The Dixie Fryer

1960
6.6| 0h6m| NA| en| More Info
Released: 24 September 1960 Released
Producted By: Warner Bros. Pictures
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Foghorn Leghorn travels to the deep south to enjoy the sun, but must contend with two yokelish chicken hawks, Pappy and Elvis, who want to roast him for dinner.

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Director

Robert McKimson

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Warner Bros. Pictures

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Perry Kate Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
Fluentiama Perfect cast and a good story
Dotsthavesp I wanted to but couldn't!
Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
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.
JohnHowardReid PLAYERS: Foghorn Leghorn (voiced by Mel Blanc), Elvis Buzzard, Pappy Buzzard (both voiced by Daws Butler).Director: ROBERT McKIMSON. Story: Tedd Pierce. Animation: Ted Bonnicksen, George Grandpré, Warren Batchelder, Tom Ray. Lay-outs: Robert Givens. Backgrounds: William Butler. Film editor: Treg Brown. Voice characterizations: Mel Blanc. Music director: Milt Franklyn. Color by Technicolor. Producer: David DePatie. Copyright 1960. A Warner Bros "Merrie Melodies" cartoon. U.S. release: 24 September 1960. 1 reel. 6 minutes. COMMENT: "THE DIXIE FRYER" is a pleasing entry in the Merrie Melodies cycle, thanks to some really attractive visuals and fairly amusing gags. The chicken hawks are nicely characterized, and we are tenaciously treated to all the usual southern dialect humor. Alas, two very important thing missing though are Foghorn's usual delightful asides and outrageous similes.
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!"
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.