Pullet Surprise
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"Pullet Surprise" is an expression sometimes used in comedy, usually as a pun on "Pulitzer Prize".
Looney Tunes cartoon
Pullet Surprise is a 1997 6-minute Looney Tunes short released in theaters with Cats Don't Dance. It produced by Chuck Jones Film Productions. In the cartoon, Pete Puma is trying to raid the henhouse Foghorn Leghorn is guarding; Foggy decides to have some fun with Pete. He tells Pete what he really wants is a Venezuelan Racing Chicken which has unfortunately run back to Venezuela. Pete runs there and back in jig time. Next, he really wants an Irish Wrestling Chicken, which turns out to be a rope tied to a bull's tail. When Pete makes off with a chicken, nest and all, Foghorn grabs the chicken, then says Pete's found the rare Mongolian Disappearing Chicken, and the only way to make it reappear is tap dancing; Pete dances into a hole; Foggy drops an anvil on Pete's head ("a whole lotta lumps!"). Foggy walks away, chuckling at his cleverness, when a genuine Irish Wrestling Chicken pins him ("I'm glad I didn't show him the Norwegian Exploding Chicken").
other occurrences
- The computer game Space Quest 4 contains a game-within-the came called "Ms. Astro Chicken". If the human plays for a sufficient duration, the game announces "Congratulations... you have won the Pullet Surprise!"