Weasel Stop

The weasel comes to the barnyard trying to get the chickens. Foghorn has a confrontation with the "watchdog," who seems to be lazy and too busy carving wood, but who is really on top of things. Foghorn is miffed that the dog is always sleeping when he should be "guarding us chickens." Playing practical jokes on the dog doesn't work, as this Southern drawling hound is smarter than he acts. When the hyperactive, drooling weasel appears and sets out to catch a hen or two, Foghorn tries to turn the weasel against the dog with elaborate plans that the dog always has a counterpunch for, resulting in disaster for both Foggy and the weasel.

Foghorn Leghorn, Weasel, Old Southern Dog

In the dark background as the cartoon irises out, the weasel is running around wearing his haystack-shaped fur.

This Looney Tune short was reissued as a Blue Ribbon Merrie Melodie cartoon.

In September of 1943, beginning with A Feud There Was, Warner Bros. began re-releasing select color cartoons in their "Blue Ribbon" program. Typically the Blue Ribbon reissues received new opening sequences with Blue Ribbon title cards and standardized music. Cartoon production credits were also removed. Between ten and fifteen cartoons were released in any given year, with cartoons coming from as far back as 1935. The reissues continued until the close of the studio in the 1960's.

All Blue Ribbon cartoons were released as "Merrie Melodie" cartoons regardless of the original series. The first "Looney Tunes" short to be included in the Blue Ribbon series was The Hep Cat, which was added in 1949. The only current prints of many of these cartoons are the Blue Ribbon releases, although restoration of these cartoons with original elements and titles is always ongoing.