Southern Fried Rabbit

1953 · Approved · 7min · English

Bugs heads toward the record carrot crop in Alabama but runs into Colonel (Yosemite) Sam who is under orders to let no Yankee cross the Mason-Dixon line.

IMDb rating - 7.6/10 from 696 users

Genres - Animation · Family · Short · Comedy

Director - Friz Freleng

Writer - Warren Foster(story)

Story line - This cartoon has not appeared unedited on American television for decades. The edited sequence shows Bugs Bunny trying to cross the Mason-Dixon line in black-face (brownface?). He sings two songs (the second of which, "Yankee Doodle", enrages Confederate Sam) then, placing a whip in the bewildered Sam's hand, Bugs acts as if Sam is going to beat him. Bugs then exits and re-enters as an indignant Abe Lincoln. —sndsfnny

Release date - May 2, 1953 (United States)

Countries of origin - United States

Also known as - Bugs Bunny: 'hattu Möhren?

Production company - Warner Bros.