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Achin' back! That's a joke, son." Further discussion regarding cold remedies resulted in this exchange:Ĭlaghorn: I had a cold last week like to ruin my filibuster. Claghorn responded: "The senate, I say the senate reconvened just in time. In another exchange, Allen asked Claghorn whether Washington was helping to reduce an epidemic of colds afflicting the country. "Rock-a-bye small fry, on the cotton tree top, when the Southern wind blows, your cradle will rock, when the wind's from the North, I say, baby you'll bawl, for down will come cradle, tree and you all!" In one episode, Allen asked the senator how he was treating his insomnia, and the senator replied that he had sung himself to sleep with a southern lullaby:

Fog horn leghorn quotes series#

After a quip, the senator would laugh uproariously and utter one of his two catchphrases: "That's a joke, son!" or "Pay attention now, boy!" Claghorn would also make frequent jabs at Allen using colorful analogies that often resulted in loud laughter from the studio audience.ĭelmar debuted Claghorn on Allen's broadcast of October 7, 1945, and the character remained until 1949, when the series transitioned from "Allen's Alley" to a "Main Street" segment to accommodate Allen's final sponsor, Ford. When Allen was finally able to speak to the senator, he would ask him a topical question, to which Claghorn would respond with a rapid stream of talk, shouting, repetition and puns. "Son, bend down and kiss my Jefferson Davis button!"."The only plant life I have around my house is a Virginia creeper!".

"When I got the chickenpox, they were southern fried!".

"I won't go into a room unless it's got southern exposure!".

"I refuse to watch the Dodgers unless Dixie Walker's playin'!".

"I won't even go to see the Giants unless a southpaw's pitchin'!".

"When I'm in New York I'll never go to Yankee Stadium!".

Some of the senator's other quotes include: The senator even rebuked Fred Allen for saying the word "no" in his presence, saying "N-O. At one point when asked which state he represented, he noted it was in the Gulf of Mexico, south of Alabama. For instance, the Senator refused to ever wear a " Union suit" or drive through the Lincoln Tunnel when he visited New York City, and he claimed to drink only out of Dixie cups. Suh." Description Ĭlaghorn had an unshakable obsession with the South, and would happily complain about the North in dry ways.

Claghorn would typically answer the door with, "Somebody, ah say, somebody knocked! Claghorn's the name, Senator Claghorn, that is. Succeeding the vaguely similar but much less popular Senator Bloat from the earliest "Allen's Alley" routines, Senator Claghorn, portrayed by Allen's announcer Kenny Delmar, was a blustery Southern politician whose home was usually the first at which Allen would knock. Senator Beauregard Claghorn was a popular fictional radio character on the " Allen's Alley" segment of The Fred Allen Show, beginning in 1945.