''Weasel Stop'' is a 1956 Warner Bros. ''

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'' animated short film directed by

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. The cartoon was released on February 11, 1956, and features Foghorn Leghorn. The cartoon is unusual in that a different dog (instead of the

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) is used as Foghorn's nemesis. The title is a pun on the phrase "

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Plot

A shaggy dog (played by Lloyd Perryman''The Animated Film Encyclopedia'', Graham Webb, McFarland Press, 2000) is the guard at a farm's chicken coop when a lip-smacking

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comes along, intending to gain access to the chickens. And, never one to side with a canine, Foghorn Leghorn opts to help the weasel by trying to violently remove the guard dog. The rooster and weasel try various methods of getting rid of the dog, but wind up losing all their feathers and fur in a hay baling machine. The cartoon ends with Foghorn saying "Fortunately, I always keep my feathers numbered for just such an emergency," a line used in several

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; after the iris out, the weasel reappears wearing its hay bale of fur and runs off in search of another meal.

Voice cast

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as Foghorn Leghorn, Willy the Weasel, Hen, Dog Barks *Lloyd Perryman as Shaggy Dog (uncredited)

References

1956 films 1956 short films 1956 comedy films 1956 animated films 1950s English-language films 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films Looney Tunes shorts Foghorn Leghorn films Animated films about dogs Films about weasels Films set on farms Films set in 1956 Films directed by Robert McKimson Films produced by Edward Selzer Films scored by Milt Franklyn Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films {{1950s-animation-film-stub