chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) (10/24/85)
turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel) says: > >and from the same F. (trivia-whats the F stand for) Leghorn > Let me be the 571st person to say that it stands for Foghorn. A truly wonderful character borrowed from an old movie about a senator with, I believe, the same name. -- Chris Grevstad {sdcsvax,hplabs}!sdcrdcf!psivax!nrcvax!chris ucbvax!calma!nrcvax!chris ihnp4!nrcvax!chris If things don't change, they will probably remain the same.
bhayes@Glacier.ARPA (Barry Hayes) (10/29/85)
In article <130@minnie.UUCP> chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) writes: >turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel) says: >> >>and from the same F. (trivia-whats the F stand for) Leghorn >> > >Let me be the 571st person to say that it stands for Foghorn. A truly >wonderful character borrowed from an old movie about a senator with, >I believe, the same name. > This is not true, but very close. I will drink a toast in very good whiskey to anyone who knows who Foghorn is indeed based on. -Trivia, Ltd. Barry Hayes Consulting Director and sole employee
edward@ukecc.UUCP (Edward C. Bennett) (10/30/85)
In article <416@unc.unc.UUCP>, beard@unc.UUCP (David Beard) writes: > I need the name of the cartoon and the rest of a Bug's song. > > Situation: Elmer has dug up Bugs and carried him to his top floor > apt. Actually Elmer had dug up a rare flower, Bug's hole just happened to be next to the flower. > Bugs wakes up, walks inside to the HUGE Roman bathtub, and > starts swimming. At this point he sings a song that starts out with: > > "Be it ever so crumbly, there's no place like Rome" Oh Nero was the Emporer and the palace was his home. But he liked to play with matches and soon a fire yerned. (Bugs comes out of bath, taps on piano to get the right note and goes "yerrrned") So he burned Rome to ashes and fiddled while it burned. ^ + not sure of this word -- Edward C. Bennett UUCP: ihnp4!cbosgd!ukma!ukecc!edward /* A charter member of the Scooter bunch */ "Goodnight M.A."
keesan@bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan) (10/31/85)
In article <150@Glacier.ARPA> bhayes@Glacier.UUCP (Barry Hayes) writes: >In article <130@minnie.UUCP> chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) writes: >>turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel) says: >>>and from the same F. (trivia-whats the F stand for) Leghorn >>Let me be the 571st person to say that it stands for Foghorn. A truly >>wonderful character borrowed from an old movie about a senator with, >>I believe, the same name. >This is not true, but very close. I will drink a toast in >very good whiskey to anyone who knows who Foghorn is indeed >based on. Foghorn Leghorn is of course based on Senator Claghorn, one of the denizens of Allen's Alley, from the Fred Allen radio program. "It's good, I say, it's good to see Senator Aiken back. 'Aiken back' -- that's a joke, son." Drink some of The Glenlivet for me. Further trivia question: what other cartoon character is based at least in part on Senator Claghorn, and what TV program did he appear on? -- Morris M. Keesan keesan@bbn-unix.ARPA {decvax,ihnp4,etc.}!bbncca!keesan
lip@gcc-milo.ARPA (Seth Lipkin) (10/31/85)
>This is not true, but very close. I will drink a toast in >very good whiskey to anyone who knows who Foghorn is indeed >based on. He is based on a Senator Foghorn, from an old radio show. --------- Seth Lipkin General Computer Company harvard!gcc-milo!lip "...about as sharp as a sack of wet mice."
taub@ttidcb.UUCP (Roland Taub) (11/01/85)
In article <150@Glacier.ARPA> bhayes@Glacier.UUCP (Barry Hayes) writes: >> >>Let me be the 571st person to say that it stands for Foghorn. A truly >>wonderful character borrowed from an old movie about a senator with, >> >This is not true, but very close. I will drink a toast in >very good whiskey to anyone who knows who Foghorn is indeed >based on. > -Trivia, Ltd. > Barry Hayes > Consulting Director and sole employee ** My first posting ever ** Start pouring, Barry! "Foghorn Leghorn" is taken from a character that was popular on the old Fred Allen's "Allen's Alley". He was called Senator Claghorn and had the same "voice" as F. Leghorn, although not done by the same actor. I can't recall the actor on the Fred Allen show, but it was Kenny *something*. BTW this goes back to the '40's, which is why most of you don't know about it - but I remember listening to those shows 'live'. -RAT- -- Roland A. Taub (RAT) "I'm not very smart, but I'm tall." Citicorp/TTI 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Santa Monica, CA 90405 (213) 450-9111 {philabs,randvax,trwrb,vortex}!ttidcb!taub
sct@lanl.ARPA (11/01/85)
> > Foghorn Leghorn is of course based on Senator Claghorn, one of the denizens >of Allen's Alley, from the Fred Allen radio program. > "It's good, I say, it's good to see Senator Aiken back. 'Aiken back' -- >that's a joke, son." > Drink some of The Glenlivet for me. > > Further trivia question: what other cartoon character is based at least in >part on Senator Claghorn, and what TV program did he appear on? > Could it be good old Huckelberry Hound?
bhayes@Glacier.ARPA (Barry Hayes) (11/02/85)
In article <940@bbncc5.UUCP> keesan@bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan) writes: >In article <150@Glacier.ARPA> bhayes@Glacier.UUCP (Barry Hayes) writes: >>In article <130@minnie.UUCP> chris@minnie.UUCP (Chris Grevstad) writes: >>>turner@saber.UUCP (D'arc Angel) says: >>>>and from the same F. (trivia-whats the F stand for) Leghorn >>>Let me be the 571st person to say that it stands for Foghorn. A truly >>>wonderful character borrowed from an old movie about a senator with, >>>I believe, the same name. >>This is not true, but very close. I will drink a toast in >>very good whiskey to anyone who knows who Foghorn is indeed >>based on. > > Foghorn Leghorn is of course based on Senator Claghorn, one of the denizens >of Allen's Alley, from the Fred Allen radio program. > "It's good, I say, it's good to see Senator Aiken back. 'Aiken back' -- >that's a joke, son." > Drink some of The Glenlivet for me. > > Further trivia question: what other cartoon character is based at least in >part on Senator Claghorn, and what TV program did he appear on? > >-- >Morris M. Keesan >keesan@bbn-unix.ARPA >{decvax,ihnp4,etc.}!bbncca!keesan Well, well, well. Morris has let the cat out of the bag. Indeed, it's our old friend Senator Claghorn back from Washington. He was a regular on Allen's Alley on the Fred Allen show. Sorry to say, I don't know who played him. Such is fame. The show also went a very short time on TV, by the way. A wee dram for John Ruschmeyer <John@moncol> David A Smallberg <das@locus> who also knew this one. By the way, it's Caol Ila I drink, not Glenlivet. If any of you want to send me a bottle, I'll be happy to let you.