure out what it is, little "Henery" hears the facts of life from his dad. No, nothing to do with the birds and bees, just telling his boy that they are "hated and hunted down" because they are chicken hawks and chicken hawks eat chickens. That's what they do!"Hey, that's for me," says the little bird. Henery doesn't even know what a chicken looks like, so he goes out looking. Just his luck - the first one he encounters is the huge "Foghorn Leghorn." From that point, this is Foghorn's cartoon, not Henery's. He's loud, he's abrasive, he's obnoxious, but who doesn't love Foghorn?Along the way, as Foghorn puts on the little guy by telling him the nearby dog is a chicken, we get parody of a cigarette commercial from those days ("round, firm and fully-packed"), but overall I didn't find this a very funny cartoon. I doubt others did either which is probably why Henery never became a star. Foghorn wasn't either, but at least many of us have heard of him.Henery sounds a little like Bugs. I guess Mel Blanc couldn't disguise his Brooklyn accent enough to make Henery sound different, although he did fine with Foghorn.
Lee Eisenberg
In Foghorn Leghorn's debut, he tries to get Henery Hawk to to go after Barnyard Dog, with unexpected consequences. One thing that I noticed was that Henery Hawk's father called the family "chicken hawks", meaning that they hunt chickens. That phrase now refers to politicians who never served in the armed forces but send other people to fight in wars (often for lies). The connection that I see - however loose - is that Foghorn lies to Henery about Barnyard being a chicken. So he sends Henery off to do something for a lie. On the other hand, Foghorn had tortured Barnyard many times, so he wasn't being as much of a hypocrite as George W. Bush.But anyway, it's a really fun cartoon, a sign of the later Foghorn Leghorn shorts. Cool.
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