After playing with our expectations, this turns out to be a very different sort of film.
... View MoreEasily the biggest piece of Right wing non sense propaganda I ever saw.
... View MoreIf you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
... View MoreThis is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.
... View More" . . . monkeys," Foghorn Leghorn tells Prissy's son regarding their upcoming Game Day. No doubt Leghorn's demeaning comment was a quick aside on the part of Warner Bros.' always prophetic Animated Shorts Seers division (aka, The Looney Tuners) to the H & M department store chain to be very careful about how they word their ads for Hoodies in the Politically Correct 21st Century. Ditto for the book that Egghead, Jr. is reading as FEATHER DUSTED begins: HOW TO ISOLATE THE ISOTOPE, which is now considered the "Holy Grail" by Quantumbibliophiles (that is, those book collectors specializing in amassing all of the seminal tomes comprising the early days of Quantum Physics). But upon closer examination, discerning viewers probably will realize that Leghorn's analogy about half-witted monkeys is not simply a cautionary note to one corporate marketing department. Rather, it's an apt description of President Putin's Administration in Washington, which infamously shut down the entire U.S. government a few hours ago under the misdirection of "Jello the Hutt." Warner Bros.' clairvoyant Extreme Early Warning System for We Americans of (The Then) Far Future consistently use Foghorn Leghorn as their stand-in for Putin's Clown, and FEATHER DUSTED is no exception. Each of the five games--croquette, cops & robbers, cowboys & Indians, pirates, and battleship--Leghorn plays with Egghead puts him--and all of America--in a far worse position than when Putin rigged the Electoral College. In the final scene of FEATHER DUSTED, Leghorn\Jello springs dozens of leaks, bringing to mind the drip-drip-drip of Robert Mueller's Pre-Impeachment Proceedings.
... View More"Feather Dusted" is a Warner Bros. cartoon from 1955, so this one is over 60 years old and from the Golden Age of Animation. Foghorn Leghorn is the star here or is it his silent little pal? Anyway, Mother Hen (with no love interest in Foghorn here) is out for the day and Foghorn decides it is time to get her son away from books and theory and show him what the real world is like. The result is the little chicken being in control of everything and knowing exactly what to with every situation laid on him by the big rooster. And we all know who is gonna pay for it in the long run. But hey that chicken can get out of jail within seconds. Impressive stuff. Dealing with the little shy guy is a much bigger challenge. McKimson, Pierce, Blanc and Benederet delivers nicely with this one here. i recommend the watch. It's entertaining, smart and funny.
... View MoreFoghorn Leghorn's worried that Miss Prissy's son, Egghead, is going to be a sissy because all he does is sit around reading books all day. So the rooster decides to teach the little chicken how to play games like croquet and play make-believe like cowboys and Indians. Pretty funny Foghorn short with adorable little Egghead stealing the show. The animation is bright and colorful. The music is energetic and fun. There are many funny gags and lines in this one. The great Mel Blanc provides exceptional voice work but I have to say I was disappointed by Bea Benaderet here. Her Prissy voice this time sounds nothing like what I've heard before from her. It's not the best Foghorn or Egghead short I've seen but it is entertaining. Blowhard Foghorn never gets old.
... View MoreI will admit that there's a scene in "Feather Dusted" stereotyping Native Americans, but other than that, it's a real hoot, as Foghorn Leghorn tries to get Widow Hen's intellectual son to have some fun, but the boy always participates by ensuring that something bad happens to the big guy. And of course, there's no shortage of Foghorn's folksy slang ("...as cold as a nudist on an iceberg.") One thing that I wonder was why they didn't have Henery Hawk in this cartoon. But no matter. The boy here had some neat tricks up his sleeve. Those seemingly cute characters in these cartoons always turn out to be the biggest bad-asses. Worth seeing, if only once.
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