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Organizers of the
event said that famous rooster came to the island to help visitors find the
island with his crowing from the top of the lighthouse in case the fog
rolled in. However, he remained silent on his visit and never bellowed out
one loud cock-a-doodle-doo.
Some of the
volunteers of the event felt he didn’t crow because there was no fog, only
blue sky that day. Others said he was intimated by the many seals that were
showing off in the waters around the island.
However, the
consensus of most people was that it must have been his age that kept him
from crowing. As one person said, “Foggy has been crowing since his first
film appearance in the 1946 Henery Hawk classic film Walky Talky Hawky and
since then he made nearly 30 Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies movies that he
has been crowing in over and over for the past 60 years.”
Some people had
hoped he would show up with famous athlete Michael Jordan who he starred
with in the 1996 movie Space Jam.
It is unknown if
Warner Brothers, the company that owns Foghorn J. Leghorn’s contract,
approved of his personal appearance at Little River Lighthouse. Whatever the
case, Foggy didn’t stay long and before anyone realized it, he flew off and
disappeared back into the dusty vaults of cartoon-land.
Posted: 10/10/2009
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