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From: keesan@bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan)
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Classic Cartoon Quotes
Message-ID: <940@bbncc5.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 11:24:36 EST
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Reply-To: keesan@bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan)
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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
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