flees from Sam into a mansion, where he disguises himself as Scarlett O'Hara (from Gone with the Wind); and when Sam attempts to search the mansion, he takes a cannon blast while looking inside a closet and is dissuaded from searching any further. Finally, disguised as an injured Confederate soldier, Bugs succeeds in tricking Sam to leave Alabama by informing him that the Yankees are in Chattanooga. Sam heads to Chattanooga, and the finale has him threatening the New York Yankees, preventing them from competing in an exhibition baseball game against the Chattanooga Lookouts. Publication notes Due to later controversies about the portrayal of ethnic stereotypes in cartoons, the scene where Bugs crosses the border disguised as a slave and Abraham Lincoln was cut from the episode's television broadcastings. Home media Southern Fried Rabbit was made available on a VHS tape, and its restored, uncut version on DVD in Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 4. See also List of Bugs Bunny cartoons List of Yosemite Sam cartoons List of films featuring slavery References External links New York Times review 1953 films 1953 animated films 1953 short films American Civil War films Looney Tunes shorts Warner Bros. Cartoons animated short films Films based on works by Harriet Beecher Stowe Short films directed by Friz Freleng Films set in the Southern United States Cultural depictions of Abraham Lincoln Bugs Bunny films 1950s Warner Bros. animated short films Film controversies African-American-related controversies in film Race-related controversies in animation Race-related controversies in film Ethnic humour Yosemite Sam films 1950s English-language films