Walky Talky Hawky Merrie Melodies/Foghorn Leghorn series
Directed by	Robert McKimson
Story by	Warren Foster
Voices by	Mel Blanc
Music by	Carl Stalling
Animation by	Richard Bickenbach Cal Dalton Don Williams
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s)	August 31, 1946 (USA premiere)
Color process	Technicolor
Running time	7 min (one reel)
Language	English

Walky Talky Hawky is a Henery Hawk/Foghorn Leghorn animated short film from Warner Bros. released in 1946 and directed by Robert McKimson. All voice characterizations are performed by Mel Blanc.

Henery Hawk discusses his cravings with his father, who then tells him he is a chicken hawk and as such must feed on chickens. Meanwhile, in a barnyard, Foghorn Leghorn and The Barnyard Dawg are feuding as usual.

Henery meets Foghorn, who, seeing the hawk as a potential pawn against the Dawg, tells Henery he is a horse and that the Dawg is a chicken. After a series of pranks and gags where both the Dawg and Foghorn argue over who is a chicken (with Foghorn famously accusing the Dawg, "Don't you, I say don't you call ME a chicken, you chicken!").

When the pair's brawl takes them into a barn, a genuine horse forcibly ejects them, clunking their heads together in the process. The two foes, shaking hands to prove solidarity, re-enter to double-team the horse. Finally, Henery captures Foghorn, the Dawg, and the horse, mimicking Foghorn and telling the camera that "One of these things, I SAY, ONE OF THESE THINGS, has got to be a chicken!"

The film is mostly notable for being an Academy Award for Animated Short Film Nominee, losing to MGM's Tom & Jerry cartoon The Cat Concerto, which shared one of 7 oscars for the cat and mouse team.

Leghorn's imitation of a whinnying horse, effected by pressing a finger against the side of his nose and creating the nasal sound, mimics the technique Mel Blanc actually used to make the sound.

[edit] Availability

The short occurs in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 3. It is also part of Bugs Bunny: Superstar Part 2 in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4.

[edit] External links

• Walky Talky Hawky at the Internet Movie Database