Pullet Surprise

Pullet Surprise
Promotional poster
Directed byDarrell Van Citters
Story byStephen Fossati
Darrell Van Citters
Dean Wellins
Produced byChuck Jones
Linda Jones Clough
Stephen A. Fossati
StarringFrank Gorshin
Stan Freberg
Edited byJulie Ann Lau
Music byCameron Patrick
Dominick Certo
J. Eric Schmidt
Animation byTom Decker
Patrick Gleeson
Dean Wellins
Duane Gretsky
Bill Snelgrove
Claude Raynes
Greg Whittaker
Warren O'Neill
Herman Sharaf
Cory Wilson
Joe Achorn
Edy Benjamin
Munir Bhatti
John Hinshelwood
Martin Hopkins
Maurice Noble
Layouts byBob Givens
Backgrounds byJill Petrilak
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
  • March 26, 1997 (1997-03-26)
(with Cats Don't Dance)
Running time
6:54
LanguageEnglish

Pullet Surprise is a 1997 Looney Tunes short released in theaters with Cats Don't Dance. It was produced by Chuck Jones Film Productions.[1][2] It is notable for being the first theatrical released Foghorn Leghorn short since Banty Raids in 1963.[3] and the first one directed by someone else after Robert McKimson's death. It is one of three Looney Tunes shorts to feature Frank Gorshin voicing a character (the other two being Superior Duck and From Hare to Eternity), namely Foghorn Leghorn, while Stan Freberg reprises his role as Pete Puma.

Plot

Pete Puma attempts to steal from Foghorn Leghorn's henhouse. Foghorn outwits Pete by sending him on wild goose chases for exotic chickens, including a Venezuelan Racing Chicken, an Irish Wrestling Chicken and a Mongolian Disappearing Chicken. Despite Foghorn's tricks, Pete manages to snatch a chicken. Foghorn retaliates by tricking Pete into various traps (such as tricking him into dancing and dropping an anvil on him) but is ultimately defeated by a real Irish Wrestling Chicken, leading Foghorn to quip that he's sure glad he didn't show Pete the Norwegian Exploding Chicken.

References

  1. ↑ Cartoon Characters and Crew for Pullet Surprise. Big Cartoon DataBase.
  2. ↑ Freberg voices Pete Puma in Pullet Surprise
  3. ↑ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 343. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
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