Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bbncc5.UUCP Path: utzoo!decvax!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!bbnccv!bbncc5!keesan 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 Article-I.D.: bbncc5.940 Posted: Thu Oct 31 11:24:36 1985 Date-Received: Sun, 3-Nov-85 04:07:59 EST References: <10656@ucbvax.ARPA> <1809@saber.UUCP> <130@minnie.UUCP> <150@Glacier.ARPA> Reply-To: keesan@bbncc5.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan) Distribution: na Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 24 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