# Bugs Bunny and racist cartoons **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [February 19, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130 "2018-02-19T17:58:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/1 "2018-02-19T17:58:19Z")
I haven’t seen most of the “cansored” cartoons listed. But Cartoon Network did do a program once on those cartoons, with clips from some. They also showed, and I recorded, “Herr Meets Hare” That one was likely selected because most folks wouldn’t object to a mocking portrayal of Herman Goering. It is interesting for two special reasons. It features Bugs Bunny’s first "taking the wrong turn at “Albakoiky” scene. He ends up in the Black Forest, where Goering is hunting. Goering and Bugs do an operatic scene that is a first version of the whole cartoon “What’s Opera, Doc?” Bugs is Brunhilde, there’s the fat horse, and the same music of course. That Cartoon Network program also included a full version of a wartime cartoon called “Gremlins from the Kremlin” I once recorded “Frigid Hare” and was glad to get it, being surprised it was shown. That was in the late 90’s. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/2 "2018-02-19T18:13:19Z")
Forgot to include the staff report link > **[Did Bugs Bunny appear in a racist cartoon during World War II?](https://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/1995/did-bugs-bunny-appear-in-a-racist-cartoon-during-world-war-ii/)** > > A STAFF REPORT FROM THE STRAIGHT DOPE SCIENCE ADVISORY BOARD ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/3 "2018-02-19T19:28:13Z")
These cartoons seem to be available on YouTube … as well as the Heckle and Jeckle cartoons from the Terrytoon company … really violent stuff so beware NSFW … ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/4 "2018-02-19T19:29:03Z")
Warner brothers can do whatever they want with their cartoons, of course. Considering the fact that Family Guy regularly features racist humor, the whole thing seems pretty ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/5 "2018-02-19T23:02:05Z")
The worst one from WB is probably [_Clean Pastures_](http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x98fju). (Although I think that [_Scrub Me Mamma With a Boogie Beat_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UacUR7bPnMM) by Walter Lanz Productions has it beat for sheer stereotyping. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/6 "2018-02-20T02:27:21Z")
Weeeelllll I am probably going straight to Hell in a handcar, but: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/iMZfCar-Ks8/hqdefault.jpg "Southern Bugs Bunny") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMZfCar-Ks8) “Ima haveta burn mah boots, they tetched yankee soil!” “Look me up at my Gettysburg Address” And while the Southern General is being made out to be a fool, at the same time, I have to laugh at how The North is depicted as a dry barren landscape while The South is lush and green. And they even “correctly” called it The War Between The States, too! ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/7 "2018-02-20T12:19:03Z")
I apologize if my previous post was off topic. I didn’t realize this should be limited to WWII. Nevermind & carry on. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/8 "2018-02-20T13:16:49Z")
> [@Grumbacher\_Red](#): > > Weeeelllll I am probably going straight to Hell in a handcar, but: > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMZfCar-Ks8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMZfCar-Ks8) > > “Ima haveta burn mah boots, they tetched yankee soil!” > > “Look me up at my Gettysburg Address” > > And while the Southern General is being made out to be a fool, at the same time, I have to laugh at how The North is depicted as a dry barren landscape while The South is lush and green. > > And they even “correctly” called it The War Between The States, too! Bugs: “The War Between the States ended almost 90 years ago!” Sam: “I’m no _clock watcher!_” ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/9 "2018-02-20T14:18:03Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I haven’t seen most of the “cansored” cartoons listed. But Cartoon Network did do a program once on those cartoons, with clips from some. They also showed, and I recorded, “Herr Meets Hare” That one was likely selected because most folks wouldn’t object to a mocking portrayal of Herman Goering. I don’t consider mocking Nazis as being “racist”. It was a common thing to do in that time period. The Three Stooges did it in several of their episodes. Moe, with an abbreviated moustache, definitely resembled Hitler. LoL ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/10 "2018-02-20T18:12:58Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I haven’t seen most of the “cansored” cartoons listed. But Cartoon Network did do a program once on those cartoons, with clips from some. They also showed, and I recorded, “Herr Meets Hare” That one was likely selected because most folks wouldn’t object to a mocking portrayal of Herman Goering. > > It is interesting for two special reasons. It features Bugs Bunny’s first "taking the wrong turn at “Albakoiky” scene. He ends up in the Black Forest, where Goering is hunting. > > Goering and Bugs do an operatic scene that is a first version of the whole cartoon “What’s Opera, Doc?” Bugs is Brunhilde, there’s the fat horse, and the same music of course. Isn’t that the one that ended with Bugs doing his Stalin-esque “Does your tobacco taste different lately?” bit? > [@](#): > > That Cartoon Network program also included a full version of a wartime cartoon called “Gremlins from the Kremlin” > . **Gremlin:** “Sorry folks – ran outta gas!” **Bugs:** “Yeaaahhh – you know how it is with these ‘A’ cards!” 😃 _Edit:_ My bad: that’s a different cartoon with a Gremlin. NM. ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9adbd/32.png) [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Time_Hockey)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/11 "2018-02-20T21:27:15Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > I don’t consider mocking Nazis as being “racist”. It was a common thing to do in that time period. The Three Stooges did it in several of their episodes. Moe, with an abbreviated moustache, definitely resembled Hitler. LoL The most racist stuff was reserved for the Japanese. If you ever see the Bugs Bunny cartoon “Nip The Nips” you’ll see what I mean. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/12 "2018-02-21T02:01:39Z")
> [@CaptMurdock](#): > > _Edit:_ My bad: that’s a different cartoon with a Gremlin. NM. “It ain’t Vendell Vilkie!” ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/13 "2018-02-21T04:03:19Z")
> [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](#): > > The most racist stuff was reserved for the Japanese. If you ever see the Bugs Bunny cartoon “Nip The Nips” you’ll see what I mean. Yeah. I think it’s that Germans didn’t really look all that difference, so it was easier to separate it out as going after Nazis. But we just went full on racist with our depictions of the Japanese. It’s not like we don’t still make fun of Nazis. But, while there’s still some “weaboo” talk for people who only superficially like Japan due to anime tropes, the racist stuff from back then seems to be mostly gone in today’s stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/14 "2018-02-21T15:47:48Z")
> [@Old\_Time\_Hockey](#): > > The most racist stuff was reserved for the Japanese. If you ever see the Bugs Bunny cartoon “Nip The Nips” you’ll see what I mean. Found it on YouTube! I’ll have to wait until my boss goes to lunch before I can watch it, though. LoL ---
**Author:** ![Jasmine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jasmine/32/2964_2.png) [@Jasmine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jasmine)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/15 "2018-02-21T16:25:29Z")
My boss had a meeting, so I got to watch it early. The important point to me is that it was made in 1944 during the heart of the war. Considering the fact that we endured the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Bataan death march at the hands of the Japanese, I thought it relatively mild. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bugs-bunny-and-racist-cartoons/809130/16 "2018-02-21T16:58:27Z")
> [@Jasmine](#): > > My boss had a meeting, so I got to watch it early. > > The important point to me is that it was made in 1944 during the heart of the war. Considering the fact that we endured the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the Bataan death march at the hands of the Japanese, I thought it relatively mild. Whether or not wartime events justify or validate dehumanizing the enemy through racial caricature is certainly GD territory. “Relatively mild” racism for 1944 remains nonetheless racist as hell, and is more an indictment of the time than absolution for the 'toon.