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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