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Little Boy Boo (1954)

Little Boy Boo poster
Directed by
Robert McKimson
Genre
animation, comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
6 min
Rating
7.6 of 10 from 19 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Foghorn Leghorn tries to impress a widow by looking after her unusually smart son. The boy keeps outsmarting the rooster's attempts at easy childcare.

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What happens

Little Boy Boo is a Warner Bros. Looney Tunes animated short directed by Robert McKimson. The cartoon was released on June 5, 1954, and features Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy and Egghead Jr. in his debut appearance. The cartoon was one of several in the Foghorn Leghorn series utilizing the theme of Foghorn attempting to woo the widowed Miss Prissy by babysitting her gifted son (Egghead, Jr.). The title is a play on the nursery rhyme "Little Boy Blue". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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