Yosemite and Bugs

davemarc davemarc at panix.com
Thu Oct 24 21:16:50 CDT 1996


At 05:05 PM 10/24/96 EST, Richard Romeo Rote:
>You know there is an episode where Bugs and Yosemite literally fight over 
>the Mason-Dixon Line, Yosemite in full Confederate regailia (most likely 
>a colonel me thinks), crosses the line during the scrimmage, yells Ahh 
>Ahm on Yankee soil, gotta burn my boots.  Cartoon ends with Y threatening 
>the Yankees who are so-called invading Chatannoga (the baseball team of 
>course, which Bugs in his wounded Southern soldier tricks him with;  BB 
>also's in drag in this one, playing a Southern Belle)  Got me thinking, I 
>can hope this might show up somewhere in _Mason and Dixon_
>
I'd be willing to bet that the cartoon is what inspired his interest in the
line in the first place.

See my bookie,

davemarc




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