Since a small ear of corn only has 85 calories, eating an entire cob won't ruin your diet. A small ear of boiled, yellow corn is about 5.5 to 6.5 inches long. A medium-sized ear of yellow corn goes up to 99 calories, while a large ear has 113 calories.
Foghorn Leghorn's accent and style are based on the long-running radio character Senator Claghorn (who appeared in It's a Joke, Son! (1947) voiced by radio comedian Kenny Delmar.
July 04, 1989|By New York Times News Service. Jim Backus, the beetle-browed actor whose booming voice gave life to the nearsighted cartoon character of Mr. Magoo and the self-indulgent millionaire of ``Gilligan`s Island,`` died of pneumonia Monday in St. John`s Hospital and Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 76.