For those who think Seth McFarlane goes way over the edge of taste and sensibility -- here is a tidbit about the sordid past of one of our most beloved cartoon characters...
Snik... Snik...
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From: http://blogs.indiewire.com/thereeler/archives/006225.html
Fur Flies as Bugs Bunny's Racist Past Exposed!
November 8th's film program at The Tank (http://www.thetanknyc.org/film/) begs the question: Can anyone summon a better way to get in the democratic spirit of Election Day than to watch some of Warner Bros.' most racist, insensitive and politically incorrect cartoons?
Or as film archivist Dennis Nyback describes in his notes for the Bad Bugs Bunny program:
It [comprises] ten suppressed cartoons that show the true history of America: Sex, Violence and Racism! None of these cartoons has been issued on commercial video tape in their complete, uncensored form.
The first big attempt to rewrite the past and censor cartoons was in 1968. Eleven Warner Brothers cartoons were selected to never be shown again. Three of those cartoons are in this program in their complete, original form. I use Bugs Bunny as the icon for the greater output of Warner Brothers animation. Bugs Bunny does not appear in every cartoon. I have tried to make this an equal opportunity offensive program with cartoons insulting as many ethnic groups and sensibilities as possible.
I know, I know--this is terrible news for the tiny percentage of mayoral voters to whom urban-legend always attributes a write-in vote for Bugs Bunny. I told them they should have gone with Harvey Weinstein.