Director: Friz Freleng
Release Date: May 2, 1953
Stars: Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam
Rating: ★★★★
Review:
When his home country looks like a desert and he becomes short of carrots, Bugs migrates to Alabama.
Unfortunately, the ‘Mason Dixie Line’, the border between the North (desert) and the South (beautiful green landscape), is protected by Southerner Sam, who isn’t aware that the civil war has ended ages ago. This preposterous idea leads to great gags involving several impersonations by Bugs, a.o. of Abraham Lincoln.
Watch ‘Southern Fried Rabbit’ yourself and tell me what you think:
http://archive.org/details/SouthernFriedRabbit_35
This is Bugs Bunny cartoon No. 98
To the previous Bugs Bunny cartoon: Upswept Hare
To the next Bugs Bunny cartoon: Hare-Trimmed
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January 22, 2016 at 18:11
filmmusiccentral
If I remember this cartoon correctly, wasn’t the Abraham Lincoln and “beating slaves” moment censored out of this cartoon at one point? Or am I thinking of a different cartoon?
January 22, 2016 at 18:23
Gijs Grob
No, that’s correct. These scenes have been cut in the past.
January 22, 2016 at 18:24
filmmusiccentral
I thought so, I’ve been looking into censored cartoons (particularly Tom and Jerry) and blackface gags