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Beaky Buzzard
Warner Bros. theatrical cartoon character
Fictional character
Beaky Buzzard (initially known as "Killer") is an animatedcartoon character in the Warner Bros.Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.[4]
He is a young turkey vulture (sometimes called a "buzzard" in the United States) with black body feathers and a white tuft around his throat.
His neck is long and thin, bending 90 degrees at an enormous Adam's apple. His neck and head are featherless, and his beak and feet are large and yellow or orange, depending on the cartoon.
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The character is depicted as simpleminded with drawled speech, a perpetual silly grin, and partially-closed eyes.
Beaky was partly based on Edgar Bergen's puppet Mortimer Snerd.[1][5]
Popularity
The films were popular in theaters, and Beaky was familiar enough to be given roles in more recent productions.
In the s, the character was also disproportionally popular in comics (see below).
